THOMAS E. KRAEMER
Nov 29, 2022
THOMAS E. KRAEMER of Marco Island, FL, formerly of Marathon City and Wausau, WI died November 29, 2022 at the age of 90. He had served the Wausau, Marathon City, Edgar and Athens area as a funeral director for many years, retiring in 1999, when the business was purchased by the Peterson Funeral Home.
BRIAN L. LEE
Nov 24, 2022
BRIAN L. LEE of Norton Shores, MI died November 24, 2022 at the age of 70. He was a licensed funeral director for his family’s firm, Lee Funeral Home in Muskegon Heights for many years. Lee later merged with Systema Funeral & Cremation Service, retiring in 2015.
DEANN JACKS SCRABECK
Nov 23, 2022
DEANN JACKS SCRABECK of Lewiston, ID died November 23, 2022 at the age of 84. In 1988, she was appointed director of meetings for the National Funeral Directors Association in Milwaukee, WI for the ensuing fifteen years. From 1992-1994, Scrabeck served as the executive director for IFTA_ITFA.
RONALD E. “RON” TROYER
Nov 21, 2022
RONALD E. “RON” TROYER of Hudson, WI died November 21, 2022 at the age of 76. He was a funeral director for over thirty-five years in Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin and Minnesota. He served as a faculty member in 1980s at the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science and the program of mortuary science at the University of Minnesota. Troyer published many...
ROBERT “BOB” VERNON ALLEN
Nov 19, 2022
ROBERT “BOB” VERNON ALLEN of Bridgeport, WV died November 19, 2022 at the age of 86. A retired funeral director, he was the former owner of the Allen Funeral Home in Bridgeport for thirty-eight years. Allen sold the business in 1999. A graduate of the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, he served as the executive secretary of the West Virginia...
JOHN J. GLUVNA
Nov 18, 2022
JOHN J. GLUVNA of Lorain, OH died November 18, 2022 at the age of 83. A Ohio licensed funeral director and embalmer, he joined the family business becoming the third generation that was begun by his grandfather, John J. Gluvna in 1912. John worked alongside his father, Joseph J. Gluvna for many years and in 1959 designed and built the...
RICHARD E. PHILLIPS
Nov 16, 2022
RICHARD E. PHILLIPS of Cincinnati, OH died November 16, 2022 at the age of 83. A retired funeral director, he began working for his uncle in Tiffin, OH before joining the Vitt, Stermer & Anderson Funeral Home, where he worked for forty-one years. A graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the Ohio Funeral...
PAUL J. “PJ” LAMIELL, JR
Nov 11, 2022
PAUL J. “PJ” LAMIELL, JR of Canton, OH died November 11, 2022 at the age of 61. A licensed Ohio funeral director and embalmer, he joined his father in the family business, Lamiell Funeral Home in 1983. A graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, Lamiell Jr was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.
LARRY A. “PETE” PETERSON
Nov 8, 2022
LARRY A. “PETE” PETERSON of Astoria, OR died November 8, 2022 at the age of 77. He worked as a funeral director for over 40 years with Hughes Ransom Mortuaries, eventually owning the Astoria and Seaside location, before illness forced retirement. Peterson was a member of the Oregon Funeral Directors Association.
JOE VINCENT MULLEN
Nov 6, 2022
JOE VINCENT MULLEN of Casey, IA died November 6, 2022 at the age of 80. A licensed funeral director for fifty years, he and his wife, Yvonne co-owned Mullen Funeral Homes in Casey, Adair, Anita and Atlantic. Mullen previously worked at Larkin Funeral Home in Sioux City, Goettsch Funeral Home in Monticello, Estel-Perrin-Avey Funeral Home in Marshalltown, and McBride Funeral...