EDWARD "ED" GILLAR
Jul 29, 2020
EDWARD "ED" GILLAR of Bryan, TX died July 29, 2020 at the age of 84. A licensed funeral director and mortician for over fifty-four years, he worked at Hillier Funeral Home and later Memorial Funeral Chapel. A Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service, he was a member of the Mt. Calvary Cemetery board.
JAMES W PIRKLE
Jul 29, 2020
JAMES W. PIRKLE of Washington, IN died July 29, 2020 at the age of 85. In1957 he joined the Gill Brothers as funeral director/mortician and upon their retirement in 1974, Pirkle assumed ownership of the firm. He owned and operated it alongside his wife, Margaret for over fifty years. He graduated from the Indiana College of Mortuary Science.
KRYAN "KY" MILLER
Jul 28, 2020
KRYAN "KY" MILLER of Hermiston, OR died July 28, 2020 at the age of 74. In 1972 he began working for Wilson Funeral Home in Midland and later served as manager. Miller became the sole shareholder in 1987 and renamed it Wilson Miller Funeral Home. He then moved operations from Ashman Street to its current location on Saginaw Road, which...
LOIS P VILLASEÑOR
Jul 28, 2020
LOIS P. VILLASEÑOR of Austin, TX died July 28, 2020 at the age of 87. A funeral director for over 40 years, she was the founder and owner of Mission Funeral Home. A 1961 graduate of the Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service, she was the first Hispanic woman to serve on the Texas Funeral Service commission as a 1989 appointee....
PATRICK HANCOCK
Jul 25, 2020
PATRICK HANCOCK of Batesville, AR died July 25, 2020 at the age of 80. He was a licensed funeral director for almost thirty years.
STEVEN MITCHELL DOBBS
Jul 23, 2020
STEVEN MITCHELL DOBBS of Silsbee, TX died July 23, 2020at the age of 59. He was a funeral director and embalmer in Texas for twelve years, having served Farmer Funeral Home. He graduated from the Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service.
NEDRA NEHER DOWNS
Jul 22, 2020
NEDRA NEHER DOWNS of Springfield, OH died July 22, 2020 at the age of 89. She was past president of the Neher Burial Vault Co and the Ohio Burial Vault Association.
JOHN EVERETT THOMASSON
Jul 22, 2020
JOHN EVERETT THOMASSON of Louisa, VA died July 22, 2020 at the age of 98. He founded Thomasson Funeral Home in 1951 and later expanded in Fork Union, VA in 1996. Thomasson operated both locations for 53 years. A 1948 graduate of Eckels College of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the Richmond Funeral Directors Association and the Virginia...
ANITA A FLOWERS
Jul 18, 2020
ANITA A. FLOWERS of Dublin, OH died July 18, 2020 at the age of 92. She worked alongside her husband, Frank, in owning and operating the Flowers Funeral Home in Mount Vernon, OH from 1959 to 1981.
H. E. SHELTON
Jul 18, 2020
H. E. SHELTON of Marietta, GA died July 18, 2020 at the age of 85. He attended mortuary school in Atlanta before purchasing the Hanley Company Funeral Home. He continued to own and operate the Hanley-Shelton Funeral Home for 51 years.