Todd Wesley Van Beck
May 23, 2023
Todd Wesley Van Beck of Cincinnati, OH died May 23, 2023 at the age of 71.
Todd was a person who had a half-century love affair with both funeral and cemetery service. He willingly admitted that he was, "no expert!", but also quickly admitted that there was nothing about this work and life that he did not enjoy,...
FAYE JACOBS
May 16, 2023
FAYE JACOBS of Blackshear, GA died May 16, 2023 at the age of 75. A funeral director and embalmer from 2002-2020, she and her husband, William opened Jacobs Funeral Home in 1994 and served families throughout the area for over twenty-six years.
RONALD PAUL HESS
May 15, 2023
RONALD PAUL HESS of Herkimer, NY died May 15, 2023 at the age of 82. His professional career started working as an apprentice at the George F. Scholderer Funeral Home in Binghamton. Hess briefly worked for the McGrath Funeral Home in Bronxville and was manager of the Havey-Maloney Funeral Home in Yonkers. He and his wife, Pam purchased the...
ROBERT BARRY “BOB” FERNALD
May 12, 2023
ROBERT BARRY “BOB” FERNALD of Mount Desert, ME died May 12, 2023 at the age of 89. A licensed funeral director and embalmer since 1955, he worked alongside his cousins Thomas J. Fernald and William C. Fernald in Somesville. Bob stayed active as a licensed funeral director for 63 years, working 35 of those years with his daughter Lauri...
CHARLES BORROMEO “CHUCK” BEAULIEU
May 11, 2023
CHARLES BORROMEO “CHUCK” BEAULIEU III of Newberry, MI died May 11, 2023 at the age of 85. He was a third-generation funeral director at Beaulieu Funeral Home. In the early 1980s, Chuck became owner and continued serving the community until his stroke in 1997 and retired. He continued his involvement in funeral service at a state level and in...
EWELL T. COBB
May 11, 2023
EWELL T. COBB of Richmond, KY died May 11, 2023 at the age of 83. A licensed funeral director for over fifty years, he began working at Oldham, Roberts & Powell Funeral Home in Richmond. Cobb later purchased the business, operating it until his son, Terrell took over ownership.
DEL J. SHERMAN
May 11, 2023
DEL J. SHERMAN of Fenton, MO died May 11, 2023. He was a funeral director and owner of Lupton Chapel in University City. Sherman was co-founder and past president of the St. Louis Owned and Operated Funeral Home Association.
ELIZABETH “BETH” A. WILLIAMS
May 8, 2023
ELIZABETH “BETH” A. WILLIAMS of Cincinnati, OH died May 8, 2023 at the age of 51. An Ohio funeral director and embalmer since 1999, she was certified as a master funeral director and embalmer and funeral celebrant. Beth also held an Ohio Crematory Operator permit. In 2013, she joined the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science as the director of...
CHARLES GALLUZZO
May 8, 2023
CHARLES GALLUZZO of Clifton, NJ died May 8, 2023 at the age of 56. A licensed funeral director for more than thirty years, he was employed at the Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Galluzzo was a former member of the Bergen County Funeral Directors Association.
LLAR BELL CRAWFORD MCDONALD
May 7, 2023
LLAR BELL CRAWFORD MCDONALD of Fairmont, NC died May 7, 2023 at the age of 97. A licensed funeral director, she was the manager of Hills Funeral Home for many years before her retirement. McDonald was a member of the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association.