ROBERT "BOB" WILLIAM NINKER
Jan 9, 2021
ROBERT "BOB" WILLIAM NINKER of Chester-field, MO died January 9, 2021 at the age of 87. Prior to retirement, he was employed as the executive director of the Illinois Funeral Directors Association for 29 years.
DAVID G KNIGHT
Jan 8, 2021
DAVID G. KNIGHT of Shadyside, OH died January 8, 2021 at the age of 74. He worked alongside his wife, Donna and daughter Sara S. Henthorn as the owner and operator of Knight Manufacturing Company, which was founded by his grandfather, Harley Knight and Willard Knight in 1935. Knight acquired Belmont Stamping Company in 1986. He served on the board...
DELOS "DEL" B. PRICE
Jan 8, 2021
DELOS "DEL" B. PRICE JR of Eagle, ID died January 8, 2021 at the age of 95. He was employed at Harden Flanagan Mortuary in Inglewood, CA and managed Schanel Mortuary in El Monte, CA in the 1950's before establishing Price Funeral Chapel in Citrus Heights, CA in 1962. His son, Ben Price purchased the business from him in 1975....
EDWARD A PELCZAR
Jan 7, 2021
EDWARD A. PELCZAR of Newmarket, NH died January 7, 2021 at the age of 72. A licensed funeral director and embalmer, he began working at the Brisson & Kent Funeral Home in Newmarket in 1971 and in 1986 he purchased it from Roy Kent. Pelczar continued to own and operate the Kent & Pelczar Funeral Home alongside his wife, Helen,...
JOHN W WILSON
Jan 4, 2021
JOHN W. WILSON of Hanover, NH died January 4, 2021 at the age of 71. Licensed Vermont and New Hampshire funeral director, he and his wife, Janet purchased Rand Funeral Home in 1986 and continued to own and operate it as Rand-Wilson Funeral Home. A graduate of the New England Institute of Institute of Funeral Service, he was a member...
CHARLES EDWARD "DIGGER" RYAN
Jan 3, 2021
CHARLES EDWARD "DIGGER" RYAN JR of Laurium, MI died January 3, 2021 at the age of 87. He worked with numerous local funeral homes, with lifelong support for the family business, Ryan Funeral Home. Digger was employed by Superior Vault Company before owning Lakeview Monument Company. He graduated from the Wisconsin Institute of Mortuary Science.
JAMES J WILSON
Jan 3, 2021
JAMES J. WILSON of Defiance, OH died January 3, 2021 at the age of 40. He was a funeral director and embalmer at Schaffer Funeral Home since 2016. A 2007 graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the National Funeral Directors Association, Ohio Funeral Directors Association and the Ohio Embalmers Association.
ELDEN E BJURLING
Jan 2, 2021
ELDEN E. BJURLING of Gardner, MA died January 2, 2021 at the age of 70. He was president and owner of the Smith Funeral Home in Gardner until 2007, following his father who owned the funeral home up until his death in 1972. Bjurling graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1972, receiving a Bachelor of Science from the College...
JOHN WUESTEFELD
Dec 29, 2020
JOHN WUESTEFELD of Dover, IN died December 29, 2020 at the age of 75. He joined his mother, Edith Andres Wuestefeld as a fourth-generation funeral director at the present Andres-Wuestefeld Funeral Home. John acquired ownership of the firm after the death of his mother in 1979. He graduated from mortuary college in 1962.
CARNIE P BRAGG
Dec 29, 2020
CARNIE P. BRAGG JR of Paterson, NJ died December 29, 2020 at the age of 81. He worked along-side his father, Carnie P. Bragg Sr., at the Carnie P. Bragg Funeral Homes Inc as a second-generation funeral director. Following the death of his father in 1972, Bragg acquired ownership of the firm and continued to operate it as senior director....