CECIL R. HURT
Apr 4, 2012
CECIL R. HURT of Indianapolis, IN died April 4, 2012 at the age of 91. He was one of the first veterans in Indianapolis to receive a 100 percent G.I loan, which he used to purchase Cecil R. Hurt Mortuary located on the south side of Indianapolis. He was a funeral director and owner of the firm for nearly forty...
WILLIAM R. "BILL" SHORT
Apr 4, 2012
WILLIAM R. "BILL" SHORT of Marlborough, MA died April 4, 2012 at the age of 63. He was a longtime funeral director, owner and operator of William R. Short & Sons Funeral Home, previously known as Brown Funeral Home.
L. JAMES PETERSON
Mar 31, 2012
L. JAMES PETERSON of Cologne, NJ died March 31, 2012 at the age of 82. He was a funeral director and owner of Atwood Peterson Funeral Home, now known as Saraceno Funeral Home in Egg Harbor City from 1959 until 1985.He was past president and co-founder of Peterson Monuments Inc., from 1976 until he retired in 2004. He was a...
ARTHUR G. ANDERSON
Mar 30, 2012
ARTHUR G. ANDERSON of Escanaba, MI died March 30, 2012 at the age of 84. He was a licensed funeral director, working alongside his father in the family business, Anderson Funeral Home. In 1950, he partnered with his father, forming a new funeral home which was built at 2200 Ludington Street in Escanaba. In 1967, he purchased Kelly Funeral Home...
JAMES MARTIN GAITHER
Mar 30, 2012
JAMES MARTIN GAITHER of Roanoke Rapids, NC died March 30, 2012 at the age of 58. He began working at Branch Funeral Home as an apprentice, later working in the Branch Funeral Homes in Enfield, Scotland Neck and Roanoke Rapids. He served on the faculty of Gupton-Jones College for several years. At the time of his death, he was a...
VIRGINIA A. "GINNY" BLAIR
Mar 30, 2012
VIRGINIA A. "GINNY" BLAIR of Evanston, IL died March 30, 2012 at the age of 86. She worked with Smith Bucklin & Associates as head of the public relations department for more than 20 years, and worked with several associations including the Cremation Association of North America. After retiring from the firm in the mid 1990s, she continued to work...
ALBERT HARRIS
Mar 29, 2012
ALBERT HARRIS SR.,of Jacksonville, FL died March 29, 2012 at the age of 59. In 1986, he opened and operated Harris Mortuary located on 2261 Edison Ave, adding a second location at 8967 Lem Turner Road about seven years ago. He graduated from the Miami-Dade Community College of Mortuary Science in 1973-1974.
JOSHUA DOUGLAS ROUSE
Mar 27, 2012
JOSHUA DOUGLAS ROUSE of Ocoee, FL died March 27, 2012 at the age of 32. He was a third generation funeral director currently serving as general manager for Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Homes Apopka Chapel in Apopka, FL. He served as a funeral director in both Jackson, MS and New Orleans, LA before relocating to central Florida. He was a graduate of...
NORMAN J. OLMSTEAD
Mar 26, 2012
NORMAN J. OLMSTEAD of Middlebury, VT formerly of Belmont, NY died March 26, 2012 at the age of 96. He owned and operated funeral homes in Belmont and Mexico, NY, retiring in 1981. He was past president of the Onondaga-Oswego Funeral Directors Association of New York.
CHARLES M. BROWN
Mar 25, 2012
CHARLES M. BROWN of Martinsburg, WV died March 25, 2012 at the age of 85. He was a local funeral director for more than 60 years at Brown Funeral Home, which has been owned and operated by the Brown family since the 1800s. He graduated from the Cincinnati College of Embalming in 1952.