DAVID N. BROWN of Coshocton, OH died October 4, 2014 at the age of 73. He sold chemicals in Ohio and Kentucky for The Dodge Company of Cambridge, MA for 43 years. He retired in 2011. After retirement, he returned to Given-Dawson Funeral Home, working part time. He graduated from the New England Institute of Embalming in Boston, MA.
THE REV ANDREW JACKSON "A.J." PARISH JR of Fort Smith, AR died October 3, 2014 at the age of 78. He operated Rowell-Parish Mortuary and had served as Sebastian County coroner for 18 years.
JAMES WALTER POLAND of Conway, PA died October 1, 2014 at the age of 68. He was a funeral director and embalmer for over 40 years. In 1974, he purchased the McCabe Funeral Home in Ambridge, adding a second location in Conway in 1979. The firm was renamed Poland Funeral Home, Inc in 1985. He was a member and past...
JAMES WALTER POLAND of Conway, PA died October 1, 2014 at the age of 68. He was a funeral director and embalmer for over 40 years. In 1974, he purchased the McCabe Funeral Home in Ambridge. In 1979, he added a second location in Conway, renaming it Poland Funeral Home Inc. A graduate of the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science,...
HARRY DOUGLAS LEWIS JR of Moorestown, NJ died September 29, 2014 at the age of 78. In 1964, he purchased Lewis Funeral Home. He also operated the Medford location from 1980 until 1993. He was a 1957 graduate of the American Academy of Funeral Service, and served his apprenticeship at the Foster Funeral Home in Collingswood, NJ. Lewis retired in...
STEPHEN A. SCILLIERI of Paterson, NJ died September 29, 2014 at the age of 57. He was a licensed funeral director and owner of the Scillieri Funeral Home. He graduated from the American Academy McAllister Institute of Mortuary Science in 1984.
WARREN J. FITZGERALD SR of Cohoes, NY died September 28, 2014 at the age of 78. He was a licensed funeral director and owner of the Fitzgerald Funeral Home, which he established in 1963. He graduated from Simmons Institute of Mortuary Science in 1960 where he received a scholarship given on competitive basis from the New York State Funeral Directors...
L. C. MAY of Anderson, IN died September 25, 2014 at the age of 82. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer for 50 years at the L. C. May Funeral Home, which he established in 1960. He served his apprenticeship under the leadership of Leonard Underwood at Underwood Funeral Home. He graduated from the Indiana College of Mortuary...
EUGENE H. DRINKWINE of Cherry Flats, PA died September 19, 2014 at the age of 72. He and his wife, Carolyn Ann Drinkwine owned and operated the former Drinkwine Funeral Home in Blossburg for many years. He recently worked as a funeral director for Sanders Mortuary in Williamsport and assisted the Buckheit Funeral Chapel and Crematory Inc for many years....
GORDON B. GARRETT of Titusville, PA died September 10, 2014 at the age of 80. In 1956 he began working at E. A. Peterson Funeral Home before purchasing it alongside his wife Marcia in 1965. He graduated from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science.