PETER VINCENT HYLAND
May 1, 2012
PETER VINCENT HYLAND of Austintown, OH died May 1, 2012 at the age of 78. He worked for McVean & Hughes Funeral Home in Youngstown, and for McClurkin Funeral Home in Girard as a licensed funeral director and embalmer. He graduated from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science in 1967.
KEVIN CRAIG KORDES
Apr 26, 2012
KEVIN CRAIG KORDES of Rolla, MO died April 26, 2012 at the age of 51. He was employed at Hope Funeral Home before moving to Rolla, where he acquired Atkisson-Swinfard Funeral Home, renaming it Kordes Funeral Home. He later obtained the Long Funeral Homes in Vienna, Dixon and Crocker. He owned and operated Rolla Monument Company and Elite Concrete Engraving....
TERRY FRANKLIN ADAMS
Apr 25, 2012
TERRY FRANKLIN ADAMS of Douglasville, GA died April 25, 2012 at the age of 62. He was a funeral director and embalmer for the Hightower Funeral Home in Bremen, where he also served his apprenticeship. He worked at H.M. Patterson & Son Funeral Home for 36 years, continuing his career with positions at Mayes-Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home in Marietta and for...
DONALD LEROY BREWSTER
Apr 24, 2012
DONALD LEROY BREWSTER of Lufkin, TX died April 24, 2012 at the age of 84. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer at Carroway Funeral Home for 18 years. He was a graduate of Landrum's Mortuary College, and was asked to help clean up the Texas City disaster in 1947.
EDWARD L. MACDONALD
Apr 23, 2012
EDWARD L. MACDONALD of Howell, NJ died April 23, 2012 at the age of 84. He was a long time funeral director, owner and operator of MacDonald's Funeral Home. A graduate of Wayne State School of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the Michigan Funeral Directors Association.
JAMES FLOYD "BUCK" DAVIS
Apr 15, 2012
JAMES FLOYD "BUCK" DAVIS JR., of Hartsville, SC died April 15, 2012 at the age of 78. He was employed at Hines Funeral Homes, managing the Lamar, SC location and counseling at Darlington Memory Gardens.
FOSTER EUGENE HEATH
Apr 14, 2012
FOSTER EUGENE HEATH SR., of Lakeland, FL died April 14, 2012 at the age of 92. In 1959, he founded Heath Funeral Chapel, now managed by his son-in-law, Bill Schichtel. In 1946, he graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in mortuary science. He was a member of the Polk County Funeral Directors Association, Florida Funeral Directors Association,...
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...