JERRY BERNARD “J.B.” BARR

Apr 6, 2023

 

JERRY BERNARD “J.B.” BARR of Charles Town, WV died April 6, 2023 at the age of 69. A licensed funeral director and embalmer, he graduated with a degree in mortuary science from the Catonsville Community College in Maryland. A past president of the Eastern Panhandle Funeral Directors Association, he was a member of the National Funeral Directors Association, and...

JAMES M. SMITH

Apr 4, 2023

 

JAMES M. SMITH of Somers, WI died April 4, 2023 at the age of 76. A Kenosha funeral director, he began his career at the Bruch Funeral Home, then worked at the Hansen-Lendman Funeral Home and retired after many years of serving families at the Proko Funeral Home. Smith graduated from the Milwaukee Area Technical College with a degree...

MARY ELLEN MURPHY

Apr 4, 2023

 

MARY ELLEN MURPHY of Trinidad, CO died April 4, 2023 at the age of 95. She worked alongside her husband, John Murphy in owning and operating funeral homes in Yankton and Mitchell, SD and Trinidad, CO. In 1981, they purchased the Mullare Funeral Home, renaming it Mullare-Murphy Funeral Home. Murphy remained working alongside her husband until his passing in...

JAMES A. MENTER

Mar 28, 2023

 

JAMES A. MENTER of Fulton, NY died March 28, 2023 at the age of 76. A licensed funeral director, he owned and operated Menter’s Ambulance and the James A. Menter Funeral Home for more than thirty years. Menter graduated from the Simmons School of Mortuary Science.

JOHN E. ROBINSON

Mar 27, 2023

 

JOHN E. ROBINSON of Delaware, OH died March 27, 2023 at the age of 80. A licensed funeral director and embalmer for over fifty years, he retired as a third-generation owner and operator of Robinson Funeral Home, which his grandfather established in 1897. A 1964 graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the...

ALFRED J. GAY

Mar 22, 2023

 

ALFRED J. GAY of East Longmeadow, MA died March 22, 2023 at the age of 93. He served his apprenticeship with the Hooker and Whitcomb Funeral Home in Barre, VT and began his lifelong career in funeral service with Dickinson-Streeter Funeral Service, Inc covering the Springfield, MA and Brattleboro, VT offices. A graduate of the New England Institute of...

BENNETT D. PASSERI

Mar 19, 2023

 

BENNETT D. PASSERI of Grand Rapids, MN died March 19, 2023 at the age of 61. He worked at funeral homes in Minneapolis and Virginia, MN before becoming the manager at Range Funeral Home in Hibbing. Passeri moved to Grand Rapids in 1995 after accepting a job at Rowe Funeral Home, where he continued to be a funeral director...

GILBERT WALTER “GIL” PARTHEMORE

Mar 14, 2023

 

GILBERT WALTER “GIL” PARTHEMORE of New Cumberland, PA died March 14, 2023 at the age of 88.  A funeral director since 1968, he began working at Hoff-Stone Funeral Home in New Cumberland and Mt. Olivet Cemetery before establishing the Gilbert W. Parthemore Funeral Home in 1969.  Gil retired after owning and operating the funeral home for thirty years. A...

JAMES “JIM” JOSEPH TRAMONTE

Mar 9, 2023

 

JAMES “JIM” JOSEPH TRAMONTE of Winter Garden, FL died March 9, 2023 at the age of 63. He started working for Quality Vaults and Monuments and Metro Crematory in Ocoee, FL. Eventually he managed these companies for his father-in-law, Richard Boetcher for many years. After Richard retired, Jim became the owner and expanded into Lake Wales and Deland.  

BRYAN H. HUNSINGER

Mar 8, 2023

 

BRYAN H. HUNSINGER of Williamsport, PA died March 8, 2023 at the age of 58. He served his funeral director apprenticeship at Sanders Mortuary in Williamsport and at Trefz and Bowser Funeral Home in Hummelstown. Hunsinger was employed by and eventually owned the Aurand Funeral Homes of McClure and Beavertown, spending a total of 20 years at that location....