JOHN ARTHUR "JACK" REID
Jun 28, 2011
JOHN ARTHUR "JACK" REID of Greene, IL died June 28, 2011 at the age of 57. He worked for John B. Turner Mortuary in Cedar Rapids before returning to Greene to work for his father's business. Following the death of his father in 1988, he purchased Reid's Funeral Chapel. A graduate of the Mid America College of Funeral Service in...
JOHN ARTHUR "JACK" REID
Jun 28, 2011
JOHN ARTHUR "JACK" REID of Greene, IL died June 28, 2011 at the age of 57. He worked for John B. Turner Mortuary in Cedar Rapids before returning to Greene to work for his father's business. Following the death of his father in 1988, he purchased Reid's Funeral Chapel. A graduate of the Mid America College of Funeral Service in...
LEE J. FISCHER
Jun 11, 2011
LEE J. FISCHER of Winthrop Harbor, IL died June 11, 2011 at the age of 69. In 1979, he purchased Mt. Olivet Memorial Park in Zion. He served on the board of directors for the Illinois Cemetery and Funeral Home Association and was a member of the Cremation Association of North America, Metropolitan Chicago Cemetery Officials and the International Cemetery,...
MARJORIE ROWAN GREVIOUS
Mar 3, 2011
MARJORIE ROWAN GREVIOUS of Louisville, KY died March 3, 2011 at the age of 94. She was the first African American female licensed funeral director and embalmer in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. In 1957, she and her husband, the late John G. Grevious, Sr., were founders and owners of the Rowman and Grevious Mortuary. She closed the business, retiring after...
EDWARD KOPMAN
Dec 6, 2008
EDWARD KOPMAN of Batavia, IL died at the age of 61. A 2004 graduate of Worsham School of Mortuary Science, he worked for Austin Livery, Knollcrest Funeral Home in Lombard, IL, and most recently at Hultgren Funeral Home in Wheaton, IL.
JOHN PATRICK “PAT” BAINES SR
Apr 7, 1989
JOHN PATRICK “PAT” BAINES SR of Arlington Heights, IL died April 7, 2024 at the age of 77. His career as a funeral coach salesman spanned over 30 years. In 1995, Pat accomplished his dream of becoming a business owner by co-founding Baines Professional Vehicles with his son, John.
JERRY JOHNSON GRIFFEY
Oct 7, 0024
JERRY JOHNSON GRIFFEY of Fountain City, TN died October 7, 2024 at the age of 90. A funeral director, he and his late wife, Joan owned and operated the Gentry Griffey Funeral Chapel for 40 years. A 1954 graduate of the Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service, Griffey was a member of the Greater Knoxville Funeral Directors Association, Tennessee Funeral Directors...
JOSEPH A. KLEIN
Sep 27, 0023
JOSEPH A. KLEIN of Spencerport, NY died September 27, 2023 at the age of 75. He operated his funeral business out of the Harris Funeral Home in Rochester for the last fifteen years. A 1976 graduate of the Simmons Institute of Funeral Service, he was a member of the New York State Funeral Directors Association and the Rochester Funeral...
THOMAS W. PLUMB
Apr 16, 0007
THOMAS W. PLUMB of Rochester, NY died April 16, 2024 at the age of 96. A funeral director for 43 years, he was the former owner of Farrell Brothers Funeral Home.