GEORGE “BUD” LINDER of Parma, OH died February 18, 2024 at the age of 73. A funeral director all his life, he retired from Yurch Funeral Home.
A. ROSS MARTIN of Butler, PA died February 14, 2024 at the age of 90. A funeral director, he worked at a funeral home in Mount Oliver before establishing the Martin Funeral Home, Inc in 1982. Martin continued to own and operate it until his retirement in 2021. A 1955 graduate of the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, he was a...
JOHN MICHAEL “MIKE” AVON of New Lenox, IL died February 14, 2024 at the age of 69. He served as national accounts manager at Messenger before retiring in 2020 after 38 dedicated years in the funeral industry.
ERIC J. SPARKS of 1 died February 13, 2024 at the age of 54. A funeral director and embalmer for 31 years, he spent the last 10 years with the Richardson Davis Chapel of Snyder Funeral Homes in Galion. A 1992 graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors, National Funeral Directors...
HENRY CULP JR of Gadsden, AL passed away February 4, 2024 at the age of 85. He was one of the founding partners of C & J Financial Services which he sold in 2007.
STEVE ALVIE JACKSON of Abbeville, SC died February 4, 2024 at the age of 69. A licensed funeral director and embalmer for over 22 years, he worked for several funeral homes before establishing the Chandler-Jackson Funeral Home in 2002. A graduate of the Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service, Jackson served as a former member of the Piedmont Technical College Advisory Board of Mortuary...
JOHN S. EDGLEY of Riviera Beach, FL died January 29, 2024 at the age of 63. He worked at Howard Funeral Home before becoming a licensed funeral director and embalmer. In 2003, Edgley opened Edgley Cremation Services and had owned and operated two additional businesses in the Palm Beaches, Crime Site Restoration and Palm Beach Removals
RANDY COYLE of East Hanover, NJ died January 26, 2024. He was a representative for Kernco Equipment and Supply. Coyle was a member of the New England Cemetery Association.
JAMES E. “JIM” MACK of Gardner, MA died January 25, 2024 at the age of 91. A funeral director, he worked alongside his twin brother John H. Mack and his nephew Kevin J. Mack at the former John H. Mack Funeral Home of Gardner, now known as The Mack Family Funeral Homes. He graduated from the New England Institute of Applied...
NORAYNE “RAYNIE” L. MCCREERY Brecksville, OH died January 25, 2024 at the age of 77. A fourth-generation licensed funeral director, she owned and operated Nosek-McCreery Funeral Homes for over 50 years. A graduate of the University of Kentucky, McCreery was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.