AMOS LEWIS
Nov 11, 2014
AMOS LEWIS of Titusville, FL died November 11, 2014 at the age of 86. He was the founder of the former Sunset Funeral Home, currently the Lewis-Ray Mortuary, Inc owned by his daughter, Deloris Ray-Ferguson. He served the community for over 40 years.
MARY A. SEMSKI
Nov 11, 2014
MARY A. SEMSKI of Buffalo, NY died November 11, 2014 at the age of 92. She studied undertaking under her parents, John J. and Sophia Buszka, founders of the John J. Buszka Funeral Home. After apprenticing under her father, she received a New York State undertaking license, which allowed her to own and operate a funeral home. She took over...
OLIVER CROMWELL "O.C" PENNINGTON
Nov 9, 2014
OLIVER CROMWELL "O.C" PENNINGTON JR of Raleigh, NC died November 9, 2014 at the age of 85. He was a third generation funeral director for nearly 50 years, working alongside his father at the Pennington Smith Funeral Home. In 1972, they merged with Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, where he served as vice president until his retirement in 2004.
BOBBY ERWIN
Nov 7, 2014
BOBBY ERWIN of Pulaski, TN died November 7, 2014 at the age of 75. He was the former owner and active funeral director of Carr & Erwin Funeral Home.
WALTER M. MATHEWS
Nov 3, 2014
WALTER M. MATHEWS JR of Montezuma, GA and Butler, GA died November 3, 2014 at the age of 84. He was the owner and operator of Watson-Mathews Funeral Home for 40 years, retiring in 1996. He served as Mason County coroner for many years. He graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 1952. He was a member of...
LEO C. "CHIPPER" BASLER
Oct 28, 2014
LEO C. "CHIPPER" BASLER JR of Ste. Genevieve, MO died October 28, 2014 at the age of 68. He was a licensed funeral director, embalmer and owner of the Basler Funeral Home since 1971 and the Basler Ambulance Service until 1979. He served as Ste. Genevieve county coroner for over 30 years. He graduated from the Kentucky School of Mortuary...
WILLIAM H. "BILL" MOORE
Oct 28, 2014
WILLIAM H. "BILL" MOORE of San Diego, CA died October 28, 2014 at the age of 97. In 1959, he founded Bill Moore Vinyl Productions. Through the Nite-Glo division Bill provided emergency phone stickers to the funeral industry for many years. Bill's daughter, Pat Moore and Joanie Moore Coudding, were featured as the Nite-Glo girls in an ad campaign which...
EDWARD JOSEPH WUJEK
Oct 24, 2014
EDWARD JOSEPH WUJEK of Saint Clair Shores, MI died October 24, 2014 at the age of 74. He was a funeral director and co-founder of Wujek-Calcaterra & Sons, Inc.
GORDON A. WERNER
Oct 23, 2014
GORDON A. WERNER of Westhampton Beach, NY died October 23, 2014 at the age of 63. He was the operator of the Follett & Werner Funeral Home, and former owner of the Lindenhurst Funeral Home. He served as director for the Westhampton Cemetery Association.
EDWIN M. "LITTLE TUCK" COOTS
Oct 20, 2014
EDWIN M. "LITTLE TUCK" COOTS JR III of Jeffersonville, IN died October 20, 2014 at the age of 83. He was a fourth generation funeral director at E. M. Coots' Sons Funeral Home, which was founded in 1860. He served as deputy coroner from 1960 until 2008.