WILLIAM H. “BILL” SHIELDS
Dec 2, 2022
WILLIAM H. “BILL” SHIELDS of Findlay, OH died December 2, 2022 at the age of 75. He joined his father, Joseph W. Shields at the Shields Funeral Home in 1968 as a funeral director. Bill purchased it in 1984 and continued to own and operate the business until selling it in 2005. He continued to work at the Clark Funeral...
STEVEN ANNECONE
Dec 2, 2022
STEVEN ANNECONE of Englewood, FL died December 2, 2022 at the age of 79. After working for several local funeral homes, in 1972, Annecone, Ray Williams, and Bob Brady decided to start their own funeral business…and the original Lemon Bay Funeral Home in Englewood became a reality, and then in 1978, they opened their second location in Venice, FL.
R. WILLIAM “BILL” SPACHT
Nov 30, 2022
R. WILLIAM “BILL” SPACHT of Lititz, PA died November 30, 2022 at the age of 95. A retired funeral director, he and his late wife, Ruth owned and operated the Spacht Funeral Home, which was established by his father in 1919. A graduate of the Eckels College of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the National and State Funeral...
ANGELINA “ANGIE” TADDEO
Nov 30, 2022
ANGELINA “ANGIE” TADDEO of Naples, FL, formerly of Hinsdale, IL died November 30, 2022 at the age of 94. Angie was the wife of Church & Chapel Metal Arts past president Joe Taddeo, mother of the current president Frank Taddeo, and grandmother of marketing manager Nick Taddeo. Angie was involved in the family business during various parts of her life...
THOMAS E. KRAEMER
Nov 29, 2022
THOMAS E. KRAEMER of Marco Island, FL, formerly of Marathon City and Wausau, WI died November 29, 2022 at the age of 90. He had served the Wausau, Marathon City, Edgar and Athens area as a funeral director for many years, retiring in 1999, when the business was purchased by the Peterson Funeral Home.
BRIAN L. LEE
Nov 24, 2022
BRIAN L. LEE of Norton Shores, MI died November 24, 2022 at the age of 70. He was a licensed funeral director for his family’s firm, Lee Funeral Home in Muskegon Heights for many years. Lee later merged with Systema Funeral & Cremation Service, retiring in 2015.
DEANN JACKS SCRABECK
Nov 23, 2022
DEANN JACKS SCRABECK of Lewiston, ID died November 23, 2022 at the age of 84. In 1988, she was appointed director of meetings for the National Funeral Directors Association in Milwaukee, WI for the ensuing fifteen years. From 1992-1994, Scrabeck served as the executive director for IFTA_ITFA.
RONALD E. “RON” TROYER
Nov 21, 2022
RONALD E. “RON” TROYER of Hudson, WI died November 21, 2022 at the age of 76. He was a funeral director for over thirty-five years in Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin and Minnesota. He served as a faculty member in 1980s at the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science and the program of mortuary science at the University of Minnesota. Troyer published many...
ROBERT “BOB” VERNON ALLEN
Nov 19, 2022
ROBERT “BOB” VERNON ALLEN of Bridgeport, WV died November 19, 2022 at the age of 86. A retired funeral director, he was the former owner of the Allen Funeral Home in Bridgeport for thirty-eight years. Allen sold the business in 1999. A graduate of the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, he served as the executive secretary of the West Virginia...
JOHN J. GLUVNA
Nov 18, 2022
JOHN J. GLUVNA of Lorain, OH died November 18, 2022 at the age of 83. A Ohio licensed funeral director and embalmer, he joined the family business becoming the third generation that was begun by his grandfather, John J. Gluvna in 1912. John worked alongside his father, Joseph J. Gluvna for many years and in 1959 designed and built the...