ARVEL L. "ELO" CHEEK
Jun 17, 2020
ARVEL L. "ELO" CHEEK of Oxford, AL died June 17, 2020 at the age of 86. In 1954, he began working in the casket industry at Wallace Metal Products in Richmond, IN before being transferring to the Wallace Plant in Anniston, AL in 1971. In 1982 he founded Coldwater Casket Company, which later became Southern Heritage Casket. Cheek operated the...
CLARK S. BROWN
Jun 15, 2020
CLARK S. BROWN JR of Winston-Salem, NC died June 15, 2020 at the age of 81. He obtained his embalmer's license in 1961 and joined his father, Clark S. Brown Sr., at the Clark S. Brown & Sons Funeral Home. He continued to oversee all embalming operations after he retired six years ago.
JACKSON "JACK" O. BURDEN
Jun 15, 2020
JACKSON "JACK" O. BURDEN of Naples, FL, formerly of Wallkill, NY died June 15, 2020 at the age of 95. A funeral director, he was the former owner of Wallkill Funeral Home in Wallkill from 1973 to 1991.
NORMAN I. "DIGGER" ROTH
Jun 10, 2020
NORMAN I. "DIGGER" ROTH of St. Louis, MO died June 10, 2020 at the age of 75. He was a fourth generation funeral director, president and owner of the Rindskopf-Roth Funeral Chapel, which he acquired upon the sudden death of his father at the age of 19. Roth semi-retired, but maintained an active role in the management of the funeral...
EDWARD "EDDIE" D. BROWN
Jun 7, 2020
EDWARD "EDDIE" D. BROWN II of Hopkinsville, KY died June 7, 2020 at the age of 54. A funeral director and embalmer, he had worked under Edward W. Babbage at Babbage Funeral Home for 20 years. The funeral home went through several owners after Babbage died in 1997 and was renamed Redd and Brown Funeral Home in 2017, which Brown...
BERTRAND E. BRYANT
Jun 3, 2020
BERTRAND E. BRYANT of Berlin, NH died June 3, 2020 at the age of 89. A funeral director and embalmer for 60 years, he owned and operated Bryant Funeral Home in Colebrook for several years prior to moving to Berlin in 1966 when he purchased the Parker & Holmes Funeral Home. He later opened a chapel in Gorham, operating both...
JOEL ROBERT VANDEMORE
May 31, 2020
JOEL ROBERT VANDEMORE of Geneseo, formerly of Atkinson, IL died May 31, 2020 at the age of 52. A second generation funeral director, he owned and operated Vandemore Funeral Homes & Crematory alongside his wife, Janel. He was a graduate of the Worsham College of Mortuary Science.
DAVID ALLEN BECK
May 29, 2020
DAVID ALLEN BECK of Columbus, OH died May 29, 2020 at the age of 81. He began his career in the funeral industry at The Clark Grave Vault Company, having served as production foreman, sales manager and president in 1988. Beck served thirty years on the board of the International Memorialization Supply Association, was president and a member of the...
RICHARD EMIL DANIELS
May 29, 2020
RICHARD EMIL DANIELS of Burlington, WI died May 29, 2020 at the age of 92. A Wisconsin funeral director and embalmer, he worked with John Schuette at the Schuette Funeral Home in 1948 before becoming a partner in the Schuette, Werth and Daniels Funeral Home in 1954. In 1975, Daniels and his wife, Doris purchased the business and in 1991...
STEVEN CRAIG HART
May 29, 2020
STEVEN CRAIG HART of Emporia, KS died May 29, 2020 at the age of 60. He was a funeral director and embalmer at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home since 1983. Hart was a member of the Kansas Funeral Directors Association and the National Funeral Directors Association.