HENRY WEYBURN NIEWOEHNER VI of Minot, ND died January 13, 2023 at the age of 89. He worked for several funeral homes in Illinois and North Dakota as a licensed funeral director, having held the oldest active licenses in North Dakota at the time of his death. In 1960 he and his wife, Mae purchased the Foley Funeral Home in...
M. DAVID RICHMAN of Hartford City, IN died January 12, 2023 at the age of 91. He was a funeral director in Indiana until his retirement in 1990. Richman was a member of the Indiana Funeral Directors Association.
JOHN WILLIAM RAMSEUR SR of Rock Hill, SC died January 10, 2023 at the age of 87. A leader in the mortuary industry for decades, he joined his family’s business, Robinson Funeral Home in 1960 and later became the manager, president and eventually owner. Ramseur served as the first African-American president of the South Carolina Board of Funeral Service
CURTIS MICHAEL “MIKE” BROWN of Sallisaw, OK died January 9, 2023 at the age of 67. A licensed funeral director and embalmer since 1975, he became dual licensed in the state of Alaska in 2004, then in 2010 became licensed in Wisconsin as well. Brown graduated from the Central State University in Edmond, OK with a degree in mortuary science.
ROGER J. HAUT of Jamestown, ND died January 9, 2023 at the age of 59. He entered the family business, Haut Funeral Home as an apprentice embalmer in 1984 and became a licensed funeral director and embalmer in 1985. Roger continued to serve the funeral home for 37 years. A 1984 graduate of the Mid-America College of Funeral Service, he...
THOMAS M. SMITH of Blawnox, PA died Jan. 5, 2023 at the age of 81. A third generation funeral director in the greater Pittsburgh area, he and his wife Janet founded the Thomas M. Smith Funeral Home in Blawnox in 1966. Tom also honorably served as the Mayor of Blawnox for 40 years. Tom is survived by his wife Janet,...
C. DONALD “DON” GIBSON of Maryville, TN died January 4, 2023 at the age of 83. A licensed funeral director, embalmer, and Certified Funeral Service Practitioner, he was a past president of the Smith Funeral & Cremation Service. A graduate of the John A. Gupton College of Mortuary Science, Gibson was a member of the Tennessee Funeral Directors Association and...
DAVID P. NEWHOUSE of New Alexandria, PA died December 30, 2022 at the age of 76. He owned and operated P. David Newhouse Funeral Home for thirty-three years. A 1976 graduate if the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, Newhouse was past president of the Westmoreland-Indiana-Armstrong County Funeral Directors Association and was district governor of the Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association.
JAY DANIEL SPRATT of New Brighton, PA died December 30, 2022 at the age of 63. He was a funeral director at his family’s firm, J & J Spratt Funeral Home for over thirty years.
JOHNNIE EUGENE MILLER of San Antonio, TX died December 28, 2022 at the age of 95. A funeral director and embalmer since 1952, he briefly served Carter-Taylor Williams Mortuary. Miller graduated from the Landig College of Mortuary Science in 1948.