FREDERICK JULIUS TIPS
Dec 3, 2011
FREDERICK JULIUS TIPS, JR., of San Antonio, TX died December 3, 2011 at the age of 88. He was a third generation funeral director and owner, along with his brother, Will Chambers Tips, at Mission Park Funeral Chapels and Cemeteries, founded in 1907. This firm offered the first-in-the-nation funeral home and cemetery combination. He pioneered the custom fabrication of the...
WILLIAM N. SNYDER
Dec 3, 2011
WILLIAM N. SNYDER JR., of North Huntingdon, PA died December 3, 2011 at the age of 87. He was a 62 year funeral director, owner and operator of William Snyder Funeral Home. He graduated from the Pitts-burgh Institute of Mortuary Science in 1949.
KENNETH W. MERLE
Nov 27, 2011
KENNETH W. MERLE of Brocton, NY died November 27, 2011 at the age of 68. He was the owner and operator of the Morse Funeral Home since 1968. He was a former coroner for Chautauqua County from January 1979 through 1981and was a member of the National Funeral Directors Association.
MILBERN "BILL" KINARD BATES
Nov 25, 2011
MILBERN "BILL" KINARD BATES of Vero Beach, FL died November 25, 2011 at the age of 72. Bates founded Life Appreciation Training in 1974. The LAT seminars involved 2 days of intensive training in a funeral arrangement system that allows the arranger to bond with the family and discover ways in which a funeral may be personalized as a deeply...
ROBERT S. LEWIS
Nov 21, 2011
ROBERT S. LEWIS of Memphis, TN died November 21, 2011 at the age of 92. He was the owner and operator of R.S. Lewis and Sons Funeral Home which was started by his father nearly 90 years ago. A graduate of Worsham College of Mortuary Science, Mr. Lewis was co-funeral director at Dr. Martin Luther King's Services in Atlanta, GA.
MICHAEL G. VINCENT
Nov 16, 2011
MICHAEL G. VINCENT of Laconia, NH died November 16, 2011 at the age of 57. He owned and operated Simoneau and Son Funeral Home for many years until retiring in 1997. He previously worked with Tom Eaton at the Fletcher Funeral Home before moving to Laconia. He was a graduate of Simmons School of Embalming and Mortuary Science in Syracuse.
JOHN R. MINNOCCI
Nov 15, 2011
JOHN R. MINNOCCI of Clarksburg, WV died November 15, 2011 at the age of 74. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer assistant, working at several funeral homes over 59 years including Lynch-Stacey Funeral Home and Dorsey Funeral Home in Shinnston, Bartolo Funeral Home in Clarksburg and at Davis Funeral Home in Clarksburg most recently for the past 12...
B. RODNEY LIND
Nov 13, 2011
B. RODNEY LIND of Elyria, OH and formerly of Jamestown, NY died November 13, 2011 at the age of 84. He served as president of the family business, The Lind Funeral Home, Inc. where he served the Jamestown community as a funeral director for 47 years before retiring in 1997. A graduate of the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, he...
DONALD J. BIERSCHWALE
Nov 6, 2011
DONALD J. BIERSCHWALE of San Antonio, TX died November 6, 2011 at the age of 78. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer for over fifty years. He initiated five funeral homes in San Antonio, including Brookhill Center Home, Dellcrest Funeral Home, Oak Hills Funeral Home and Palm Heights Funeral Home. He was a partner in the Tri City...
ROBERT THOMAS OWEN
Nov 4, 2011
ROBERT THOMAS OWEN SR., of Jarratt, VA died November 4, 2011 at the age of 76. He was a second generation funeral director and owner of Owen Funeral Home, which his father and uncle started in 1938. He moved the firm from a converted home into a new building, built for the purpose of being a funeral home. He attended...