SAM RICHARD FOUND of Thornburg, VA died October 29, 2011 at the age of 46. He was the co-founder of Founds and Sons Funeral Chapels of Culpeper, Fredericksburg and Manassas and Affordable Funeral Service in Northern Virginia. He graduated from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science in 1987. He was past president and board member of the Northern Virginia Funeral...
G. KEENEN O'BRIEN of Bayonne, NJ died October 25, 2011 at the age of 80. He owned and operated G. Keenen O'Brien Funeral Home on Avenue C for more than eight decades along with his father, uncle and grandfather. He worked for the family business for 60 years, before retiring four years ago. He was a member of the Hudson...
RAYMOND DOUGLAS "DOUG" ROBBINS of Benton Harbor, MI died October 22, 2011 at the age of 57. He served under the apprenticeship of his father, Raymond A. Robbins, at the Robbins Brothers Funeral Home, which has been in business for 79 years. He was the director and owner of the firm until his death. In 1980, he graduated from the...
KRISTEN RUSIEWICZ DUNN of Upper Burrell Township, PA died October 16, 2011 at the age of 41. She was the vice president of the Rusiewicz Funeral Homes. She received a bachelor's degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1992, and graduated from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science in 1993.
FRANK BUTLER of Bessemer City, NC died October 14, 2011 at the age of 51. He was a third generation funeral director at Sisk-Butler Funeral Home.
WILLIAM "BILL" HAGEMAN JR., of Denver, CO died October 12, 2011 at the age of 72. He established Hageman's Mortuary Transport Service in 1987. He was a member of the Colorado Funeral Directors Association.
JAMES MARKINS of Gibson, GA died October 11, 2011 at the age of 57. He was a licensed funeral director and owner of the Sheppard Funeral Home. A graduate of Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service, he was a member of the Georgia Funeral Directors Association, the Independent Funeral Directors of Georgia and the Academy of Graduate Embalmers.
JAMES W. STICKLE of Yuma, AZ formerly of Bay City, MI died October 10, 2011 at the age of 85. He was a licensed funeral director for over 52 years, working at W.A Trahan Funeral Chapel in Bay City; RG & GR Harris Funeral Homes in Detroit; The Ira Kaufman Chapel in Southfield; A.H. Peters Funeral Home in Grosse Pointe...
JOHN CLARK EVERLY of Alexandria, VA died October 10, 2011at the age of 77. He was the president of Everly Funeral Homes, Inc., serving the families of North Virginia for over 50 years at the Everly-Wheatley Funeral Home. He also served as administrator of the Presbyterian Cemetery. A graduate of Eckels School of Mortuary Science, he was past president of...
RICKY JOE SHAFFER of Wichita Falls, TX died October 9, 2011 at the age of 57. He was a funeral director at Smith Funeral Home and for Lunn's Colonial Funeral Home.