ROGER KENT BURKE
Feb 18, 2022
ROGER KENT BURKE of Cookeville, TN died February 18, 2022 at the age of 81. A funeral director and embalmer for over sixty years, he worked with Crest Lawn Funeral Home since 2006. A 1963 graduate of the John A. Gupton College of Mortuary Science, he served many roles with the Upper Cumberland Funeral Directors Association.
FREDERICK MCCULLOUGH ROBBINS LAW JR
Feb 16, 2022
FREDERICK MCCULLOUGH ROBBINS LAW JR of Bay City, TX died February 16, 2022 at the age of 84. He was a funeral director at Taylor Brothers Funeral Home and Settegast-Kopf in Houston. Law Jr obtained his mortician license from the Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service in 1958.
MARK HORNIBROOK
Feb 9, 2022
MARK HORNIBROOK of Portland, OR died February 9, 2022 at the age of 70. He began his career in Batesville, IN at Hillenbrand Industries. Hornibrook was a member of the original team that created Forethought Life Insurance Company. He founded PreQuest in 1990. Along with Bret Davis in 2004 he cofounded Precoa, initially known as Lincoln Heritage Funeral Planning.
ROBERT MCDADE BURTON
Feb 9, 2022
ROBERT MCDADE BURTON of Tuskegee, AL died February 9, 2022 at the age of 82. A funeral director for more than fifty-eight years, he worked for Harrison-Ross Mortuary of Los Angeles, CA, Burton’s Funeral Home of Tuskegee, AL and was a trade embalmer for surrounding funeral homes. Burton owned and operated McKenzie's Funeral Home in Tuskegee since 1979. He was...
TERRY D. “THE SUIT” WHEAT
Feb 8, 2022
TERRY D. “THE SUIT” WHEAT of Camillus, NY died February 8, 2022 at the age of 76. He served his apprenticeship at Fairchild & Meech and continued his entire career with the firm as a licensed funeral director. A 1969 graduate of the Simmons School of Embalming and Mortuary Science, he was a member of the New York State Funeral...
JOHN (JAKE) "POPS" KEOHEN
Feb 8, 2022
JOHN (JAKE) "POPS" KEOHEN of Montgomery, MN died February 8, 2022 at the age of 83. He worked for the family business, Keohen Memorial Funeral Home as the funeral director until he retired in 2016. He graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in mortuary science in 1958.
SEAN PATRICK "SP" SULLIVAN
Feb 6, 2022
SEAN PATRICK "SP" SULLIVAN of Chicago, IL died February 6, 2022 at the age of 46. He worked beside his family at the Cremation Society of Illinois and was a member of the Cremation Association of North America.
WILLIAM L. WALLACE
Jan 30, 2022
WILLIAM L. WALLACE of Ronceverte, formerly of Lewisburg, WV died January 30, 2022 at the age of 95. He was the owner and operator of Wallace & Wallace Funeral Homes. A graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, he was past president of the West Virginia Funeral Directors Association and served as trustee of Wallace Memorial Cemetery.
ROGER E OSBORNE
Jan 29, 2022
ROGER E. OSBORNE of Glocester, MA died January 29, 2022 at the age of 83. He was a funeral director in the city of Providence for many years, first as the owner of the Drabble Sherman Funeral Home, which merged with Monahan Funeral Home in 1994.
WILLIE PERRY DAVIS
Jan 28, 2022
WILLIE PERRY DAVIS SR of Gretna, LA died Jan-uary 28, 2022 at the age of 88. He founded Davis Mortuary Service, Inc in Gretna, LA in 1983. Davis built a second location in Marrero, LA in 1987, a third in Eastern New Orleans in 1998, and established Woodlawn Park Memorial Cemetery in 2004. He graduated from the Delgado Community College...