KEVIN PATRICK LARKIN
May 28, 2012
KEVIN PATRICK LARKIN, a lifelong resident of Sioux City, IA died May 28, 2012 at the age of 65. He worked for the family business, Larkin Funeral Home, along with his brother, Dennis, who owned and operated the firm for many years until the business was merged with Christy-Smith Funeral Homes in 2006. He continued to work for the firm...
FRENCHYE M. BYNES
May 26, 2012
FRENCHYE M. BYNES of Savannah, GA died May 26, 2012 at the age of 88. She was a Georgia licensed funeral director, working alongside her husband, Frank Howard Bynes, Sr., in the operation of Bynes-Royall Funeral Home Inc; the oldest funeral home in the state of Georgia. She obtained ownership of the firm after her husband had passed away. She...
RAYMOND C. PFEIFER
May 16, 2012
RAYMOND C. PFEIFER of Millvale, PA died May 16, 2012 at the age of 91. He was the owner and operator of the former family-owned Pfeifer Funeral Home on Grant Avenue, which was originally founded by his father, Edward J. Pfeifer, in 1901. He graduated from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science.
VICTOR KLEINHEKSEL
May 11, 2012
VICTOR KLEINHEKSEL of Holland, MI died May 11, 2012 at the age of 82. He was a second generation funeral director of the Kleinheksel family's Dykstra Funeral Homes, which has operated in downtown Holland at 29 E. Ninth Street since 1899. He owned and operated the firm with his father and brother, Carrow Kleinheksel, until fully retiring at 80. He...
JOHN J. SHEA
May 11, 2012
JOHN J. SHEA of Rockland, MA died May 11, 2012 at the age of 91. He worked for many years at the Magoun-Biggins Funeral Home in Rockland.
MARGARETMARY "PEGGY' DOBMEIER
May 10, 2012
MARGARETMARY "PEGGY' DOBMEIER of Amherst, NY died May 10, 2012 at the age of 59. She was a longtime funeral director, along with her brother, James, owning and operating the John E. Roberts Funeral Homes in North Buffalo and Amherst. In 2008, they acquired the Harry A. Wedekindt Funeral Home. She has been an integral part of the family business...
MARGARET MARY ZELLEY SCHMIT
May 9, 2012
MARGARET MARY ZELLEY SCHMIT of Flint, MI died May 9, 2012 at the age of 94. She and her husband, LeRoy Zelley, started the Zelley Funeral Home and Ambulance Service in 1953. In 1976, after her husband had passed away, she obtained ownership of the firm until it closed in 1989. She graduated from Wayne State University of Mortuary Science...
DONALD L. CREASEY
May 8, 2012
DONALD L. CREASEY of Tonawanda, NY died May 8, 2012 at the age of 82. He operated the Hilli-and-Creasey Funeral Home, along with his son, David in the City of Tonawanda. He graduated from the Simmons School of Embalming in Syracuse.
MYRTLE GREEN THATCHER
May 7, 2012
MYRTLE GREEN THATCHER of Kansas City, KS died May 7, 2012 at the age of 102. In 1980, after the death of her husband, Nathan Thatcher, Jr, Mrs. Thatcher obtained ownership of Thatcher's Funeral Home; the oldest African-American family owned funeral home in the state of Kansas. It was at that time that her daughter, Quintelle, was elected general manager...
DORIS JANELLA BROWN
May 6, 2012
DORIS JANELLA BROWN ROWE of Hornbeck, LA died May 6, 2012 at the age of 76. She was the owner and operator of Heritage Rowe Funeral Home in Leesville.