ROBERT BARRY “BOB” FERNALD
May 12, 2023
ROBERT BARRY “BOB” FERNALD of Mount Desert, ME died May 12, 2023 at the age of 89. A licensed funeral director and embalmer since 1955, he worked alongside his cousins Thomas J. Fernald and William C. Fernald in Somesville. Bob stayed active as a licensed funeral director for 63 years, working 35 of those years with his daughter Lauri...
DEL J. SHERMAN
May 11, 2023
DEL J. SHERMAN of Fenton, MO died May 11, 2023. He was a funeral director and owner of Lupton Chapel in University City. Sherman was co-founder and past president of the St. Louis Owned and Operated Funeral Home Association.
EWELL T. COBB
May 11, 2023
EWELL T. COBB of Richmond, KY died May 11, 2023 at the age of 83. A licensed funeral director for over fifty years, he began working at Oldham, Roberts & Powell Funeral Home in Richmond. Cobb later purchased the business, operating it until his son, Terrell took over ownership.
CHARLES BORROMEO “CHUCK” BEAULIEU
May 11, 2023
CHARLES BORROMEO “CHUCK” BEAULIEU III of Newberry, MI died May 11, 2023 at the age of 85. He was a third-generation funeral director at Beaulieu Funeral Home. In the early 1980s, Chuck became owner and continued serving the community until his stroke in 1997 and retired. He continued his involvement in funeral service at a state level and in...
ELIZABETH “BETH” A. WILLIAMS
May 8, 2023
ELIZABETH “BETH” A. WILLIAMS of Cincinnati, OH died May 8, 2023 at the age of 51. An Ohio funeral director and embalmer since 1999, she was certified as a master funeral director and embalmer and funeral celebrant. Beth also held an Ohio Crematory Operator permit. In 2013, she joined the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science as the director of...
CHARLES GALLUZZO
May 8, 2023
CHARLES GALLUZZO of Clifton, NJ died May 8, 2023 at the age of 56. A licensed funeral director for more than thirty years, he was employed at the Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Galluzzo was a former member of the Bergen County Funeral Directors Association.
BARRY ALLEN RICHARDSON
May 7, 2023
BARRY ALLEN RICHARDSON of Hamilton, OH died May 7, 2023 at the age of 70. He served his apprenticeship and worked for Webb Noonan Funeral Home for thirty years; retired and later was employed by Weigel Funeral Home until he semi-retired in 2018. A graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, Richardson was a member of the Ohio...
LLAR BELL CRAWFORD MCDONALD
May 7, 2023
LLAR BELL CRAWFORD MCDONALD of Fairmont, NC died May 7, 2023 at the age of 97. A licensed funeral director, she was the manager of Hills Funeral Home for many years before her retirement. McDonald was a member of the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association.
JAMES “JIM” DAVID ZABEL
Apr 29, 2023
JAMES “JIM” DAVID ZABEL of Brownstown, IN died April 29, 2023 at the age of 75. A fourth-generation funeral director, he took over the family funeral home in 1972 and in 1974 the Hague Funeral Home in Medora. Zabel retired in 2019. A 1970 graduate of the Kentucky School of Mortuary Science, he was a member and honored in...
TIMOTHY W. FOSBRINK
Apr 28, 2023
TIMOTHY W. FOSBRINK of Towson, MD died April 28, 2023 at the age of 70. A funeral director for over fifty years, he started his apprenticeship with the Hubbard Funeral Home in Baltimore. Fosbrink continued his employment at Hubbard Funeral Home as a funeral director and in later years as assistant manager for over twenty years. In 1992 he...