WILLIAM LLOYD "DUB" KINDRIX of Phoenix, AZ died August 2, 2013 at the age of 69. He was a retired funeral director from Phoenix, AZ and formerly of Oak Grove, LA.
KEITH NORDBY of Brooklyn Park, MN formerly of Osseo, Brooklyn Center and Camden area of North Minneapolis, MN died August 2, 2013 at the age of 87. He was the owner and operator of Evans-Nordby Funeral Homes in Osseo and Brooklyn Center for more than 50 years. He was a member of the Academy of Professional Service Practice, and the...
DAVID T. PERINCHIEF of Mount Holly, NJ died July 31, 2013 at the age of 70. He served 47 years as a fifth generation funeral director at Perinchief Chapels. He took over operations of the firm after his father, Harry T. Perinchief, passed away in 1968. He was a member and past president of the Burlington County Funeral Directors Association....
JOSEPH A. BUTLER III of Mission Hills, KS died July 30, 2013 at the age of 89. He was a third generation funeral director, owner and operator of the Joseph A. Butler & Sons Funeral Home, which was established by his grandfather in 1905. In 1964, he and his father formed a partnership with Phil and Paul Gibson. He remained...
ROBERT H. FERRY of Luxemburg, WI died July 28, 2013 at the age of 73. He worked for Brown Wilbert Burial Vault Co for 44 years.
JOHN A. McGHEE of Southampton, PA died July 27, 2013 at the age of 51. He was a second generation funeral director at McGhee Funeral Home Inc, which was founded by his parents, James J. and Isabelle McGhee in 1965. He graduated from the Northampton County Community College of Mortuary Science in 1980. He served as past president of the...
A.A. "TREY" RAYNER, III of Chicago, IL died July 24, 2013 at the age of 60. He was a third generation funeral director at A. A. Rayner & Sons, a company founded by his father, the late A. A. "Sammy" Rayner Sr., in 1947. He was a mortician for over 30 years and was a graduate of Worsham School of...
ISAAC "IKE" WRIGHT of York, SC died July 21, 2013 at the age of 65. He was a longtime funeral director, owner and manager of his family business, Wright Funeral Home, the city's oldest black-owned company for over 40 years. He was a graduate of the Kentucky School of Mortuary Science.
ROBERT "BOB" BROTHERS of Maysville, KY died July 18, 2013 at the age of 73. In 1975, he established Brothers Funeral Home. In 1980, he merged it with Albert and Billy Knox, forming the Knox and Brothers Funeral Home, which joined the Keystone Group of Funeral Homes in 1997 and is now currently owned by Service Corporation International since 2010....
LOTTIE GREEN JACKSON of Oakland, CA died July 16, 2013 at the age of 83. She was the owner and operator of McNary-Morgan-Greene-Jackson Funeral Home, which was founded by her late husband, Vernon Jackson in 1942. She served the Oakland community for more than 50 years as a licensed funeral director and embalmer. She was honored by the 100 Black...