CHARLES M. BROWN

Mar 25, 2012

CHARLES M. BROWN of Martinsburg, WV died March 25, 2012 at the age of 85.He was a Funeral director with Brown Funeral Home for over 60 years. He graduated from the Cincinnati College of Embalming in 1952.

CHARLES M. BROWN

Mar 25, 2012

CorrectionThe following obituary contained incorrect information in the June 2012 issue. Our apologies to the family of Mr. Brown. –EditorCHARLES M. BROWN of Martinsburg, WV died March 25, 2012 at the age of 85. He was a funeral director with Brown Funeral Home for over 60 years. He graduated from the Cincinnati College of Embalming in 1952.

DAVID E. SUCHARSKI

Mar 21, 2012

DAVID E. SUCHARSKI of Springfield, PA and also Ocean Gate, NJ, formerly of Philadelphia, Maple Shade and Havertown, PA died March 21, 2012 at the age of 59. He served as a funeral director for many local funeral homes in the Philadelphia and New Jersey area, along with working next to his uncle and father at the Walter E. Sucharski...

ROBERT "BOB" RANEY

Mar 21, 2012

ROBERT "BOB" RANEY JR., of Gackle, ND died March 21, 2012 at the age of 57. He was licensed as a funeral director in Washington and Oregon, where he co-owned a trade embalming business. He was a member of the National Funeral Directors Association, and a graduate of the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science.

JEFFERSON DAVIS

Mar 17, 2012

JEFFERSON DAVIS JR., of Knoxville, TN died March 17, 2012 at the age of 82. He was co-founder and chairman of Unity Mortuary.

BERNARD J. "BARNEY" FUREY

Mar 15, 2012

BERNARD J. "BARNEY" FUREY of Frazee, MN died March 15, 2012 at the age of 86. He was a retired Frazee funeral director. In 1963, he and his wife, Kay, purchased the Miller Funeral Home in Frazee, renaming it Furey Funeral Home, which they operated until 1994. He worked as a mortician for Johnson Mortuary in Duluth from 1951 until...

GRANT O. DAINO

Mar 15, 2012

GRANT O. DAINO of Cape Coral, FL died March 15, 2012 at the age of 74. He worked as a funeral director in the state of Florida for 42 years with twenty of them in Lee County. He graduated from the Worsham College of Mortuary Science in 1957.

JOHN WILLIAM DAVIDSON

Mar 15, 2012

JOHN WILLIAM DAVIDSON of Murfreesboro, TN died March 15, 2012 at the age of 87. He was loved in his community for his work as a funeral director. He graduated from the Cincinnati College of Embalming in 1949.

WENDY K. GARRITY

Mar 15, 2012

WENDY K. GARRITY of Prairie du Chien, WI died March 15, 2012 at the age of 49. She and her husband, Michael, owned Garrity Funeral Home. She received her Bachelor's of Science from Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL.

WILL CHAMBERS TIPS

Mar 14, 2012

WILL CHAMBERS TIPS of San Antonio, TX died March 14, 2012 at the age of 91. He was a former co-owner of Mission Park Funeral Chapels and Cemeteries founded by his grandfather, Will Harry Chambers, in 1907. He was a third generation owner of what became the state's first combination funeral home and cemetery. He decided to sell the business...