FRANK GUBBIOTTI of Exeter, PA died June 22, 2020 at the age of 29. He followed the footsteps of his grandparents, the late Frank A. and Rose Gubbiotti, and his aunt, Marilyn A. Gubbiotti as a third generation funeral director at Gubbiotti Funeral Home LLC. He graduated from the funeral service program at Northampton Community College in 2012 and was...
JOHN N. SCHNURRENBERGER of West Mansfield, OH died June 21, 2020 at the age of 92. A licensed funeral director for over fifty years, he owned and operated Schnurrenberger Funeral Home with wife, Marie for 25 years. He graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, where he served as class president.
DAVID OTTO SCHOENFELD of Beloit, WI died June 20, 2020 at the age of 83. He worked as a funeral director and owner until 1972 at his family's firm. For 32 years, he and his wife, Joan, owned and operated the Schoenfeld Mortuary in Hot Sulphur Springs, CO. For 30 years Dave was elected and served as county coroner. He...
GENE LAZUTA of Sedona, AZ formerly of Parma, OH died June 20, 2020 at the age of 85. He was the former co-owner of Kolodiy-Lazuta Funeral Home.
ROBERT LEE SPENCER of Harpers Ferry, WV died June 18, 2020 at the age of 75. A funeral director for over fifty years, he was the owner and operator of Eackles-Spencer & Norton Funeral Home from 1989 until his death. He graduated from the American Academy McAllister Institute of Mortuary Science.
WILLIAM "BILL" MILES DOUGLAS of Cleveland, TX died June 18, 2020 at the age of 83. He was a funeral director at Neal Funeral Home from 2005 to present. He previously owned and operated Escort Embalming Service in Houston, worked at Pace Stancil Funeral Home and Service Corporation International for several years and had operated Tri-county Funeral Home, which later...
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 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 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 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...