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.
BRIAN EDWARD LAURENT
Dec 22, 2021
BRIAN EDWARD LAURENT SR of Naples, FL died December 22, 2021 at the age of 52. A licensed funeral director, he began his career in Bedford, MA before relocating to southwestern Florida to work at Fuller Funeral Home and Cremation Center. Laurent graduated from the New England institute of Mortuary Science in Boston.
JOHN DANIEL TERRY
Dec 21, 2021
JOHN DANIEL TERRY of Hindman, KY died December 21, 2021 at the age of 73. He served the people of Eastern Kentucky as funeral director and owner of Hindman Funeral Services for over fifty years. Terry was also a longtime insurance agent with Investors Heritage Life Insurance Company. A founder of Mountain Memory Gardens, Bethel Memorial Mausoleum and Terry Memorials,...
GERALD D. "JERRY" LUCIA
Dec 17, 2021
GERALD D. "JERRY" LUCIA of Mt. Pleasant, PA died December 17, 2021 at the age of 76. A member of the Allegheny County Funeral Directors Association, he was employed by the Klocek Burial Vault Company in Mt. Pleasant. Lucia was currently working at the Mt. Pleasant Removal Service.
JOE WHITE BAILEY
Dec 16, 2021
JOE WHITE BAILEY of Greenville, OH formerly of Arcanum and Versailles, OH died December 16, 2021 at the age of 84. A licensed funeral director and embalmer, he was first employed by the Rutherford Funeral Homes of Columbus and Worthington. From 1965 to 1979, Bailey was employed by the C.J. Miller & Sons Funeral Home in Greenville as a licensed...