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.
IRVING "STET" W. STETSON
May 6, 2012
IRVING "STET" W. STETSON of Brunswick, ME, died May 6, 2012 at the age of 87. He was a fourth generation funeral director, working alongside his father at Stetson's Funeral Home. He later acquired ownership of the business, along with his wife, Dorothy. In 1991, he sold the firm to Brunswick natives, Anthony and Debbie Purinton, where he maintained a...
JEREMIAH F. QUINLAN
May 3, 2012
JEREMIAH F. QUINLAN, SR., a lifelong resident of Clifton, NJ died May 3, 2012 at the age of 70. Previously, he was the owner of Quinlan's Clifton Funeral Home and Quinlan's Richfield Funeral Home. He was recently employed as a funeral director with Service Corporation International in Union, NJ. He was a member and past president of the Passaic County...
THOMAS STABLET "TOMMY" TEAGUE
May 2, 2012
THOMAS STABLET "TOMMY" TEAGUE of Brinkley, AR died May 2, 2012 at the age of 61. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer in Arkansas, Illinois and Missouri for more than 38 years. He assisted his mother in their family business, Branscumb Funeral Home, Inc since 1981. He served his apprenticeship at Lawrence A. Jones Funeral Home in Kansas...