HAROLD C. HENRY
Jan 21, 2021
HAROLD C. HENRY of Mount Clemens, MI died January 21, 2021 at the age of 84. In the mid-1980s, he along with the late Bobby Hill, James Fishback Sr and Irene Henry, created United Memo-rial Funeral Home.
JACK EUGENE FROST
Jan 20, 2021
JACK EUGENE FROST of Braselton, GA died January 20, 2021 at the age of 89. He was the owner and operator of Memorial Park Funeral Homes and Cemeteries in Gainesville, Flowery Branch and Braselton for over 50 years. Frost was past president of the Southern Cemetery Association, vice president of the American Cemetery Association and president of the Georgia Cemetery...
JAMES E HEALD
Jan 16, 2021
JAMES E. HEALD of Milford, NH died January 16, 2021 at the age of 89. A retired funeral director for over 40 years, he was the former owner of Smith & Heald Funeral Home, currently owned by his daughters, Deborah Quinlan and Gretchen Heald-Brooks. A graduate of the New England Institute of Anatomy, Sanitary Science and Embalming in Boston, he...
STEPHEN C BURKE
Jan 15, 2021
STEPHEN C. BURKE of Lewistown, PA died January 15, 2021 at the age of 70. He was a funeral director at Baumeister-Orcutt Funeral Home, York, PA for seven years before leaving the funeral business in 1979. In 1990, at the urging of Charlie Hershberger, Burke returned to the funeral business with Hoen-stine Funeral Home, Inc, becoming a partner in 1992...
LAWRENCE JAMES BELLEROSE
Jan 14, 2021
LAWRENCE JAMES BELLEROSE of Putnam, CT died January 14, 2021 at the age of 82. He was the former owner of the Gilman and Valade Funeral Homes of Putnam and North Grosvenor Dale, CT. Bellerose began working for the Gilman family at the age of 16. He served his apprenticeship with James T. Pratt Funeral Service in Hartford. In 1973,...
CARL C TIMKO
Jan 11, 2021
CARL G. TIMKO of Fredonia, NY died January 11, 2021 at the age of 81. A licensed funeral director, he owned Orcutt-Timko Funeral Home in Dunkirk and with his wife Trish, owned Larson-Timko Funeral Home in Fredonia. A graduate of the Simmons Institute of Mortuary Science, he was vice president of the Erie-Niagara Funeral Directors Association, and a member of...
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,...