DARRYL KEITH BENTLEY
Jun 7, 2021
DARRYL KEITH BENTLEY of Butler, GA died June 7, 2021 at the age of 59. He was the owner and CEO of Bentley-Montfort Mortuary.
RICHARD ANTHONY KULESZA
Jun 6, 2021
RICHARD ANTHONY KULESZA of Monroe Township, NJ died June 6, 2021 at the age of 92. He was the third generation of his family to work in the casket and funeral supply industry. Kulesza dedicated over 60 years to the business as the former president and owner of Edison Casket Company. He served one term on the board of directors...
SAM SAXTON
Jun 5, 2021
SAM SAXTON of Allentown, PA died June 5, 2021 at the age of 95. He worked alongside his father in owning and operating the Cedar Hill Memorial Park until it closed in 2003. Saxton also acquired and developed several cemeteries and was an advisor for the first memorial park in Japan. A member for over sixty years, Saxton was president...
JAMES B KELLY
Jun 1, 2021
JAMES B. KELLY of Worcester, MA died June 1, 2021 at the age of 65. A third-generation funeral director for forty-seven years, he owned and operated the Kelly Funeral Home and Bereavement Care Center, which was established by his parents, Walter F. and Lillian Kelly. A graduate of the New England Institute of Funeral Service, he was past president of...
JOHN BRENTON MAYNARD
May 31, 2021
JOHN BRENTON MAYNARD of Little River, SC died May 31, 2021 at the age of 68. A retired funeral director, he worked at the Harmer's Funeral Home in Shinnston, WV for several years before purchasing the Sample-O'Donnell Funeral Home in Sharon, PA in 1991. He sold the business in 2015.
SAM A TWIFORD
May 28, 2021
SAM A. TWIFORD JR of Elizabeth City, NC died May 28, 2021 at the age of 77. A retired funeral director, he was the former co-owner of Twiford Funeral Homes and was president of the North Carolina Funeral Directors Association in 1989. A graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, he taught at the Gupton Jones School of Mortuary...
JOHN WHITE CROXTON
May 25, 2021
JOHN WHITE CROXTON of Cincinnati, OH, died May 25, 2021 at the age of 91. A funeral director and embalmer for sixty-four years, he owned and operated the T.P. White & Sons Funeral Home.
G. THOMAS "TOM" GENTILE
May 23, 2021
G. THOMAS "TOM" GENTILE of Hackensack, NJ, died May 23, 2021 at the age of 72. A funeral director for over forty years, he began working the funeral business every summer throughout his high school years. In the mid-1970s, Tom purchased the former Gromley Community Funeral Home. He later expanded the business, acquiring the Stewart Funeral Home, Ricardo Memorial Home...
ALFONSE F GAMBACORTA
May 21, 2021
ALFONSE F. GAMBACORTA of Amherst, NY died May 21, 2021 at the age of 82. Throughout his forty-six years as a licensed funeral director, he worked for the Greco Funeral Home, Rubino Memorial Home and Amigone Funeral Home, among others. A 1961 graduate of the Simmons School of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the Erie Niagara Funeral Directors...
RICHARD J GALANTE
May 19, 2021
RICHARD J. GALANTE JR of Union, NJ died May 19, 2021 at the age of 69. He worked with his family as a third-generation funeral director for the Galante Funeral Home in Union his entire life. Galante Jr graduated with a degree in mortuary science from the University of Minnesota in 1973 and was appointed the president of the State...