TIMOTHY BENJAMIN BARNES
Aug 19, 2013
TIMOTHY BENJAMIN BARNES of Houston, TX died August 19, 2013 at the age of 99. He was worked alongside his father in operating the Carl Barnes Funeral Home, where he served since 1932. He took over ownership of the firm after his father's death. He established the Carl Barnes Burial Association in 1945. The Association later merged with the Mack...
BILLY RAY ROBINSON
Aug 19, 2013
BILLY RAY ROBINSON, SR of Buna, TX died August 19, 2013 at the age of 61. He a was a funeral director and owner of Robinson Funeral Home in Jasper and Silsbee and Moody-Harris Funeral Home in Port Arthur. He graduated from Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service in 1976.
JOSEPH IRA GAINES
Aug 18, 2013
JOSEPH IRA GAINES JR of Santa Monica, CA died August 18, 2013 at the age of 78. He established Joseph I. Gaines Mortuary Services and was an autopsy technician at Meadowbrook Hospital. He worked as a funeral director, embalmer and partner at the Richard Haskill Funeral Home in Wyandorch, NY from 1963 until 1970. In 1970, he moved back to...
LARRY BRUCE JUSTICE
Aug 18, 2013
LARRY BRUCE JUSTICE of Sewickley, PA died August 17, 2013 at the age of 61. He designed mausoleums for Matthews' Gibraltar Mausoleum Construction Company in Pittsburgh, PA. He previously worked for Mausoleum Contractors of America and Mausoleum Builders, Inc, based in Georgia. Larry designed more than 1000 mausoleums over the course of a career that spanned three decades.
ALICE L. SCOTT
Aug 16, 2013
ALICE L. SCOTT of Newark, NY died August 16, 2013 at the age of 93. She and her late husband, B. David Scott owned and operated the former Scott Funeral Home, now the Norman L. Waterman Funeral Home, Inc. They purchased the firm in 1951, and operated it until their retirement in 1987.
AL BREMER
Aug 15, 2013
AL BREMER of Naples, FL, formerly of Mason City, IA, died August 15, 2013 at the age of 82. He was a funeral director and owner of McCauley-Bremer Funeral Home, previously known as McCauly-McKassen Funeral Home. He later partnered with Chuck Hogan, owner of Hogan's Colonial Chapel, forming Hogan-Bremer Colonial Chapel. Together they established the Colonial Funeral Homes in Northwood,...
PAUL MICHAEL NIEBUR
Aug 12, 2013
PAUL MICHAEL NIEBUR of Pittsfield, IL died August 12, 2013 at the age of 51. He established Niebur Funeral Home in 1976 and founded Niebur Funeral Chapel in Barry, IL in 2003. He was a member of the National Funeral Directors Association, Illinois Funeral Directors Association and the Tri-State Funeral Directors Association. He graduated from Worsham College of Mortuary Science.
RICHARD ARTHUR "DICK" PERSCHEL
Aug 12, 2013
RICHARD ARTHUR "DICK" PERSCHEL, SR of Durham, NC died August 12, 2013 at the age of 92. In 1985, he was elected chairman of the board of Mastercraft Casket Company Inc of Graham, NC, having served as the founding vice president in 1979. He was a New York State licensed funeral director, and previously worked for the Frasier Funeral Home...
MICAH REX MORRIS
Aug 10, 2013
MICAH REX MORRIS of Sandy, UT died August 10, 2013 at the age of 28. He was a licensed funeral director at Russon Brothers of Bountiful, UT. He graduated from the Gupton College of Mortuary Science.
RALEIGH ISRAEL BUTLER
Aug 9, 2013
RALEIGH ISRAEL BUTLER SR of Fort Lauderdale, FL and Nassau, Bahamas died August 9, 2013 at the age of 81. He owned and operated Butler's Funeral Homes and Crematorium alongside his wife, Rose Marie Butler for 60 years. He was a pioneer in the funeral business in the Bahamas, and was the first to install a crematorium. He trained many...