RUTH ARLENE LOPER (nee YOCKEY)
Jul 21, 2025
RUTH ARLENE LOPER (nee YOCKEY) of Santa Ynez, CA died July 21, 2025 at the age of 100. She and her husband, Frank Loper, established the Loper Funeral Chapel in 1972 in the Santa Ynez Valley. Upon his death, Ruth continued to own and operate the business with her son, Don, as well as her grandsons, John, Jacob, David and Peter.
GARY LEE MEADE
Jul 21, 2025
GARY LEE MEADE of West Portsmouth, OH died July 21, 2025 at the age of 70. He began his career in the funeral industry in 1978 with the Roger W. Davis Funeral Home. In 1983, Meade embraced the role of a self-titled Thanatological Transportation Specialist, and had assisted 7, 000 individuals with dignity and care.
JOHN WILBUR GALLOWAY SR
Jul 21, 2025
JOHN WILBUR GALLOWAY SR of Beeville, TX died July 21, 2025 at the age of 85. He had managed the Galloway & Sons Funeral Home since 1974, which was founded by his grandfather in 1919 as Galloway Mortuary.
PHILIP L. GILLETTE
Jul 15, 2025
PHILIP L. GILLETTE of Evanston, IL died July 15, 2025 at the age of 86. He performed clerical and janitorial duties at The House of Thompson Mortuary before working alongside owner, John H. Thompson, as a funeral director and embalmer. Upon Thompson’s death in 1999, Gillette acquired ownership of the firm and renamed it Thompson Funeral and Cremation Services, Inc...
RANDALL “RANDY” THOMAS STUART
Jul 9, 2025
RANDALL “RANDY” THOMAS STUART of Fort Myers, FL died July 9, 2025 at the age of 72. He served grieving families across Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida and Georgia as a licensed funeral director and in recognition of his exceptional dedication, was honored by the state of Kentucky for reaching the milestone of fifty years. A past president of the Florida Funeral Directors...
WENDALL GRANT MOSER
Jul 6, 2025
WENDALL GRANT MOSER of Decatur, IN died July 6, 2025 at the age of 90. A funeral director and embalmer, he worked at Mungovan and Sons Funeral Home for several years. After to moving to Georgia, Moser continued to help local funeral homes.
NOEL B. GODBY
Jul 6, 2025
NOEL B. GODBY of Russell Springs, KY died July 6, 2025 at the age of 80. A licensed funeral director and embalmer since 1979, he began his career under the direction of his father-in-law, Kenneth Bernard at the Bernard Funeral Home and later served as the manager and part-owner. A 1976 graduate of the Kentucky School of Mortuary Science, he...
DOUGLAS “DOUG” TWIBELL
Jul 5, 2025
DOUGLAS “DOUG” TWIBELL of Aberdeen, WA died July 5, 2025 at the age of 84. A funeral director for 65 years, he was the former owner of Mills & Mills Funeral Directors of Olympia and Twibell’s Fern Hill Funeral Home in Aberdeen. A policy board member for the National Funeral Directors Association, Doug was past president of the Washington State Funeral Directors...
KATHY WISNEFSKI
Jul 4, 2025
KATHY WISNEFSKI of Bluffton, SC died July 4, 2025 at the age of 72. She worked with nonprofits and had served as the executive director at Funeral Service Foundation and chief development officer at National Alliance for Children’s Grief.
JOANNE M. FABRIZIO
Jul 3, 2025
JOANNE M. FABRIZIO of Youngstown, OH died July 3, 2025 at the age of 86. She completed a funeral director apprenticeship, passed her state board, and worked side by side with her husband, Edmond R. Fabrizio at Fabrizio Funeral Home until his passing in 1996. Fabrizio then continued the family tradition for 18 years, working until her retirement in 2014.