DAVID L. ORTON
Jun 8, 2023
DAVID L. ORTON of Austin, TX died June 8, 2023 at the age of 79. He retired from funeral service as a licensed funeral director and embalmer in 2014. Orton continued to work on a part-time basis until 2020. A graduate of the Gupton-Jones College of Mortuary Science, he was honored by the Texas Funeral Directors Association in 2016...
LOIS OVERTON
Jun 8, 2023
LOIS OVERTON of Islip, NY died June 8, 2023 at the age of 82. A licensed funeral director since 1986, she worked alongside her husband, Wayne at the family-owned business, Overton Funeral Home. She retired in 2008. Lois received her Associate of Applied Science Degree in Funeral Service from SUNY Farmingdale.
JOHN FRANK “JACK” VODRAZKA
Jun 6, 2023
JOHN FRANK “JACK” VODRAZKA of Independence, OH died June 6, 2023 at the age of 80. He joined his family business, Vodrazka Funeral Home in 1967 as a licensed funeral director and embalmer, while also operating his own individual embalming service. In 1977, Jack and his brother, Lawrence purchased the Cassidy Funeral Home, renaming it Vodrazka Funeral Home of...
LISA CARLSON
Jun 4, 2023
LISA CARLSON of Hinesburg, VT died June 4, 2023, at the age of 86. In 1987 she wrote the book “Caring for Your Own Dead,” the first manual of practical care for the dead written for lay families. In 1996, she revised and greatly expanded her book into a new edition. “Caring for the Dead: Your Final Act of...
RICHARD A. “WINK” WINKELMAN SR
Jun 1, 2023
RICHARD A. “WINK” WINKELMAN SR of Salisbury, MA died June 1, 2023 at the age if 83. A licensed New York and Massachusetts funeral director, he began his career working at Frank E. Campbell-The Funeral Chapel in New York as the assistant director. Wink later moved to Massachusetts to work for J. S. Waterman & Sons Funeral Service as...
HARRY W. OGLE
Jun 1, 2023
HARRY W. OGLE of Oxford, OH died June 1, 2023 at the age of 93. A funeral director for over thirty years, he was the former owner of Smith & Ogle Funeral Home and served as a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.
WILLIAM ANTHONY “BILL” BARCHEERS
May 28, 2023
WILLIAM ANTHONY “BILL” BARCHEERS of Hemphill, TX died May 28, 2023 at the age of 72. A licensed funeral director and embalmer for over fifty years, he worked at Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill for several years before joining Martin Funeral Home in El Paso. In the late 1970’s, he moved to San Augustine to become director in charge...
Todd Wesley Van Beck
May 23, 2023
Todd Wesley Van Beck of Cincinnati, OH died May 23, 2023 at the age of 71.
Todd was a person who had a half-century love affair with both funeral and cemetery service. He willingly admitted that he was, "no expert!", but also quickly admitted that there was nothing about this work and life that he did not enjoy,...
FAYE JACOBS
May 16, 2023
FAYE JACOBS of Blackshear, GA died May 16, 2023 at the age of 75. A funeral director and embalmer from 2002-2020, she and her husband, William opened Jacobs Funeral Home in 1994 and served families throughout the area for over twenty-six years.
RONALD PAUL HESS
May 15, 2023
RONALD PAUL HESS of Herkimer, NY died May 15, 2023 at the age of 82. His professional career started working as an apprentice at the George F. Scholderer Funeral Home in Binghamton. Hess briefly worked for the McGrath Funeral Home in Bronxville and was manager of the Havey-Maloney Funeral Home in Yonkers. He and his wife, Pam purchased the...