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...
BRUCE FRANCIS ROBINSON of Lynnfield, MA died August 4, 2022 at the age of 75. He was a licensed funeral director for forty years, having worked at Woodlawn Funeral Homes and Elliott Robbins Funeral Homes in Rhode Island and the Murphy Funeral Home in Massachusetts. Robinson retired in 2010. He graduated from the New England Institute of Anatomy and Sanitary...
KEVIN M. LYONS of Glenolden, PA died August 15, 2022 at the age of 61. A licensed funeral director for over forty years, he owned and operated the Kevin M. Lyons Funeral Home, which he established in 1999. Lyons previously worked at the James F. Knoetgen Funeral Home. A 1983 graduate of the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, he was...
JOSHUA RICHARD GROEBER of Lafayette, IN died July 29, 2022 at the age of 41. He has been employed at his parent’s business, Hahn-Groeber Funeral Homes as a funeral director’s assistant since 2006.
HERBERT ALLEN MITCHELL SR of Hickory, NC died July 28, 2022 at the age of 84. He and his wife, April established the Mitchell Funeral Home in Hickory, NC in 1968 and a second location in Newton, NC in 1982. Mitchell graduated from the Gupton-Jones college of Funeral Service in 1967.
LARRY MILTON SAUNDERS of Gainesville, FL died July 26, 2022 at the age of 72. A licensed funeral director and embalmer, he worked at Chestnut Funeral Home for 53 years. Saunders graduated from the Miami-Dade College of Mortuary Science.
RAYMOND WASHINGTON JORDAN of Darlington, SC died July 23, 2022. He was a licensed funeral director and owner of Jordan Funeral Home in Darlington, SC.
KENNETH G. GIEK of Red Hook. NY died July 21, 2022 at the age of 74. For over thirty years, he owned and operated the Burnett & White Funeral Homes in Red Hook and Rhinebeck. A 1969 graduate of the Simmons School of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the New York State Funeral Directors Association, where he served...
DENNIS G. BATES of Middleport, NY died July 20, 2022 at the age of 78. A licensed funeral director since 1965, he worked at Gual Funeral Home in Lockport before purchasing the Bates, Wallace and Heath Funeral Home in Middleport in 1973 and the Bates Cleary Funeral Home in Medina in 1982. Bates operated the funeral home in Middleport until...