MARY ELLEN MACK
Apr 25, 2025
MARY ELLEN MACK of Gardner, MA died April 25, 2025 at the age of 95. She helped her husband, John H. “Jack” Mack, establish the former John H. Mack Funeral Home of Gardner, now the Mack Family Funeral Homes. Mary continued to work alongside her husband in the funeral home for several years.
ROBERT L. “BOBBY” ELLIS
Apr 25, 2025
ROBERT L. “BOBBY” ELLIS of Moreland, KY died April 25, 2025 at the age of 80. He began working for the W. L. Pruitt Funeral Home at the age of 13, washing hearses and setting chairs. Throughout his life, Bobby continued to work part-time at the firm, where he had operated the ambulance service and assisted with the removals, visitations...
FREDERICK B. SPADACCINO SR
Apr 25, 2025
FREDERICK B. SPADACCINO SR of Trumbull, CT died April 25, 2025 at the age of 81. A retired funeral director, he graduated from the American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service and was a member of the National Funeral Directors Association and the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association.
PETERSON
Apr 23, 2025
FRANK JON PETERSON of Aurora, MS died April 23, 2025 at the age of 82. A retired funeral director, he owned and operated Peterson Funeral Chapel and later Peterson Ambulance Service until 1984. After becoming the general manager of Olinger Funeral Home and Martin Funeral Home in Grand Junction, CO, Peterson managed Bring Mortuaries in Arizona and was awarded the...
JAMES L. “JIMMY” HINMAN, JR
Apr 23, 2025
JAMES L. “JIMMY” HINMAN, JR of Princess Anne, MD died April 23, 2025 at the age of 71. A funeral director for 42 years, he dedicated his professional life to the family business, Hinman Funeral Home, which was founded by his parents, James Lee Hinman, Sr and Edna Erlene Midgett Hinman in 1958. Jimmy graduated from the Cincinnati College of...
BILLIE WHITE EVERETT
Apr 21, 2025
BILLIE WHITE EVERETT of Lubbock, TX died April 21, 2025 at the age of 93. A retired funeral director, she worked alongside her first husband, Martin M. White, Jr., in managing the Stanley Jones Funeral Home in Tahoka. In 1962, Martin and Billie purchased the firm, and continued to own and operate it as White Funeral Home. In 1985, she and her...
DAVID F. “DAVE” HODAPP
Apr 20, 2025
DAVID F. “DAVE” HODAPP of Cincinnati, OH died April 20, 2025 at the age of 84. A retired funeral director, he previously owned and operated the Hodapp Funeral Home in College Hill. Dave was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.
JAMES DEWITT “JAY” BRAMLETTE III
Apr 20, 2025
JAMES DEWITT “JAY” BRAMLETTE III of Cuero, TX died April 20, 2025 at the age of 74. A licensed funeral director and embalmer, he owned and operated Freund Funeral Home in Cuero until his retirement in 2010. A graduate of the Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service, Jay was a member of the National Funeral Directors Association and the Texas Funeral Directors Association.
BRUCE J. DODSON
Apr 16, 2025
BRUCE J. DODSON of St. Ignace, MI died April 16, 2025 at the age of 87. A Michigan funeral director since 1968, he served his apprenticeship at Estes Leadley Funeral Home in Lansing, before managing the Stebbins Funeral Home in Stanton for several years. In 1969, Dodson purchased the Davis Funeral Home in St. Ignace and renamed it the Davis-Dodson...
THOMAS C. ROSS
Mar 28, 2025
THOMAS C. ROSS of Littleton, NH died March 28, 2025 at the age of 83. A licensed New York and Florida funeral director and embalmer, he served his apprenticeship in Hanover and Concord before opening Ross Funeral Home in Littleton in 1967. A 1969 graduate of the New England Institute of Anatomy, he was a member of the New Hampshire...