RAYMOND OMAR WRIGHT of Grand Rapids, OH died September 5, 2023 at the age of 81. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer. A 1962 graduate of the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, Wright was a member and served on the education committee for the Ohio Funeral Directors Association, which honored him in 2013 for being a licensed...
GEORGE J. KINNICK of Austintown, OH died September 1, 2023 at the age of 87. A licensed funeral director and embalmer since 1962, he began his career working at the former Schultz and Son Funeral Home. In 1973, George founded Kinnick Funeral Home at its current location in Youngstown. In 2014 he oversaw the expansion of the business to...
REX T. SMITH of McCandless Township, PA died August 24, 2023 at the age of 89. He was a North Side community funeral director for over 50 years, having served the Rex T. Smith Funeral Home until his retirement in 2018. Smith was a member of the Allegheny County Funeral Directors Association.
MICHAEL B. HAKEMAN of Fairview Park, OH died August 23, 2023 at the age of 61. He began his career in the funeral industry by working at his family’s funeral home. Hakeman then joined the Champion Chemical Company in 1996 and, in a very short period, was recognized as the top sales executive from 1998 until 2000. After joining...
JAMES EMERSON HENLINE of Bakersville, NC died August 20, 2023 at the age of 96. He and his wife, Eloise Hughes Henline, founded the Henline-Hughes Funeral Home in 1949.
JAMES CALVIN HALL of Pontotoc, MS died August 19, 2023 at the age of 76. He was employed with Baldwin Memorial Funeral Home during the 1980’s and 1900’s and joined the funeral home again in 2019.
ROBERT T. “TED” NUCKOLLS of Baltimore, MD died August 19, 2023 at the age of 90. He was the past president and former executive vice president of the Loudon Park Cemetery Co in Baltimore. A member of the ICCFA Board of Directors when it was known as the National Association of Cemeteries. He served as ICCFA president in 1977-78...
HUBERT PAUL COMPTON of Huntington, WV died August 17, 2023 at the age of 77. A funeral director for over fifty years, he served his apprenticeship at the Fred L. Jenkins Funeral Home in Morgantown. Compton joined the John Lohr Funeral Home in Elkins before moving to Huntington in 1971 to work at Chapman’s Mortuary until 1993, when he went...
JOSEPH E. AUSTIN of Ross Township, PA died August 15, 2023 at the age of 51. He worked at Media Casket Co for over thirty years. Austin was a member of the Allegheny County Funeral Directors Association.
WILLIAM “BILL” HENRY SWEATT of Morgantown, KY died August 15, 2023 at the age of 75. He was a funeral director and embalmer for over 58 years.