DEACON RANDY FAST of Palm Desert, CA died July 16, 2013 at the age of 71. He was a funeral director for many years.
ROBERT EARL "MITCH" MITCHELL of Morrilton, AR died July 15, 2013 at the age of 90. He was a funeral director and embalmer at Harris Funeral Home and served as Conway County Coroner for many years. He was a graduate of the Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science.
THOMAS T. LEAVITT of Ogden, UT died July 15, 2013 at the age of 87. In 1961, he purchased Aultorest Memorial Corp, later renaming it Leavitt's Chapel of Flowers Mortuary and Memorial Park. He was a member of the National Funeral Directors Association, the Preferred Funeral Directors International, the Utah Cemetery and American Cemetery Association, and the Utah Funeral Directors...
ROBERT "BOB" OPPOLD of Waterloo, IA died July 13, 2013 at the age of 88. He was employed at Dunn's Funeral Home in Des Moines before moving to Waterloo in 1954. He then purchased Hurley Funeral Home on West 8th and Washington Streets. In 1959, he moved to West Third and South Streets, with the purchase of the former Knights...
ROBERT EDGER ROUSH of Mason, WV died July 13, 2013 at the age of 77. He was a member of the West Virginia Funeral Directors Association.
BARBARA JOAN "BOSLAND" MOORE of Wayne, NJ died July 11, 2013 at the age of 78. She worked alongside her husband, Robert C. Moore III as a licensed funeral director at Moore's Home for Funerals. She was a member of the Passaic County Funeral Directors Association, and the National Funeral Directors Association. She served as past president of the New...
ROBERT P. "BOB" GILL of Scottsdale, AZ died July 10, 2013 at the age of 68. He was a funeral director and embalmer at Norman Funeral Home, where he acquired the nickname "Digger."
ROBERT G. "BOB" DOWNS SR of Superior, WI died July 9, 2013 at the age of 86. He was a third generation funeral director at Downs Funeral Home. In 1966, following the death of his father, he became president of the firm. He graduated from the University of Minnesota's School of Mortuary Science.
MARION RUSSELL PINE of New Paltz, NY died July 8, 2013 at the age of 105. She was a licensed funeral director at Pine Funeral Home, a family business that her husband, Gordon D. Pine operated until his death in 1957. She then assumed ownership, operating alongside her son, Vanderlyn until retiring at the age of 82.
ARTHUR "ARTIE" ANDERSON of Trenton, NJ died July 3, 2013 at the age of 69. He was a licensed funeral director at Anderson Funeral Service. He graduated from the McAllister Institute of Mortuary Science in New York.