THOMAS E. "TOM" MILLER
Jan 14, 2022
THOMAS E. "TOM" MILLER of Marion, OH died January 14, 2022 at the age of 68. He began his career in funeral service with the Stofcheck Funeral Home in LaRue. In 1978, he became a funeral director with Snyder Funeral Homes in Marion. Miller went on to join as a partner with the Hughes-Kubach-Miller Funeral Home in 1985 for several...
MIKE LALE
Jan 9, 2022
MIKE LALE of Fort Smith, AR died January 9, 2022 at the age of 72. He was a retired funeral director and embalmer for the Edwards Van-Alma Funeral Home.
ROBERT JAY “BOB” HEDGES
Jan 8, 2022
ROBERT JAY “BOB” HEDGES of Milwaukee, WI died January 8, 2022 at the age of 76. He sold hearses and ambulances for Miller-Meteor for many years and also operated Professional Car Brokers, selling for many funeral car dealers.
WM. ROWEN GRANT
Jan 6, 2022
WM. ROWEN GRANT JR of Mebane, NC formerly of Southampton, PA died January 6, 2022 at the age of 89. A fourth-generation funeral director, he worked at the Wm. Rowen Grant Funeral Home, which his grandfather established in the 1870's. Upon his retirement, Grant Jr moved to North Carolina with his family and worked for the McClure Funeral Service in...
RAYMOND JOSEPH HARTMAN
Jan 6, 2022
RAYMOND JOSEPH HARTMAN JR of Taneytown, MD died January 6, 2022 at the age of 83. A licensed funeral director and embalmer, he began employment with Hubbard Funeral Home in 1956 and in 1975 he was named manager and president of Hubbard's. In 1998, Hartman became a full-time consultant to this business founded by his father-in-law, Howard H. Hubbard. He...
CHRISTOPHER J MILLER
Jan 4, 2022
CHRISTOPHER J. MILLER of Cheektowaga, NY died January 4, 2022 at the age of 61. A licensed funeral director and embalmer for forty years, he was vice president of the Barron-Miller Funeral Home, Inc in Cheektowaga, which was founded by his uncle, Edward W. Miller, II. Miller was a 1980 graduate of Simmons School of Embalming and Mortuary Science in...
THOMAS REDMOND "TOM" SHEPHERD
Dec 30, 2021
THOMAS REDMOND "TOM" SHEPHERD of Henderson, NC died December 30, 2021. He was a third-generation funeral director at his family's business, Thos. Shepherd & Son Funeral Directors from 1965 until his health issues prevented his active involvement.
DEAN FLETCHER LADUSAU
Dec 29, 2021
DEAN FLETCHER LADUSAU of Enid, OK died December 29, 2021 at the age of 96. He worked for Henninger-Allen Funeral Home for twenty-three years as a licensed funeral director and ambulance driver. Upon leaving employment with Henninger-Allen, Ladusau partnered with Jack Evans, and in 1970 built and operated Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home, where he worked until the age of eighty-eight when...
LAFAYETTE GATLING
Dec 28, 2021
LAFAYETTE GATLING SR of Chicago, IL died December 28, 2021 at the age of 81. A South Side funeral director, he built Gatling's Chapels in 1986. In 2007, Gatling opened a second location in South Holland, which he owned and operated. He impacted the funeral home business across the country by becoming one of the first to hold drive thru...
WAYNE ARTHUR SCHEWE
Dec 27, 2021
WAYNE ARTHUR SCHEWE JR of Joliet, IL died December 27, 2021 at the age of 51. A funeral direc-tor and embalmer for twenty-eight years, he worked for multiple funeral homes in the area before owning his own funeral and cremation service. Schewe received his Bachelors degree in mortuary science from the Worsham College of Mortuary Science.