ROBERT FENTRESS CASEY
Mar 21, 2013
ROBERT FENTRESS CASEY of Oak Ridge, TN died March 21, 2013 at the age of 87. He and his family lived in Evans and Lassiter Funeral Home in Alamo from 1931 until 1941. The family moved to Henderson in 1941, where his father owned and operated Casey Funeral Home. He assumed ownership of the firm upon the death of his...
PAUL R. YOUNG
Mar 18, 2013
PAUL R. YOUNG, SR. of Cincinnati, OH died March 18, 2013 at the age of 91. In 1948, he estab-lished the Paul R. Young Funeral Home in Mt. Healthy. He later added funeral homes in Hamilton and Oxford with the help of his wife, Marian and career-long assistant, Nola Apro. He served as president and owner of the firm until...
SCOTT STRICK MELSON
Mar 15, 2013
SCOTT STRICK MELSON of Pocomoke City, MD died March 15, 2013 at the age of 76. He was the owner and operator of Melson Funeral Home from 1974 until his retirement in 1997.
MARION WILBUR DOLLAR
Mar 4, 2013
MARION WILBUR DOLLAR of Atlanta, GA died March 4, 2013 at the age of 78. He established Dollar Funeral Home in 1973. In 1957, he moved to South Florida and started his career with the Oscar L. Range Funeral Home in Miami, FL. In 1959, he moved back to Georgia and worked for Banks Funeral Home for several years. During...
EDMOND F. FAHEY
Mar 4, 2013
EDMOND F. FAHEY, III of Bay St. Louis, MS died March 4, 2013. He was the owner of Edmond Fahey Funeral Home, which was established by his grandfather in 1890. He operated the firm for 50 years as a third generation funeral director.
WILLIAM J. LANDERGAN
Mar 3, 2013
WILLIAM J. LANDERGAN, JR of Marblehead, MA died March 3, 2013 at the age of 84. He was a longtime funeral director and owner of Landergan Funeral Home in Lynn. In 1996, the firm merged with the Solimine and Rhodes Funeral Home, creating the Solimine, Landergan and Rhodes Funeral Home. He served the families of Lynn, Nahant and Swampscott for...
JAMES ROBERT "BILL" McPETERS
Mar 2, 2013
JAMES ROBERT "BILL" McPETERS, JR of Corinth, MS died March 2, 2013 at the age of 90. From the neckties he always donned around his waist to his feathered hats, Bill was a colorful, unpredictable friend even in his nineties. In 1954, he purchased his cousin Liddon's share in McPeters Funeral Home, which was originally established by his great-great uncle,...
JASON G. REED
Mar 2, 2013
JASON G. REED of Oakwood, IL died March 2, 2013 at the age of 39. He served his apprenticeship under Kent Leasure at Houghton-Leasure Funeral Home in Georgetown. He stayed on at the firm after the Darby family purchased it and he moved to Sunset Funeral Home in 1998. In 2000, he quit directing funerals to help serve families at...
DONALD K. PURDY
Feb 25, 2013
DONALD K. PURDY of Council Bluffs, IA died February 25, 2013 at the age of 87. He was a funeral director at Cutler-O'Neil-Meyer-Woodring Funeral Home for more than 62 years, retiring in 2009.
RAYMOND D. COPELAND
Feb 15, 2013
RAYMOND D. COPELAND JR of Coraopolis, PA died February 15, 2013 at the age of 92. He was the owner of Copeland Corapolis, previously known as Troxell Funeral Home. He began working at Ritchey Funeral Home in Sewickley; and later worked as an apprentice at Brandt Funeral Home. He then served as an embalmer at Patterson Funeral Home in Atlanta;...