ELMER JAY BUSSEMA
Oct 21, 2022
ELMER JAY BUSSEMA of Pigeon, MI died October 21, 2022 at the age of 94. He worked as a funeral director in the Detroit area before moving to Pigeon in 1969 and purchasing the Shetler Funeral Home. Bussema owned and operated the Shetler-Bussema Funeral Home until his retirement in 1989. He graduated from the Wayne State University Department of Mortuary...
DONALD RAY WAREHIME
Oct 17, 2022
DONALD RAY WAREHIME of Dublin, OH died October 17, 2022 at the age of 78. A funeral director for over thirty years, he owned and operated Emerson-Newkirk-Warehime Funeral Home in Kikersville alongside his wife, Judy. He finished his funeral service career as a pre-need specialist in the Dayton and Columbus areas. A 1974 graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary...
FRANK DAVID CLAYBAR
Oct 13, 2022
FRANK DAVID CLAYBAR of Orange, TX died October 6, 2022 at the age of 74. A licensed funeral director and embalmer, he served as president and chief operating manager of Claybar Funeral Home for several years during the 1960’s and 1970’s. Under his guidance, Claybar Funeral Home was the first ambulance company in the United States to purchase and utilize...
MAURICE E. “MIKE” NEWNAM III
Oct 11, 2022
MAURICE E. “MIKE” NEWNAM III of Easton, MD died October 11, 2022 at the age of 89. A retired funeral director for fifty years, he joined his family’s business, Maurice E. Newnam & Son. Mike took over the ownership in 1970, operating it as Newnam Funeral Home, P.A. During this time, he owned and operated funeral homes in Easton, St....
PATRICIA “PAT” MOORE
Oct 8, 2022
PATRICIA “PAT” MOORE of Wayne, NJ died October 8, 2022 at the age of 66. A licensed funeral director and embalmer, she worked alongside her husband, Robert Cowell Moore IV, at their family-owned business, Moore’s Home for Funerals in Wayne for more than thirty-five years, where she eventually became a co-owner. Pat received her associates degree in funeral service from...
JERRY KENT LARRISON
Oct 7, 2022
JERRY KENT LARRISON of Pratt, KS died October 7, 2022 at the age of 86. In 1978, Jerry and his wife, Karellen, purchased Williams Mortuary renaming it Larrison Mortuary. They later purchased Foulk Funeral Home in Turon, Forsyth Funeral Home in Medicine Lodge and Ayres Calbeck Mortuary in Pratt. He previously worked Beckwith Mortuary in Larned, managed both Culbertson Mortuary and...
DONALD WILLIAM “BILL” TETRICK
Oct 7, 2022
DONALD WILLIAM “BILL” TETRICK Elizabethton, TN died October 7, 2022 at the age of 78. He owned and operated Happy Valley Memorial Park since 1980.
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...