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...
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.