HUGH CONKLIN BELL

Jun 2, 2022

HUGH CONKLIN BELL of Shenandoah, IA died June 2, 2022 at the age of 98. He was a licensed funeral director in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Arizona for fifty-five years. During 1967-1968 Bell volunteered to be a civilian mortician under the Department of the Army, Mortuary Service. He was then assigned to the Air Base Saigon, Vietnam where he gave...

JOHN ROBERT BRABOY JR

Jun 2, 2022

JOHN ROBERT BRABOY JR of Amarillo, TX died June 2, 2022 at the age of 75. A graduate of the Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science, he was president of the Mid-America College, where he taught restorative art.

FRED N VORAN SR

Jun 2, 2022

FRED N. VORAN SR of Allen Park, MI died June 2, 2022 at the age of 94. A funeral director, he owned and operated Voran Funeral Home. The Allen Park Chapel was co-founded with his brothers Denny and Nick in 1951, followed by Dearborn Chapel in 1960 and Taylor Chapel in 1966.

JOHN FREDERICK KUMMER

May 30, 2022

JOHN FREDERICK KUMMER of Columbiana, OH died May 30, 2022 at the age of 87. He joined the Warrick Funeral Home in Columbiana as a licensed funeral director and embalmer in 1968. Kummer became a partner in 1973 and retired in 2018 after fifty years of service. A graduate of the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, he was a member...

WILLIAM “BILL” E. MCVEIGH

May 30, 2022

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

May 30, 2022

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

May 29, 2022

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

May 27, 2022

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

May 26, 2022

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

May 24, 2022

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.