GERALD O. "JERRY" BAHNMILLER
May 28, 2014
GERALD O. "JERRY" BAHNMILLER of Jackson, MI died May 28, 2014 at the age of 92. He and his wife, Mildred, owned and operated the Bahnmiller Funeral Home in Saline for several years before selling it to Jim Robinson in 1984. The Bahnmillers purchased the funeral home from Francis and Alice Lockwood in 1961. He attended Wayne State University where...
H. CRAIG MANN
May 24, 2014
H. CRAIG MANN of Philadelphia, PA died May 24, 2014 at the age of 66. He was president of Mann Funeral Home Inc in Olney for many years, which was established by his father, Henry in 1909. He became supervisor of the family business when his father died in 1993. He was a graduate of the American Academy McAllister Institute...
ELMER HAROLD VIERKANT
May 21, 2014
ELMER HAROLD VIERKANT of Osage, IA died May 21, 2014 at the age of 85. He was a longtime funeral director, serving families in El Cajon since 1953. He served his internship under the direction of Milton Paris of Paris Mortuary. Elmer then moved to Lewis Colonial Mortuary where he served as a funeral director for several years. In 1961,...
KEVIN FRANCIS MONAGHAN
May 14, 2014
KEVIN FRANCIS MONAGHAN of Mechanicsville, VA died May 14, 2014 at the age of 51. In 2000, he founded Hanover Memorial Park Cemetery. In 2007, he partnered with his brother Jerry to found Monaghan Funeral Home & Cremation Services. He was a graduate of Mid-America College of Mortuary Service in Jeffersonville, IN.
ROBERT C. PASTORIUS
May 13, 2014
ROBERT C. PASTORIUS of Wexford, PA, formerly of Shaler, PA died May 13, 2014 at the age of 65. He was a longtime Pittsburgh funeral director, and was past board member and secretary of the Allegheny County Funeral Directors Association.
GERTRUDE L. HEYWARD
May 8, 2014
GERTRUDE L. HEYWARD of Charleston, SC died May 8, 2014 at the age of 96. She was a licensed funeral director at G. W. Heyward's Mortuary, which was founded by her father in 1924. She assumed ownership of the firm in 1978, and at the time of her passing was the oldest living African-American licensed embalmer in South Carolina. She...
AGNES MOBILE SCOTT HAIRSTON
May 6, 2014
AGNES MOBILE SCOTT HAIRSTON of Martinsville, VA died May 6, 2014 at the age of 88. She was a licensed Virginia and North Carolina funeral director, embalmer, former owner and chairman emeritus of Hairston Funeral Home. She graduated from the John Tyler Community College, where she served as program head for mortuary science for four years. She was president of...
MILTON H. WILLIAMS
May 6, 2014
MILTON H. WILLIAMS III of Marshall, TX died May 6, 2014 at the age of 68. He worked as a third generation funeral director, manager, mortician and president of Peoples Funeral Home.
JOE DUDLEY DENTON
May 3, 2014
JOE DUDLEY DENTON of Flemingsburg, KY died May 3, 2014 at the age of 71. He was a licensed funeral director, embalmer and former owner of Denton Funeral Home. He served eight terms for a total of 29 years as a coroner for Fleming County.
GARY LYN MURLEY
Apr 29, 2014
GARY LYN MURLEY of Helenwood, TN died April 29, 2014 at the age of 64. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer in both Tennessee and Indiana. He established Collins-Murley Mortuary before purchasing the West Funeral Home from the Vernon West family in the 1970's. The firm later became known as the West-Murley Funeral Home. He graduated from the...