JERRE WIRT BLANK of Northumberland, PA died November 22, 2021 at the age of 82. A fourth-generation funeral director, he took over the funeral business from his mother, Ethel M. Blank and his aunt., E. Jane (Wirt) Macdonald Wetzel in 1968. Blank graduated from the Eckels School of Mortuary Science.
PAUL J. CARBONNEAU of Barre, VT died November 21, 2021 at the age of 87. A funeral director, he spent his entire career at the Pruneau-Polli Funeral Home in Barre, which he started in 1946. Carbonneau was a member of the National Funerals Directors Association
ROBERT BRUCE BURKE of Oxford, OH died November 21, 2021 at the age of 56. He was a funeral director and embalmer at Ogle & Paul R. Young Funeral Homes. Burke graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 2010.
CHARLES "C.J." JOHN MACKEY of Baton Rouge, LA died November 17, 2021 at the age of 88. A funeral director, he served his internship at Dorothy Lawless Mortuary in New Orleans before opening Armstrong and Mackey Funeral Home in 1987. It later became Carney and Mackey Funeral Home and then Charles Mackey Funeral Home. He was the president and sole...
RICHARD "RICK" CRANK of Cross Lanes, WV died November 15, 2021 at the age of 80. A retired funeral director and embalmer, he worked for many funeral homes in the West Virginia, Kentucky, Florida and Ohio areas.
STANLEY ANDREW SZPINDOR of Trooper, PA died November 15, 2021 at the age of 84. A licensed funeral director, he was the owner and operator of Szpindor Funeral Home for forty years. Szpindor graduated from the American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service.
THOMAS RAY MILLS of Longs, SC died November 14, 2021 at the age of 83. He worked as a funeral director with Goldfinch Funeral Home until his retirement.
DAVID STEPHEN ALTUM of Chattanooga, TN died November 14, 2021 at the age of 57. A funeral director, he worked many years at Williamson and Sons Funeral Home in Soddy Daisy, Max Brannon and Sons Funeral Home in Calhoun, GA and most recently at Lane Funeral Home and Crematory South Crest Chapel.
HAROLD WARREN SR of Columbia, MO died November 13, 2021 at the age of 89. A licensed Missouri funeral director and embalmer, he worked at Stuart Funeral Home in Columbia. Eventually, Warren and his wife, Helen, purchased the firm, renaming it Warren Funeral Chapel. He graduated from the Indiana College of Mortuary Science.
FRANKLIN J. FORSYTHE of New Lenox, formerly of Manhattan, IL died November 13, 2021 at the age of 97. A licensed funeral director and embalmer for seventy-four years, he founded an ambulance service and Forsythe Funeral Home. A 1947 graduate of the Worsham College of Mortuary Science, he was the recipient of the Illinois Funeral Directors Association 50 years of...