VERNON L. WALLACE
Aug 30, 2012
VERNON L. WALLACE of Broadview, IL died August 30, 2012 at the age of 82. He worked part time for his uncle, Joseph Wallace, owner of Wallace Funeral Home on the Westside of Chicago. He began working at the House of Branch Memorial Chapels, where he continued to work for 34 years. In 1988, he and his wife, Gladys, established...
MICHAEL A. HOEFLINGER
Aug 20, 2012
MICHAEL A. HOEFLINGER of Oregon, OH died August 20, 2012 at the age of 84. He joined his father, Ted, at Hoeflinger Funeral Home, the first funeral service in East Toledo and the surrounding suburbs that his grandfather, Michael, had established in 1877. He became the owner of the firm in 1968. He sold the firm and retired in the...
CYNTHIA L. "ROSSI" LOCKNEY
Aug 17, 2012
CYNTHIA L. "ROSSI" LOCKNEY of Howland, OH died August 17, 2012 at the age of 62. She retired in 2008 as the office manager of the Peter Rossi & Son Memorial Chapel after 30 years.
WILLIAM LEO "BILL" JOWETT
Aug 13, 2012
WILLIAM LEO "BILL" JOWETT of Grand Ledge, MI died August 13, 2012 at the age 78. He founded Jowett Funeral Home on Lapeer Ave in Port Huron. He was a licensed funeral director for 55 years and was the former St. Clair county coroner. He was a member of the National Funeral Directors Association, and the Michigan Funeral Directors Association....
PETER ANTHONY WASILEWSKI
Aug 12, 2012
PETER ANTHONY WASILEWSKI of Wallingford, CT died August 12, 2012 at the age of 60. He began working for his lifelong best friend and mentor, Davis T. Warren at Thomas E. Fitzgerald Funeral Home. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer for 45 years. In 1972, the firm expanded to open the Yalesville Funeral Home and the Wallingford Funeral...
WILLIAM P. HERDEGEN
Aug 9, 2012
WILLIAM P. HERDEGEN, JR of Chicago, IL died August 9, 2012 at the age of 82. He worked for several funeral homes before starting his own funeral home, Herdegen Funeral Home, in 1957. In 1988, he and his wife purchased the Brieske Funeral Home name. Out of the merger came the current name of Herdegen-Brieske Funeral Home. He graduated from...
JAMES ADELL JONES
Aug 8, 2012
JAMES ADELL JONES SR., of Huntsville, AL died August 8, 2012 at the age of 84. In 1967, he purchased the Royal Funeral Home alongside his wife, Barbara Hundley Jones, a second generation funeral director, where he served as grand patriarch. In 1972, he moved the firm to its current location on 4315 Oakwood Avenue. In 2000, the firm was...
GROOME MEARS
Jul 30, 2012
GROOME MEARS JR., of Lewes, DE died July 30, 2012 at the age of 87. He began working for the Mealey and Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Homes in Wil-mington before opening his own funeral home in Middletown in 1947. He owned the firm until retiring in 1992. Since 1998, he had been on staff at Parsell Funeral Homes in Lewes. He was...
CHARLES W. DEE
Jul 29, 2012
CHARLES W. DEE SR., of Concord, MA died July 29, 2012 at the age of 88. He was a third generation funeral director, former president and treasurer of Dee Funeral Home for 64 years. He joined his father and grandfather in the operation of the firm, then known as Joseph Dee and Son Funeral Home, where he served his apprenticeship....
THOMAS J. "TUCKER" REDDINGTON
Jul 26, 2012
THOMAS J. "TUCKER" REDDINGTON of Buffalo, NY died July 26, 2012 at the age of 82. He was a licensed funeral director, owner and operator of Reddington Funeral Home. He was a member of the Erie-Niagara Funeral Directors Association.