RICHARD KELLEY HIXON
Dec 9, 2011
RICHARD KELLEY HIXON of Belton, MO died December 9, 2011 at the age of 80. He was a funeral director for D.W. Newcomer's Sons.
DIANN F. PLAMP
Dec 8, 2011
DIANN F. PLAMP of Mitchell, SD died December 8, 2011 at the age of 72. In May of 1992, she founded Cemeteries Aglow, Inc., to market the patent Peace Light solar-powered memorial light.
JOHN D. BRIVCHIK
Dec 8, 2011
JOHN D. BRIVCHIK of Lancaster, PA died December 8, 2011 at the age of 78. He was a licensed funeral director for Fred F. Groff Funeral Home Inc. from 1962 until 1973. He also worked for other funeral homes in the Lancaster county area. He was a graduate of Waynesburg College, and a 1957 graduate of the Pittsburgh Institute of...
Rex Leroy Cowart
Dec 7, 2011
REX LEROY COWART of Indianapolis, IN died December 7, 2011 at the age of 72. He was a funeral director, owner and operator of Fountain Square Mortuary for the past 22 years.
RAY GEORGE HOPKINS
Dec 6, 2011
RAY GEORGE HOPKINS of Crownsville, MD died December 6, 2011 at the age of 61. He completed his apprenticeship at Singleton Funeral Home, later working as a funeral director for the Glen Burnie Funeral Homes. In 1989, he and his partner, David Hovatter purchased the firm, where he worked until retiring in 2008. He sold his share of the firm...
John L. Showalter
Dec 5, 2011
JOHN L. SHOWALTER of Connersville, IN died December 5, 2011 at the age of 70. He served as president of Showalter Blackwell Long Funeral Chapels in Connersville, IN, Liberty, IN and College Corner, OH. He served as district director of the Indiana Funeral Directors Association. He graduated from the Indiana College of Mortuary Science in 1963
KENNETH D. MORRISON
Dec 5, 2011
KENNETH D. MORRISON JR., of Ivoryton, CT died December 5, 2011 at the age of 83. He was a long time funeral director at Munson Funeral Home in Woodbury for many years, also at Robinson and Wright Funeral Home from 1967 to 1974.
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.