MICHAEL KEITH FLEMING
Feb 1, 2021
MICHAEL KEITH FLEMING of Sibley, IA died February 1, 2021 at the age of 67. He was CEO of the Keith M. Merrick Company for over 40 years, which was established by his grandparents in 1933. Fleming received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Casket and Funeral Supply Association of America, where he served on the executive board before being...
LOIS ANN SIFERD
Jan 30, 2021
LOIS ANN SIFERD of Wapakoneta, OH died January 30, 2021 at the age of 97. She worked alongside her husband, the late Charles D. Siferd, in owning and operating the former Siferd Funeral Home in Wapakoneta. Siferd was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.
DONALD EUGENE "DON" FISHER
Jan 29, 2021
DONALD EUGENE "DON" FISHER of Mansfield, OH died January 29, 2021 at the age of 92. A funeral director and embalmer, he worked at the J. H. Finefrock and Sons Funeral Home, retiring in 1990 after thirty-five years of service. A graduate of the Cleveland College of Mortuary Science, he was a fifty-year member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association...
SONDRA SUE BLANTON GORE
Jan 28, 2021
SONDRA SUE BLANTON GORE of Blacksburg, SC died January 28, 2021 at the age of 72. A funeral director, she worked alongside her husband, Corbett Cline Gore, Jr at the Corson Removal Service in Charlotte before establishing White Columns Funeral Service in 1996. Gore graduated from Limestone College in 1999.
THOMAS B. DEVLIN
Jan 25, 2021
THOMAS B. DEVLIN of Ross Township, PA died January 25, 2021 at the age of 95. A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, he was a licensed funeral director at Devlin Funeral Home for over 70 years.
MICHAEL THOMAS AHEARN
Jan 24, 2021
MICHAEL THOMAS AHEARN of Northampton, MA died January 24, 2021 at the age of 55. A funeral director, he worked at the former John F. O'Connell Funeral Home in Northampton, AA Mariani Funeral Home in Providence, RI and the Tripp Funeral Home in Pawtucket, RI before founding the Ahearn Funeral Home in Northampton in 2000. A 1986 graduate of the...
GEORGE R. "BUD" BROWN
Jan 24, 2021
GEORGE R. "BUD" BROWN II of Hamilton, OH died January 24, 2021 at the age of 82. For over fifty years, he worked alongside his wife, Marie, in owning and operating the Brown Dawson Funeral Home. A graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.
HOWARD M BONIFACE
Jan 23, 2021
HOWARD M. BONIFACE JR of Rensselaer, NY January 23, 2021 at the age of 77. He was a licensed funeral director at the Wm. J Rockefeller Funeral Home in Rensselaer for twenty years before retiring. Boniface graduated from Hudson Valley Community College in 1955 with an associate's degree in mortuary science and was a member of the Capital District Funeral...
CHARLES "CHUCK" G. MAYER
Jan 23, 2021
CHARLES "CHUCK" G. MAYER of Chelsea, WI died January 23, 2021 at the age of 94. A longtime member of the Wisconsin Funeral Directors Association, he worked for Schmidt and Barlet Funeral Home in Milwaukee. Mayer worked for Taylor Funeral Home in Rib Lake, eventually purchasing it. He continued to own and operate it from 1961 until 1977, when he...
GLADYS EDWARDS WALLACE
Jan 22, 2021
GLADYS EDWARDS WALLACE of Broadview, IL died January 22, 2021 at the age of 84. She co-founded the Wallace Broadview Funeral Home in 1988 and was member of the 100 Black Women of Funeral Service, Illinois Select Funeral Directors Association and the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, where she formerly served as president of the National Ladies Auxiliary. She...