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...
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...
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...
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...
DELMAR CHARLES HASLER
Sep 10, 2022
DELMAR CHARLES HASLER of Linton, IN died September 10, 2022 at the age of 96. A licensed funeral director for seventy-four years, he began his career at Welch & Cornett Funeral Home and was a stockholder in the company from 1955 until 1965, when he and his business partner, Marvin Taylor, purchased the business in full. They operated the business...
DR. JOHN E BECKWITH SR
Sep 5, 2022
DR. JOHN E. BECKWITH SR of Dallas, TX died September 5, 2022 at the age of 80. He worked in the funeral industry for over sixty-five years, having served Lone Star Funeral Home and Cedar Crest Funeral Home prior to establishing the Golden Gate Funeral Home in Waxahachie, TX in 1980. A second location in Dallas, TX was opened in...
WILLIAM SANDERSON “SANDY” STUHR JR
Sep 4, 2022
WILLIAM SANDERSON “SANDY” STUHR JR of Charleston, SC died September 4, 2022 at the age of 63. A funeral director for over forty years, he joined his family’s business, J. Henry Stuhr, Inc in 1980, representing the fifth generation. A graduate of the Gupton Jones College of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the National Funeral Directors Association and...