DANIEL M. HINCHCLIFF of Shickshinny, PA died September 2, 2022 at the age of 63. He was a funeral director at Mayo Funeral Home in Berwick from 1982 until 1990, when he became supervisor of the Shickshinny branch of the Mayo Funeral Home, Inc. A graduate of the Simmons School of Mortuary Science, Hinchcliff was a member of the Pennsylvania...
JOSEPH “JOE” T. JAGERS of Athens, OH died September 1, 2022 at the age of 92. He was a funeral director at the Jagers and Sons Funeral Home for seventy-five years. A 1951 graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the National Funeral Directors Association and the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.
MIKE ROBERT ZABEL of Sacred Heart, MN died September 1, 2022 at the age of 67. A funeral director from 1980 to the early 1990s, he worked at the Peterson Brothers Funeral Home before finding employment with the Sunset Funeral Home in Echo, MN. Zabel graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in mortuary science 1977.
ANTHONY WILLIAM GUERRIERO SR of Ashtabula, OH died August 27, 2022 at the age of 80. A retired funeral director, he owned and operated Guerriero Funeral Home and Memorials. A graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association and the National Funeral Directors Association.
ROBERT JACKSON “BOB” SNYDER of Manning, SC died August 24, 2022 at the age of 89. He worked for the J. Henry Stuhr Funeral Home prior to operating the Snyder Funeral Home for several years. Bob received his funeral directors’ licenses from the Kentucky School of Mortuary Science.
LEONARD EDWARD BOWLING of London, KY died August 18, 2022 at the age of 84. A funeral director and embalmer for over 60 years, he started working for his great uncle, D.B. House at the House Funeral Home in the early 60’s before partnering with R.C. Walker and Edd Smith to open Bowling-Walker Funeral Home in 1965. Bowling purchased sole...
BRUCE LEVAN THURMAN of Kansas City, MO formerly of Richmond died August 12, 2022 at the age of 73. He spent a year in Richmond working at the family business, Thurman Funeral Home. Upon receiving his funeral directors’ licenses from the Dallas Institute of Funeral Service, he re-joined his father in running the funeral home in 1975. Thurman eventually became...
FRANK R. BASILE SR of Rehoboth Beach, DE died August 12, 2022 at the age of 79. He co-owned Strong-Basile Funeral Home in Greenwood Lake, NY with his wife, Barbara. A turnaround specialist for SCI, he worked at several New York City funeral homes, including Frank E. Campbell, Walter B. Cooke, Riverside Chapel, and Jeffer’s Brothers. After moving to Delaware...
THOMAS E. WEBER of Riverton, NJ died August 11, 2022 at the age of 82. He began working as a teenager for the local funeral director in Beverly, where he was introduced to his life’s work in funeral service. Weber worked-full time as a licensed funeral director in Philadelphia and South Jersey before establishing the Weber Funeral Home in 1965....
MAURICE “MOE” E. APRIL of Port Charlotte, FL and longtime resident of Manchester, NH died August 9, 2022 at the age of 92. In 1956, Moe became a licensed funeral director in the state of New Hampshire and was employed by Anctil Funeral Home in Nashua. He and his wife, Lorraine, moved to Manchester in 1957, where he took a...