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...
CLARENCE W
Jan 26, 2022
CLARENCE W. LEWIS of Conroe, TX died January 26, 2022 at the age of 80. A licensed funeral director and embalmer for fifty-eight years, he founded an ambulance service and then continued the undertaking legacy of his great grandfather Sgt. Luther J Dorsey as owner of Clarence Lewis & Son Mortuary for 49 years. He graduated from the of Commonwealth...
HARRY PONTONE
Jan 25, 2022
HARRY PONTONE of Brooklyn, NY and recently Houston, TX died January 25, 2022 at the age of 91. He, along with his four brothers, joined their father at the South Brooklyn Casket Company, which expanded to include Miller Casket Company and Reliable Miller Casket Company, then combined under Milso Industries where Harry was president and CEO. Pontone earned his funeral...
RICHARD JOSEPH DIEHL
Jan 24, 2022
RICHARD JOSEPH DIEHL of Columbus, OH died January 24, 2022 at the age of 75. A licensed funeral director and embalmer for nearly fifty years, he served his apprenticeship at Ball Funeral Home in Cleveland before joining the family business, Diehl Funeral Home in Youngstown. In 1969, the Diehl family acquired Mrs. D.A. Whittaker & Sons in Columbus. Early in...