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...
JIM SHEETS of Indianapolis, IN died July 9, 2022 at the age of 83. He began his funeral directing career at the C. M. Sloan and Co Funeral Home in Fort Wayne, IN. Sheets later provided service at Rogers Funeral Home, Myers Funeral Home, Eikenberry Funeral Home in Lafayette, IN. In 1960 he became a funeral director for Macer’s Funeral...
CHARLES B. TAYLOR of Chicago, IL died June 30, 2022 at the age of 93. A funeral director, he owned and operated the Taylor Funeral Home, which he established in 1963 alongside his late wife, Leyeuna A. Taylor. They also established the Gary Oak Hill Cemetery in Gary, IN in 1972 and the C. B. Taylor Funeral Home, Inc on...
JACK MACKELLAR SPRINGER of Chicago, IL died July 4, 2022, at the age of 92. He served as an account manager at Smith-Bucklin and Associates where his diverse portfolio had included many years as the Executive Director of the Cremation Association of North America.
JOSEPH MICHAEL NERO of Garfield Heights, OH died July 4, 2022 at the age of 66. He followed in the footsteps of his grandfather, Joseph J. Vito and mother, Lois as a third-generation funeral director at Vito Nero Funeral Home. Nero was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.
RUSSELL E. TRUBY of Oakmont, PA formerly of Springdale, PA died July 4, 2022 at the age of 67. A funeral director, he was the owner and operator of Burket-Truby Funeral Home since 1981. Truby was a member of the Allegheny County Funeral Directors Association.
EDWARD J. FITZGERALD of Elephant Butte, NM died June 27, 2022 at the age of 89. He joined his father, Robert M. Fitzgerald at the French Family Funeral Homes in Albuquerque. In the early 60’s, Ed and his father opened Fitzgerald and Son Funeral Home. A graduate of the Worsham College of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the...