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 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...
MICHAEL HUGHES of Adel, GA died May 14, 2021 at the age of 47. He was a funeral director for twenty-five years at both Boone and Purvis Funeral Home.
CHARLIE ALBERT REID JR of Augusta, GA died May 14, 2021. He worked alongside his father, Charlie Sr at Blount and Reid Funeral Home. In 1987, after his father's death, Charlie renamed the firm C. A. Reid Sr. Memorial Funeral Home. He graduated from the Gupton Jones College of Funeral Service.
WALLACE "WALLY" D. LEWELLYN of Grove City, OH died April 30, 2021 at the age of 86. A retired funeral director, he worked at the Schoedinger Funeral and Cremation Service for over forty years, mostly serving the Grove City Chapel. A graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, he served as president of the Grove City Cemetery board.
DORIS THOMPSON SLACK of Howard County, MD died April 29, 2021 at the age of 93. In 1966, she and her husband, John R. Slack purchased the Higinbothom Funeral Home. Upon John's is 1983, Doris became president of the Slack Funeral Home, P.A. in Ellicott City, a position which she held until her death. She was a member of the...
REV EDDIE RAY JOHNSON of Galveston, TX died April 28, 2021 at the age of 56. A licensed funeral director and embalmer since 1990, he worked at Mercy Funeral Systems in Beaumont, TX before becoming the manager of Fields Funeral Home, Inc in Galveston, TX. Johnson later purchased the firm and combined it with the E. R. Johnson Family Mortuary,...
JEROME BUSLER GHOLSON of McLeansboro, IL died April 27, 2021 at the age of 85. A second-generation funeral director, he owned and operated the Gholson Funeral Home in McLeansboro and Dahlgren for over 55 years. He previously served as the Hamilton County coroner and was an EMT for Gholson Ambulance Service for many years.
HERBERT "HERB" H. MOORE of Vinton, OH died April 26, 2021 at the age of 85. A funeral director and embalmer since 1970, he worked at the McCoy-Moore Funeral Homes in Vinton and Gallipolis until the time of his passing. A 1969 graduate of the Cincinnati School of Mortuary Science, he was a fifty-year member of the Ohio Funeral Directors...
LAWRENCE C. PANOZZO of Flossmoor, IL died April 22, 2021 at the age of 91. A licensed funeral director for 67 years, he owned and operated the Panozzo Bros. Funeral Home in Chicago Heights, IL and served as a longtime secretary for the Funeral Directors Services Association of Greater Chicagoland.