CHARLES S. "CHUCK" WETMORE of Spokane, WA died July 21, 2021 at the age of 70. A funeral director and embalmer, he was the founding partner of the Cremation Society of Washington and was a past president of the Washington State Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers. Wetmore graduated from the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science.
KEITH JORGENSEN of Zelienople, PA formerly of Ellwood City, PA and Alexandria VA died July 19, 2021 at the age of 92. A graduate of the Eckles College of Embalming, he was employed by Joseph Gawlers & Sons in Washington, DC from 1959 until his retirement in 1993. While at Gawlers, he conducted the funeral service for President Woodrow Wilson's...
CHRISTOPHER "CHRIS" JON ADAMAS of Herndon, VA died July 14, 2021 at the age of 56. A funeral director, he worked for several years with the Everly Funeral Homes and became manager of the Falls Church facility in 1996. In 1997, Adams began working at the Green Funeral Home in downtown Herndon and in 2000, he and his wife, Kathryn...
MARY ALICE SOLIS of McAllen, TX died July 13, 2021 at the age of 73. She worked as a funeral director for over fifty years in the family business, De Leon Funeral Home in Pharr, TX. Solis graduated from the Commonwealth College of Funeral Service in Houston, TX.
STEVEN J. SCHUMACHER of Branson, MO, formerly of Wayne died July 11, 2021 at the age of 77. He completed his funeral service apprenticeship at Culter Funeral Home in Council Bluffs, IA and was later employed as a funeral director at Lattin-Dugan-Chambers Funeral Home in Fremont. In 1973, Schumacher and his late wife, Donna, moved to Wayne, where they owned...
RICHARD "DICKIE" MARVIN MULLIN of Wills Point, TX died July 5, 2021 at the age of 72. A licensed funeral director, he and his two sons, Doug and Josh, purchased American Mortuary Service in Dallas in 2000. Mullin graduated from the Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science.
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 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 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 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...