HARVEY HAMILTON LEAVITT, III
Oct 31, 2022
HARVEY HAMILTON LEAVITT, III of Wadesboro, NC died October 31, 2022 at the age of 63. He joined his father in the family business, Leavitt Funeral Home, which was founded by his grandfather, Harvey H. Leavitt in 1914. A 1982 graduate of the Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service, he was a member of the National Funeral Directors Association, past president...
REMUS D. WOODARD
Oct 28, 2022
REMUS D. WOODARD of San Antonio, TX died October 28, 2022 at the age of 88. He worked as a licensed funeral director and embalmer at Sutton-Sutton Mortuary, where he eventually became owner and majority stockholder. Woodard retired upon his declining heath. A graduate of the Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service, he was a member of the Epsilon Nu...
BRUCE P. BOMBARD
Oct 26, 2022
BRUCE P. BOMBARD of Monroe Parkway, NY died October 26, 2022 at the age of 87. A New York funeral director, he served his apprenticeship with the Fairchild and Sons Funeral Home in Brooklyn and worked at the Kirshenbaum Brothers Funeral Home also in Brooklyn. Bombard worked at the Donaldson Funeral Home in Massena, Hogansburg and the surrounding areas for...
WILLIAM HAROLD “W.H” FREDLOCK, IV
Oct 23, 2022
WILLIAM HAROLD “W.H” FREDLOCK, IV of Swanton, MD died October 23, 2022 at the age of 57. A funeral director, W.H. worked for the family business, Fredlock Funeral Home in Piedmont and also helped Dean Nofsinger at Markwood Funeral Home in Keyser, WV.
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...
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.