DARRYL J HART
Jul 1, 2021
DARRYL J. HART of Asheville, NC died July 1, 2021 at the age of 59. A funeral director since 1985, he joined his father at Hart Funeral Service. Upon his father's death, Hart became owner and operator. A graduate of the Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service, he was a member of the Pi Sigma Eta National Morticians Fraternity. Hart received...
JAMES PARNICK JENNINGS
Jun 27, 2021
JAMES PARNICK JENNINGS SR of Rome, GA died June 27, 2021 at the age of 91. He became licensed as a Georgia funeral director in 1950 and embalmer in 1955. Jennings served as the assistant manager of Jennings Funeral Home from 1955-1960, manager from 1960-1972, vice president and co-owner from 1972-1977, and owner and president from 1977-1988. He oversaw the...
WILLIAM "BILL" STEVEN MALCOM
Jun 26, 2021
WILLIAM "BILL" STEVEN MALCOM of Lewiston, ID died June 26, 2021 at the age of 72. In 1981, he worked as an apprentice mortician for his dad, Kermit Malcom, at their family funeral home, Malcom's Brower-Wann Funeral Home. In 1983, Bill, along with his brother and brother-in-law Marsh Harwick, purchased the funeral home. In 1997, he worked in Northern Ireland...
CHARLES L. "CHUCK" CROUSE
Jun 23, 2021
CHARLES L. "CHUCK" CROUSE of Dunbar, PA died June 23, 2021 at the age of 81. A funeral director, he owned and operated Burhans Crouse Funeral Home, which he purchased in1984. Crouse previously did reconstructive work for other funeral homes throughout the Pittsburgh and surrounding areas. A graduate of the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, he served as deputy coroner...
ARLEEN IDA (RINAS) FITZPATRICK
Jun 19, 2021
ARLEEN IDA (RINAS) FITZPATRICK of Rolling Prairie, IN died June 19, 2021 at the age of 87. She obtained her funeral director license early in her marriage to assist her husband, the late Thomas Francis Fitzpatrick. In late 1968, they established the Fitz-patrick Funeral Directors Funeral Home in Kankakee, IL.
J. DOUGLAS SMART
Jun 18, 2021
J. DOUGLAS SMART of Tilton, NH died June 18, 2021 at the age of 80. A licensed funeral director, he worked at Cunningham and O'Connor in Las Angeles before moving to New Hampshire to establish the William F. Smart Sr Memorial Home in Tilton in 1978. Smart graduated Magna Cum Laude from the California College of Mortuary Science in 1967....
DEBBIE LOU SCHRODER
Jun 17, 2021
DEBBIE LOU SCHRODER of Moline, IL died June 17, 2021 at the age of 78. She and her husband, Stephen Schroder owned and operated Schroder Mortuary in Silvis for over thirty-five years before they retired in 2002.
BETTYE O'NEAL HUTCHINGS
Jun 17, 2021
BETTYE O'NEAL HUTCHINGS of Macon, GA died June 17, 2021 at the age of 90. A licensed funeral director since 1967, she was employed part-time at Hutchings Funeral Home during the early 1960's and was a full-time employee from 1966 until 1987 as manager and secretary/treasurer. Hutchings was the owner of the funeral home at the time of her passing....
THOMAS CLAY GRAHAM
Jun 13, 2021
THOMAS CLAY GRAHAM of Pittsburgh, PA, died June 13, 2021 at the age of 64. He worked for several funeral homes over the years, was most recently employed at House of Law Inc in Pittsburgh. He graduated from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science.
GREGORY FORBES
Jun 12, 2021
GREGORY FORBES of Parsons, KS died June 12, 2021 at the age of 52. A licensed funeral director, embalmer and life insurance agent, he established Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in 2000 alongside Marlan Hoffman. In 2004, the partners expanded the business by purchasing Bath Funeral Homes in Altamont and Chetopa. A member of the Kansas Funeral Directors Association, and the National...