ROBERT L. "BOB" PARKS
Nov 1, 2021
ROBERT L. "BOB" PARKS of Enfield, CT died November 1, 2021 at the age of 90. He owned and operated Parks Superior Sales Inc in Somers from 1952 until 2010.
BRIAN REESE GILLESPIE
Oct 31, 2021
BRIAN REESE GILLESPIE of Bellefontaine, OH died October 31, 2021 at the age of 65. He was a long-time sales representative for Batesville Casket Company, covering as a sales trainee in the states of North Dakota, eastern Montana and western Minnesota. In 1980, Gillespie accepted a sales territory in central Pennsylvania. Following an additional seven years of service with Batesville,...
JOHN STEPHEN SMITH
Oct 28, 2021
JOHN STEPHEN SMITH of North Little Rock, AR died October 28, 2021 at the age of 78. He was president of the North Little Rock Funeral Home, which was established by his father, Clifford Smith in 1955. For the next forty-five years, Smith and his wife Kay, worked to build the funeral home to be one of the largest and...
J. ROBERT "ROB" VARNER
Oct 27, 2021
J. ROBERT "ROB" VARNER of Sligo, PA died October 27, 2021 at the age of 58. A funeral director, he was the owner and operator of Varner Funeral Home in Sligo and Rimersburg for the last thirty-three years. Varner graduated from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science in 1986.
JACK MILLER
Oct 27, 2021
JACK MILLER of Gretna, VA died October 27, 2021 at the age of 89. He completed his funeral director and embalmers apprenticeship at Community Funeral Home in Lynchburg, VA under the supervision of the late M. W. Thornhill, Jr. Miller later served as a funeral director and embalmer at Craw-ford Funeral Home in Halifax before establishing Miller Funeral Home in...
JAMES A REED
Oct 27, 2021
JAMES A. REED of Riverhead, formerly of Manorville, NY died October 27, 2021 at the age of 79. A New York State funeral director, he worked for the S. B. Horton Funeral Home in Greenport, Reginald H. Tuthill Funeral Home in Riverhead and the DeFreist Funeral Home in Southold. Reed was a long-time sales associate in the casket industry, having...
SHIRLEY ANN MOORE ALTHOFF
Oct 24, 2021
SHIRLEY ANN MOORE ALTHOFF of Centerville, OH died October 24, 2021 at the age of 85. A licensed funeral director, she was vice president and co-owner of Schlientz and Moore Funeral Homes. Althoff was the first female president of the Greater Montgomery County Funeral Directors Association and was a member of the National Funeral Directors Association and the Ohio Funeral...
HERRY L CAPELLO) RONAN
Oct 23, 2021
SHERRY L (CAPELLO) RONAN of Carlisle, PA died October 23, 2021 at the age of 54. She assisted her husband, Lynn A. Ronan in operating the Ronan Funeral Home.
GEORGE LESICKO
Oct 18, 2021
GEORGE LESICKO of New Douglas, IL died October 18, 2021 at the age of 91. A licensed funeral director and embalmer for fifty years, he was the owner and operator of Lesicko Funeral Home, which he purchased alongside his wife, Clara in 1961. They were also pioneers in EMT service receiving their training while operating Lesicko Ambulance Service from 1961...
RABBI EARL A GROLLMAN
Oct 15, 2021
RABBI EARL A. GROLLMAN of Belmont, MA died October 15, 2021 at the age of 96. A pioneer in the field of death and dying, he wrote one of the first books for children about death, Talking about Death: A Dialogue Between Parent and Child. He was one of the founders the Good Grief program. Grollman had written 27 books...