DAVID A GARDNER
Nov 11, 2021
DAVID A. GARDNER of Windsor, CT died November 11, 2021 at the age of 66. He served the South Windsor, Enfield, Windsor Locks and Somers communities for almost forty years as a funeral director. A graduate of the Mount Ida Mortuary College, Gardner was a member of the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association.
STEVEN MICHAEL MACK
Nov 10, 2021
STEVEN MICHAEL MACK of Van Wert, OH died November 10, 2021 at the age of 66. A retired funeral director, he worked at Alspach-Gearhart Funeral Home for thirty-three years. A 1979 graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association District 3.
MELVIN "MEL" DEAN LARSON
Nov 9, 2021
MELVIN "MEL" DEAN LARSON of Shoreview, MN died November 9, 2021 at the age of 85. He was a funeral director for nearly sixty years.
RICHARD A. FERRIS
Nov 9, 2021
RICHARD A. FERRIS of Lititz, PA died November 9, 2021 at the age of 81. He was the co-founder and then owner of R. A. Ferris & Co, Inc., a funeral director's cremation service in West Chester, PA. Ferris earned his funeral licenses from Eckels College of Mortuary Science and worked for many funeral homes in Delaware County before establishing...
VANDERLYN R. PINE
Nov 9, 2021
DR. VANDERLYN R. PINE, a lifelong resident of New Paltz, NY died November 9, 2021 at the age of 83. Upon his father's death in 1957, Pine left Dartmouth College to help operate Pine Funeral Home. In 1970 he formed Research and Analysis Associates to carry out his appointment as management consultant for NFDA. A college professor at SUNY, Dr....
BOOKER T. HOGAN
Nov 5, 2021
BOOKER T. HOGAN JR of Brenham, TX died November 5, 2021 at the age of 86. A third-generation funeral director, he was the owner and operator of the Hogan Funeral Home.
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...
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...