STEVEN ROSS ST. PIERRE of Greenwood, IN died August 5, 2013 at the age of 61. He was president of the family business, Wilson St. Pierre Funeral Service & Crematory. He previously operated both the funeral home and ambulance service in Pendleton before returning to Indianapolis in 1985. He was a member of the Indiana Funeral Directors Association, National Funeral...
MINNIE Z. GREEN of Easton, CT died August 3, 2013 at the age of 94. She worked alongside her husband, Abraham L. Green in establishing Fairfield Funeral Home 65 years ago and served the Jewish community as a licensed funeral director for over 55 years.
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.