JAMES EGAN "JIM" ABBOTT
Nov 19, 2020
JAMES EGAN "JIM" ABBOTT of Wabasha, MN died November 19, 2020 at the age of 67. A funeral director, he worked for Clasen-Jordan Mortuary in Austin, and Adams Funeral Home in Adam from 1978 until moving to Wabasha in 1989, when he purchased his father's business, Abbott Funeral Home and Abbott Furniture. Jim sold the businesses in 2018 and continued...
JAMES ANDREW BRELL
Nov 17, 2020
JAMES ANDREW BRELL JR of Maysville, KY died November 17, 2020 at the age of 70. A member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association, he was a funeral director and president of Brell & Son Funeral Home.
JAMES "JIM" G. WIDDOES
Nov 9, 2020
JAMES "JIM" G. WIDDOES of Fortuna, CA died November 9, 2020 at the age of 83. A 1961 graduate of the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science, he has been active in the funeral business since 1958. Widdoes was co-owner and manager of Goble's For-tuna Mortuary since 1970. In 2004 he became partners with his son, Marc and son-in-law, Tom...
AUBREY E FIFE
Nov 8, 2020
AUBREY E FIFE of Junction, TX died November 8, 2020 at the age of 98. He served his apprenticeship in Lubbock before moving to Burnet, TX to begin his career as a funeral director. Fife operated Hodges Funeral Home in Junction for several years before purchasing it in 1961. He continued to own and operate Aubrey Fife Funerals for fifty...
RONALD JAMES MILLER
Nov 8, 2020
RONALD JAMES MILLER of Vienna, OH died November 8, 2020 at the age of 74. He was a funeral director at Augustine Funeral Home in Youngstown, OH and was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.
RAYMOND G. PARKER
Nov 7, 2020
RAYMOND G. PARKER JR of West Frankfort, IL died November 7, 2020 at the age of 74. He purchased the Reedy Funeral Home in West Frankfort and operated it as Parker-Reedy Funeral Home until his retirement in 2007.
JAMES STEPHEN BRENNAN
Nov 7, 2020
JAMES STEPHEN BRENNAN of North Attleboro, MA died November 7, 2020 at the age of 84. He joined his father and uncle in the Jeweled Cross Company in North Attleboro, and later became president and sole operator until retirement.
JOHN C. "SKEEPIE" SCARBOROUGH
Nov 7, 2020
JOHN C. "SKEEPIE" SCARBOROUGH III of Durham, NC died November 7, 2020 at the age of 83. A fourth-generation funeral director for over 60 years, he was CEO and president of the Scarborough & Hargett Celebration of Life Center, Inc. A graduate of the Eckels College of Mortuary Science, he was president of the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association...
WILLIE LEE GRANGER
Nov 3, 2020
WILLIE LEE GRANGER of Muskogee, TX died November 3, 2020 at the age of 74. A licensed funeral director and embalmer, he operated Granger Funeral Home and Evening Spring Funeral Chapel until his retirement. Granger graduated from the Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science in 1978.
DAVID ANTHONY "TONY" KARSNIA
Nov 2, 2020
DAVID ANTHONY "TONY" KARSNIA of East Bethel, MN died November 2, 2020 at the age of 49. He worked for United Coach and Johnson-Williams Funeral Car Service in Minneapolis for several years before becoming the business manager of Spielman Mortuary in St. Paul. In 2013, Tony earned his Bachelor of Science degree with a major in mortuary science from the...