JOYCE B. TUCKER of Petersburg, VA died December 11, 2013. She was the owner and operator of Tuckers Funeral Home, which her late husband, A. A. Tucker established. She served as the fourth female president and member of the National Funeral Directors and Mortician Association, a member of the Virginia Morticians Association, and a life member of the 100 Black...
RICHARD "DICK" PASCO of Greenfield, IN died December 10, 2013 at the age of 66. He was a fourth generation funeral director and former owner of Pasco Memorial Mortuary, which he operated alongside his brother, David Pasco for more than 35 years. He was a member of the Indiana Funeral Directors Association, and served as charter president of the Independent...
THOMAS M. JANUSZ of South Holland, IL and Marco Island, FL, formerly of Dolton, IL died December 9, 2013 at the age of 78. He was a licensed funeral director, owner and founder of the Thornridge Funeral Homes, LTD, Inc in Dolotn, South Holland and Orlando Park for over 40 years.
LYSLE P. BASH of Delmont, PA died December 3, 2013 at the age of 94. He established Lysle P. Bash Funeral Home in 1949, and served as a funeral director for 64 years, retiring in 2004. He was a member of the National Funeral Directors Association, the Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association, the Westmoreland County Funeral Directors Association, the Indiana County...
JOHN P. "JACK" HENRY JR of Honey Grove, PA died December 3, 2013 at the age of 88. He was the owner and operator of Henry Funeral Home for over 40 years, retiring in 1991. He graduated from the Eckels College of Mortuary Science.
RICHARD L. "RICK" WIEGAND of Sarasota, FL, formerly of Cleveland, OH died December 2, 2013 at the age of 68. He was the founder of Wiegand Brothers Funeral Home and served as a funeral director in Sarasota and Manatee counties for 40 years.
RONALD D. CIERPIAL of Chicopee, MA died November 28, 2013 at the age of 72. He was the owner of the Cierpial Memorial Funeral Homes in Chicopee and Chicopee Falls. He worked for his father, Alexander A. Cierpial until he and his wife, Maryanne, bought the business in 1987. He worked for several funeral homes in the area including Ascher-Zimmerman...
WILLIAM K "BILL" EDWARDS of Massillon, OH died November 27, 2013 at the age of 66. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer and worked at Batesville Casket Company for 10 years. He graduated from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science in 1970.
WILLIAM J. DENGLER of Amherst, NY died November 22, 2013 at the age of 86. He was the founder of Dengler Funeral Homes, which was first located on Leroy Avenue in Buffalo.
BERNARD F. SLAUGHTER SR of Chicago, IL died November 13, 2013. In 1972, he established Slaughter Funeral Home, later renamed Slaughter & Sons Funeral Home after his children, Benita and Bernard Slaughter Jr., joined the business. He graduated from Worsham College of Mortuary Science in 1948. He was a member of the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association.