WILLIAM “BILL” E. MCVEIGH of Albany, NY died May 30, 2022 at the age of 87. He joined his father as a third-generation funeral director at the McVeigh Funeral Home, which he operated for over sixty years. A 1961 graduate of the Simmons School of Mortuary Science, he was a former president of the Albany-Rensselaer Funeral Directors Association as well...
LORENZO WRIGHT SR of Prattville, AL died May 30, 2022 at the age of 68. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer for over fifty years. Wright was a member of both the Alabama and National Funeral Directors and Morticians Associations.
MARY H. ROBERSON of Bradenton, FL died March 29, 2022 at the age of 100. In 1972 she joined the staff of Griffith-Cline Funeral Home where she worked as an attendant and secretary, retiring at the age of 96.
SANDRA (REID) SANTOS of Akron, OH died May 27, 2022 at the age of 81. A licensed funeral director since 1976, she was born into the Reid Funeral Home and with her husband Frank, she took over ownership of the McGowan-Reid and Santos Funeral Home in Cuyahoga Falls. She was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association, National Funeral...
MARY STELLA HASTINGS of Morgantown, WV died May 26, 2022 at the age of 95. In 1952 she and her husband, Dewey founded Hastings Funeral Home/ Omega Crematory, which they managed to present day.
FRED “FREDDIE” TEMPLETON JR of Prairie Grove, AR died May 24, 2022 at the age of 81. He worked for Rumph Mortuary in El Dorado as a licensed funeral director. Templeton graduated from the Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science.
RICHARD “SKIP” WYCKOFF of Reno, NV died May 23, 2022 at the age of 89. A funeral director, he succeeded his father at Ross, Burke & Knoble Funeral Home. Wyckoff graduated from the San Francisco College of Moruary Science.
LAWRENCE LEE BOYD of Warrenton, NC died May 22, 2022 at the age of 62. A funeral director and embalmer since 1988, he worked at Harris & Turner Funeral Home before completing his apprenticeship at the E. C. Terry Funeral Service in Henderson. Boyd worked with R. H. Greene Funeral Home for over fifteen years. In 1999, he partnered with...
RONALD D. LASHWAY SR of Amherst, MA died May 22, 2022 at the age of 72. A licensed funeral director for over thirty-five years, he was the owner and operator of Douglass Funeral Home, which he purchased alongside his wife, Cyndy in 1995. Lashway graduated from the New England Institute of Mortuary Science in 1982.
ROGER DEAN GLASS of Myrtle Beach, SC, formerly of Chillicothe, OH and Ocean Isle Beach, NC died May 21, 2022 at the age of 94. He co-owned Fawcett-Oliver and Glass Funeral Home of Chillicothe from 1970 until retirement in 1992. A member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association, Glass graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science.