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...
JEFF AUBREY LEWIS
Mar 9, 2012
JEFF AUBREY LEWIS JR., of Demorest, GA died March 9, 2012 at the age of 67. In 1978, he purchased the Paul T. Donehoo Funeral Home, now known as Donehoo-Lewis Funeral Home in Hapeville. He worked at the firm as a licensed funeral director and embalmer for several years before retiring five years ago. He retained ownership of the funeral...
JOHN BOUCHETTE KLEMMER
Mar 9, 2012
JOHN BOUCHETTE KLEMMER of Franklin, WI died March 9, 2012 at the age of 83. He co-founded Tebo Peppey Klemmer Funeral Home, along with James Peppey, serving as a funeral director for over 57 years.
HOWARD N. DEETER
Mar 8, 2012
HOWARD N. DEETER of Cheltenham, formerly of Olney, PA died March 8, 2012 at the age of 85. He became a licensed funeral director in 1950, operating Deeter Funeral Home in Olney from 1970 until 1994, when it merged with the David G. Richardson Funeral Home in Fox Chase. He and his wife moved to Cheltenham, but he continued to...