WILLIAM MICHAEL “MIKE” WILDER
Jun 8, 2022
WILLIAM MICHAEL “MIKE” WILDER of Perryville, KY died June 4, 2022 at the age of 75. In 1970, he began working for Coyle Funeral Home in Perryville, which he later purchased. He and his wife, JoNell, operated Wilder Funeral Home and Monument Company for 44 years as well as Wilder’s Flower Basket and Wilder Insurance Agency. Wilder served on the...
CARL E. SEYMOUR
Jun 7, 2022
CARL E. SEYMOUR of Potsdam, NY died June 7, 2022 at the age of 94. He was a longtime funeral director and former owner of Seymour Funeral Home.
DONALD ROBERT FRITZ
Jun 3, 2022
DONALD ROBERT FRITZ of Chicago, IL died June 3, 2022 at the age of 50. He worked alongside Jerry Sullivan at the Cremation Society of Illinois, where he eventually became director of operations. A graduate of the Worsham College of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the Cremation Association of North America. His insights on cremation operations enabled him...
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 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.
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...
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...
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...
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.