JACK DENVER DAVIS

Oct 2, 2022

JACK DENVER DAVIS of South Webster, OH died October 2, 2022 at the age of 82. A funeral director and embalmer, he was the former owner and operator of D. W. Davis Funeral Home in South Webster. A graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association and the National Funeral...

CHARLES “SMOKEY” GARVIN

Oct 1, 2022

CHARLES “SMOKEY” GARVIN of Pittsburgh and New Castle, PA died October 1, 2022 at the age of 67. A licensed funeral director, he worked for various funeral homes in the New Castle area and most recently retired from the Readshaw Funeral Home, Inc in Pittsburgh. A graduate of the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, Garvin was a member of the...

LYLE EUGENE LACY

Oct 1, 2022

LYLE EUGENE LACY of Stephenville, TX died October 1, 2022 at the age of 89. A licensed funeral director and embalmer since 1955, he worked at funeral homes in the Amarillo area until 1971 when he moved to Stephenville and purchased the Trewitt-Reed Funeral Home. Lacy owned and operated the Lacy Funeral Home until his retirement in 2002. He graduated...

WILLIAM “SAMMIE” NAPIER

Sep 30, 2022

WILLIAM “SAMMIE” NAPIER of Graniteville, SC died September 30, 2022 at the age of 82. A funeral director for sixty-three years, he worked alongside his wife, Glenda in owning and operating the Napier Funeral Home in Graniteville. Napier was a member of the South Carolina Funeral Directors Association and the National Funeral Directors Association.

MARLENE S. BOND

Sep 30, 2022

MARLENE S. BOND of Londonderry, OH died September 30, 2022 at the age of 83. A funeral director, she was the owner and operator of Bond Funeral Home. Bond served on the board of directors of Eastern Ohio Mutual Life Insurance Company, as well as president. She was a past president and secretary/treasurer of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association District...

EDWARD PUTNAM DEWAR

Sep 27, 2022

EDWARD PUTNAM DEWAR of Traverse City, MI died September 27, 2022 at the age of 80. He was a licensed funeral director in the greater Detroit area for over twenty-six years.  

 

JAMES MAX STRICKLAND

Sep 26, 2022

JAMES MAX STRICKLAND of Sylvania, GA died September 26, 2022 at the age of 73. He began working for Hall Funeral Home in Royston, GA at the age of fifteen and later served several funeral homes throughout the Atlanta, GA area. Strickland and Ronnie Waters opened Thompson-Strickland Waters Funeral Home in 1981. He remained a funeral director and manager of...

ROBERT “BOB” ALWIN NICKEL

Sep 25, 2022

ROBERT “BOB” ALWIN NICKEL Morrison, WI died September 25, 2022 at the age of 88. A Wisconsin licensed funeral director and embalmer for sixty-seven years, he and his wife, Bette purchased the former Schwartz Funeral Home in 1965 and operated Nickel Funeral Home until the establishment was sold in 2017.  A graduate of the Wisconsin Institute of Mortuary Science, he...

PHILIP H. “CAPPY” THIELE

Sep 25, 2022

PHILIP H. “CAPPY” THIELE of Kearny, NJ died September 25, 2022 at the age of 90. His career in funeral service spanned seventy years, having served his apprenticeship at the John D. Crane & Sons Funeral Home. In 1966, the Crane family sold the business to Thiele and his wife, Joan, where they continued to operate the funeral home for...

JOSEPH S. KUN, JR

Sep 22, 2022

JOSEPH S. KUN, JR of Boardman, OH died September 22, 2022 at the age of 65. He worked for the Catholic Cemeteries of the Diocese of Youngstown for 42 years and retired as the director in 2016. A member of the National Catholic Cemetery Conference, Kun served as president of Catholic Cemeteries of Ohio and served on the Ohio Cemetery...