BILLY JOE McGUIRE
Dec 26, 2014
BILLY JOE McGUIRE of Union, WV died December 26, 2014 at the age of 85. He was a retired owner and operator of Broyles-McGuire Funeral Home.
RICHARD A. MARTIN
Dec 26, 2014
RICHARD A. MARTIN of Sigourney, IA died December 26, 2014 at the age of 88. He was the owner and operator of Martin Funeral Home in Emmetsburg, which he acquired in 1957. He acquired a second firm in Ruthven in 1977. He served as chairman of the Iowa Board of Mortuary Science Examiners, to which he was appointed by then...
ROBERT G. "BOB" RICHARDSON
Dec 25, 2014
ROBERT G. "BOB" RICHARDSON of Galion, OH died December 25, 2014 at the age of 92. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer for more than 66 years. He partnered with Herman Volk and formed the Volk-Richardson Funeral Home, which he purchased following Herman's death in 1962. He owned and operated the firm until his retirement in 1984, then...
JAMES "HOWARD" MORRIS
Dec 25, 2014
JAMES "HOWARD" MORRIS of Nocona, TX died December 25, 2014 at the age of 89. He was a funeral director and embalmer for 65 years, starting his career at Owens and Brumley Funeral Home in Bowie. He also worked for Hampton Vaughn in Wichita Falls before moving his family to Nocona in 1950. He then started working at the Scott-Morris...
WALTER R. CHASEN
Dec 21, 2014
WALTER R. CHASEN of Park Ridge, IL died December 21, 2014 at the age of 94. He was the owner of Chasen Funeral Service since 1948. He served as president of the Illinois Funeral Directors Association in 1969, District Governor of the National Funeral Servicers Association from 1973 to 1976. He proudly served on the Illinois State Board of Examiners...
ROBERT G. NEEL
Dec 19, 2014
ROBERT G. NEEL of Orlando, FL died December 19, 2014 at the age of 91. He was the former chief executive officer, president and owner of Woodlawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home for more than 50 years. In 1967, he succeeded Woodlawn's founder, J. Asher Peter, as president when he purchased Woodlawn. In that role, he oversaw the operation and...
GARY MAURICE BURTON
Dec 19, 2014
GARY MAURICE BURTON SR of Martinsville, VA died December 19, 2014 at the age of 54. He was a Virginia and North Carolina licensed funeral director, managed Hairston Funeral Home from 1996 to present, and worked at Carters Funeral Home and various other funeral homes as an embalmer. He was a member of the Virginia Funeral Directors Association, and the...
JOSEPH BLAINE SCHAEFFER
Dec 19, 2014
JOSEPH BLAINE SCHAEFFER of Petersburg, WV died December 19, 2014 at the age of 96. He and his wife, Kathern established the Schaeffer Funeral Home and Ambulance Service in 1950. He served as a licensed funeral director in the state of Ohio and worked for the Sector Funeral Home in Willard for two years. He was a member of the...
WILLARD STANTON CROWE
Dec 14, 2014
WILLARD STANTON CROWE of Parkersburg, WV died December 14, 2014 at the age of 84. He worked at the Charles Dodd Funeral Home in Webster Springs as an ambulance and funeral attendant. He later worked for several funeral homes in the Wood County and Parkersburg area before joining the staff at Lambert-Tatman Funeral Home, serving as a valued funeral director...
WILLIAM FRANCIS BOYD
Dec 7, 2014
WILLIAM FRANCIS BOYD SR of Cleveland, OH died December 7, 2014 at the age of 99. Chairman of the Board at E. F. Boyd & Son Funeral Home and Crematory, he was one of the longest serving funeral directors in the country. After graduating from the Cleveland College of Embalming in 1938, he became the "Son" in his father's funeral...