JOHN C. "JACK" GREER
Jul 16, 2011
JOHN C. "JACK" GREER of Prospect Park, PA died July 16, 2011 at the age of 88. In 1946, he began working for the Griffith Funeral Chapel in Norwood, serving as a general manager for several years before retiring in 1991. He had written several articles about the funeral service profession in many professional trade publications. He was a graduate...
JOE NOLAN
Jul 15, 2011
JOE NOLAN of Colorado Springs, CO died July 15, 2011 at the age of 78. He was a longtime Colorado Springs funeral director, certified mortuary service practitioner, certified international funeral director and embalmer and co-owner of the Nolan Funeral Home. In 1955, he joined his families firm as a second generation funeral director, purchasing it in 1975. He served as...
JOE NOLAN
Jul 15, 2011
JOE NOLAN of Colorado Springs, CO died July 15, 2011 at the age of 78. He joined Nolan Funeral Home in 1955 as a second generation funeral director, purchasing it in 1975. He was a certified Mortuary Service Practitioner, International Funeral Director and Embalmer. He served as the Evergreen and Fairview Cemeteries Historian. He also served on the board of...
DONALD M. DEWARE
Jul 14, 2011
DONALD M. DEWARE of Quincy, MA died July 14, 2011 at the age of 95. In 1939, he and his brother, Robert bought a building on Hancock Street in the Wollaston section of Quincy that formerly housed a children's theater. It was later renamed Deware Brothers Funeral Home and was one of the first funeral chapels on the South Shore....
DONALD M DEWARE
Jul 14, 2011
DONALD M. DEWARE of Quincy, MA died July 14, 2011 at the age of 95. He and his brother, Robert, opened the Deware Brothers Funeral Home, the first chapel designed to accommodate services at the funeral home. He ministered to the families of Quincy and the South Shore for over 60 years. He also ran Deware Ambulance Services, which was...
ALPHONSO R JENKINS
Jul 11, 2011
ALPHONSO R. JENKINS of Orangeburg, SC died July 11, 2011 at the age of 78. He was the owner of Al Jenkins Funeral Homes of Orangeburg and Elloree.
ROBERT WINFREY WILLIAMS
Jul 11, 2011
ROBERT WINFREY WILLIAMS of Princeton, WV died July 11, 2011 at the age of 85. He began his career in the late 40's with the Memorial Funeral Directory and Cremation Center on Mercer Street. He became a Licensed West Virginia funeral director in 1970, and was currently serving as vice president of the funeral home.
JOHN W BECHER
Jul 10, 2011
JOHN W. BECHER of Jasper, IN died July 10, 2011 at the age of 54. He was a licensed funeral director and a partner in the operations of the Becher & Kluesner Funeral Homes. He graduated from the Vincennes University of Mortuary Science.
WILLIE M. ADAMS
Jul 10, 2011
SERGEANT WILLIE M. ADAMS JR., of Atlanta, GA died July 10, 2011. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer for the Gregory B. Levett Funeral Home for several years. He also worked at the Dudley Funeral Home in Dublin for over 40 years.
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...