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....
RICHARD VAUGHAN “DICK” BIBBER
Mar 8, 2023
RICHARD VAUGHAN “DICK” BIBBER of Kennebunk, ME died March 8, 2023 at the age of 83. A funeral director, he was the CEO of Bibber Memorial Chapels. A graduate of the New England Institute of Mortuary Science, Bibber served as a past president of the Maine Funeral Directors Association, member of the National Funeral Directors Association and served as...
JOHN LABRANCHE
Mar 7, 2023
JOHN LABRANCHE of Escanaba, MI died March 7, 2023. A retired funeral director, he joined his father, Alfred “Fred” LaBranche in the family business, Allo Funeral Home. He was a past president of the Delta County Funeral Directors Association and a member of the Upper Peninsula Funeral Directors Association.
J. BRUCE BAKER
Mar 3, 2023
J. BRUCE BAKER of Danville, IN died March 3, 2023 at the age of 72. A third-generation funeral director, he formerly owned and operated Baker Funeral Home, which was founded in 1923. Baker graduated from the Indiana College of Mortuary Science in 1976.
NORRIS “PUG” C. CROMES
Mar 3, 2023
NORRIS “PUG” C. CROMES of Sidney, OH died March 3, 2023 at the age of 103. In 1945 he began working at Cromes Funeral Home, which was established by his father in 1937. Upon the passing of his father, Pug worked alongside his brother, Lloyd to own and operate the business, until their retirement, at which time their children...
MICHAEL D. RHONEY
Mar 3, 2023
MICHAEL D. RHONEY of Lewiston, NY died March 3, 2023 at the age of 80. He was a funeral director in his family’s business, the Rhoney Funeral Home in 1965 and went on to become president from 2001 until his retirement in 2011. A graduate of the McAllister School of Mortuary Science, he served as president and a long...