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...
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.
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.
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...
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....
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.
OLIVER WENDELL LOMAX
Dec 27, 2020
OLIVER WENDELL LOMAX of Dallas, TX died December 27, 2020 at the age of 73. A funeral director for over forty years, he served his apprenticeship at the Black and Clark Funeral Home. Lomax worked at several funeral homes before establishing the Lomax Funeral Home in 1989. A 1976 graduate of the Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science, he was a...
DANIEL N MACLEAN
Dec 26, 2020
DANIEL N. MACLEAN of Wellsville, OH died December 26, 2020 at the age of 91. He joined his father and uncle as a funeral director at the MacLean Funeral Home. He continued his service to his community with the Martin MacLean Altmeyer Funeral Home for many years. A 1951 graduate of the Pitts-burgh Institute of Mortuary Science, he was a...
DUNCAN W MUNRO
Dec 26, 2020
DUNCAN W. MUNRO of Worcester, formerly of Northborough, MA died December 26, 2020 at the age of 94. He served as the superintendent for Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge from 1966 until 1989. He was a member of the Massachusetts Cemetery Association, New England Cemetery Association and was past president of the American Cemetery Association, now the International Cemetery, Cremation...
KENNETH J MAHER
Dec 25, 2020
KENNETH J. MAHER of Saint James, NY died December 25, 2020 at the age of 70. A licensed funeral director since 1974, he served his internship and residency at Garlick Funeral Homes in Brooklyn and was hired as the assistant manager of the Garden City Chapel of Fairchild Sons Funeral Homes in 1976. Maher was the owner of the St....