ROBERT B. “BOB” MARCY
Mar 18, 2025
ROBERT B. “BOB” MARCY of Conneaut, OH died March 18, 2025 at the age of 87. A fourth-generation funeral director and embalmer since 1961, he owned and operated Marcy Funeral Home, which was established in 1868. A member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association, he graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science and had attended the National Foundation of...
DAVID E. “DAVE” HODGES
Mar 17, 2025
DAVID E. “DAVE” HODGES of Bloomfield Hills, MI and Angola, IN died March 17, 2025 at the age of 79. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer in Michigan and Ohio and spent most of his career as an embalming specialist. A co-founder of the Michigan Embalmers Society, Dave looked for opportunities to both advance his practice and serve...
CARLTON T. BROOKS
Mar 3, 2025
CARLTON T. BROOKS of Richmond, VA died March 3, 2025 at the age of 98. A funeral director since 1951, he partnered with Oscar F. Howard to establish the Brooks-Howard Funeral Home in Richmond, which closed seven years later. Brooks spent several years at Lightfoot Funeral Home before re-opening the former Brooks-Howard building under a new name, Carlton T. Brooks Funeral Home...
KELLY T. SANVIDGE SR
Feb 24, 2025
KELLY T. SANVIDGE SR of Chestertown, NY died February 24, 2025 at the age of 65. A funeral director for over 40 years, he worked alongside his brother, in owning and operating the John J. Sanvidge Funeral Home, Inc, which was founded by their father in 1950. Sanvidge earned his associate’s degree in applied science from the Hudson Valley Community...
JOHN J. GMITER, JR
Feb 21, 2025
JOHN J. GMITER, JR of Pittsburgh, PA died February 21, 2025 at the age of 77. He served the South Side community as a funeral director and owner of John J. Gmiter Funeral Home until his retirement in 2003. Gmiter was a member of the Allegheny County Funeral Directors Association.
MICHAEL A. TOMON
Feb 19, 2025
MICHAEL A. TOMON of Middleburg Heights, OH died February 19, 2025 at the age of 73. A licensed funeral director for over 50 years, he was a third-generation owner and operator of Tomon & Sons Funeral Home and was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.
RICHARD ALLEN MCDOWELL
Feb 18, 2025
RICHARD ALLEN MCDOWELL of Littleton, CO, formerly of Blue Springs, MO died February 18, 2025 at the age of 82. He worked at McGilley Memorial Chapel in Kansas City before acquiring his own funeral home in Odessa, MO in 1976. McDowell owned and operated The Husman-Sparks-McDowell Chapel for 37 years. A 1963 graduate of the Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science,...
WILLIAM R. “BILL” GOOD
Feb 11, 2025
WILLIAM R. “BILL” GOOD of Columbus, OH died February 11, 2025 at the age of 79. His father, Elden, established the Elden A. Good Funeral Home in Cincinnati in the 1960s. His wife, Becky, a third-generation funeral director and embalmer, worked at Southwick Funeral Chapel, which was founded by her grandfather, Raymond L. Southwick in 1923. Together, they owned and operated the Southwick-Good...
EDUARDO GABRIEL “ED” RIVERA
Feb 10, 2025
EDUARDO GABRIEL “ED” RIVERA of Cincinnati, OH died February 10, 2025 at the age of 82. A funeral director, he was the former owner and operator of Frederick Funeral Home. Ed was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.
DOUGLAS WAYNE MANNING
Jan 27, 2025
DOUGLAS WAYNE MANNING of Oklahoma City, OK died on January 27, 2025 at the age of 92. Doug’s impact on the community of the bereaved and his vision for improving the funeral and death care professions will be felt for generations to come. It was while serving as the founding leader of Fellowship of Believers in Hereford that Doug became interested...