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...
TYRONE C. DURHAM
Nov 2, 2011
TYRONE C. DURHAM of Philadelphia, PA died November 2, 2011 at the age of 59. He was a licensed funeral director, working for Julian V. Hawkins Funeral Home in West Philadelphia. He graduated from the McAllister School of Embalming in 1994.
DAVID W. RUZICH
Oct 31, 2011
DAVID W. RUZICH of Whiting, IN died October 31, 2011 at the age of 58. He owned his first funeral home, Kosier-Ruzich Funeral Home in 1975. He later opened Ruzich Funeral Home in Whiting and South Chicago along with Brown Funeral Home; Edgar Funeral Home in Oak Lawn; Sheldon-Goglen Funeral Home in Chicago; Owens-Ruzich Funeral Home in Whiting and LaHayne...
WESLEY RICE
Oct 30, 2011
WESLEY RICE of Milford, MI died October 30, 2011 at the age of 90. He worked at Lynch & Sons Funeral Home for over 40 years, retiring in 2008 as the senior staff embalmer. He spent nearly 25 years working with many funeral homes, including the Estes-Leadley Funeral Homes in Lansing and Holt. He graduated from Wayne State University of...