STEPHEN G. THIAULT
Aug 15, 2014
STEPHEN G. THIAULT of Milo, ME died August 15, 2014 at the age of 74. He was employed at Eastern Maine Medical Center as a phlebotomist and lab technician. He later moved to Rumford in 1970, where he purchased and operated the S. G. Thibault Funeral Home until retiring in 2006. He graduated from the American Academy McAllister Institute Funeral...
HOWARD JOHNSON
Aug 12, 2014
HOWARD JOHNSON, SR of Bessemer, AL died August 12, 2014 at the age of 87. He began working in the funeral industry in 1944 under his mentor, Dr. Arthur George Gaston at his Smith and Gaston Funeral Home. In 1967, he purchased the firm from Gaston, renaming it Johnson Memorial Funeral Directors, which continues to be operated by his son,...
TERRY LEE PAYNE
Aug 11, 2014
TERRY LEE PAYNE of Hinton, WV died August 11, 2014 at the age of 72. He began his career in funeral service at E. M. Meadows Funeral Home. He man-aged the former Hunter & Hunter Funeral Home in Madison, WV from 1967 until 1970 and was also a former employee of Ronald Meadows Funeral Home in Hinton. He was an...
JESSE BENJAMIN RICHMOND
Aug 2, 2014
JESSE BENJAMIN RICHMOND JR of Gulfport, MS died August 2, 2014 at the age of 73. He was licensed in the state of Louisiana and Mississippi as a funeral director and embalmer. He served his apprenticeship at Cook-Richmond Funeral Home in Bogalusa, under the direction of his uncle, Moses L. Richmond. His uncle, Silas Richmond referred him to the late...
JOSEPH J. WASIK
Jul 24, 2014
JOSEPH J. WASIK of Shelby Township and Presque Isle Harbor, MI died July 24, 2014 at the age of 72. He was the co-owner of the Wasik Funeral Homes, which has locations in Shelby Township and Warren. He was a member of the Michigan Funeral Directors Association, where he recently received recognition for being a funeral director for 50 years.
JIM YOST
Jul 22, 2014
JIM YOST of Champaign, IL died July 22, 2014 at the age of 69. He owned and operated Owens Funeral Home in Champaign and Blair-Owens Funeral Home in Mahomet.
MIRIAM E. PIPES
Jul 14, 2014
MIRIAM E. PIPES of Detroit, MI died July 14, 2014 at the age of 74. She was the owner and president of Shugar's Publishing, which she founded in 1979. In 1993, Shugar's became a publishing company with The Purple Directory as its primary product. She served as a consultant for the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association and the Michigan...
JOSEPH TURNBULL DOHERTY
Jul 12, 2014
JOSEPH TURNBULL DOHERTY of Medford, MA and Somerville, MA died July 12, 2014 at the age of 89. He worked alongside his brother, George as a licensed funeral director at Doherty Funeral Service, Inc from 1969 until his retirement in 1989.
SUVEE EVELYN GRAHAM SMITH
Jul 10, 2014
SUVEE EVELYN GRAHAM SMITH of St. Louis, MO died July 10, 2014 at the age of 98. In 1945, she and her late husband established the Wm Smith Funeral Home, which was one of the oldest black owned and operated funeral homes in St. Louis.
FRED BIGGS
Jul 6, 2014
FRED BIGGS of Sedalia, MO died July 6, 2014 at the age of 80. He worked at Heckart Funeral Home as an ambulance driver and a funeral director for 55 years, retiring in 1999. He served as Pettis County coroner from 1981 until 2004.