LUCILLE S. LUPINSKI of New Haven, CT died February 14, 2013 at the age of 66. She was the owner and operator of Lupinski Funeral Home. She was a member of the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association, the National Funeral Directors Association and the Greater New Haven Funeral Directors Association.
ERNEST "ERNIE" B. HALL JR of Proctorville, OH died February 10, 2013 at the age of 64. He was a second generation funeral director, embalmer, owner and operator of Hall Funeral Home for more than 40 years. A business his father, Hall Sr., established in 1931in Chesapeake before it was relocated to Proctorville. He also operated River Valley Crematory in...
JOHN THOMAS STEWART III of Washington, DC died February 8, 2013 at the age of 76. He served as president of Stewart Funeral Home Inc, the oldest African-American family owned funeral home in the District of Columbia. He provided 50 years of service to the public as a third generation funeral director, carrying on the 113 year tradition of Stewardship...
AUBREY BUSHELON of Birmingham, AL died February 3, 2013 at the age of 77. He was the owner of Bushelon Funeral Home, Inc, serving over 50 years as a funeral director. He was a member of the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association and the Alabama Funeral Directors and Morticians Association.
LUTHER JOHNSON JR. of Liberty, SC died January 30, 2013 at the age of 82. He was the owner of Luther Johnson Funeral Home. He was one of the oldest licensed African-American funeral director in South Carolina, with over 66 years of experience in the funeral profession. He was a member of the South Carolina Morticians Association and the National...
WARD LYNN SKINNER of Edinburg/Mission, TX died January 30, 2013 at the age of 61. He joined his dad, grandfather and four uncles as a third generation funeral director at Skinner Funeral Home, now known as Skinner-Silva Funeral Homes in Edinburg and Parr. He was president of Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery in Edinburg. In 1975, he graduated from the Commonwealth...
JAMES W. KRAUSE of Brookfield, WI died January 29, 2013 at the age of 83. He was a licensed funeral director, embalmer and president of Krause Funeral Homes, which his father, William Krause, founded in 1933. He ran the business alongside his two brothers until retiring in 1994. He graduated from the Wisconsin Institute of Mortuary Science in 1950.
TANYA JENKINS PEREZ of Orangeburg, SC died January 21, 2013 at the age of 46. She was a third generation owner of her family business, Al Jenkins Funeral Home of Orangeburg and Elloree, SC. She was a member of the National Funeral Directors Association and the South Carolina Morticians Association.
CARL WELLS SR of Stanton, KY died January 20, 2013 at the age of 80. He was a licensed funeral director at Wells Funeral Home and Wells Ambulance. He served as Powell County Coroner for 44 years. He graduated from the Kentucky School of Embalming in 1961.
DORIS YVETTE BOULDIN BLAND of Petersburg, VA died January 17, 2013 at the age of 59. She was a licensed funeral director, and co-owner of Bland Enterprises, Inc., operating as William N. Bland & Son Funeral Home and Turner-Bland Funeral Home. She was a member of the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, the Virginia Morticians Association and the Southside...