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.
ARTHUR JOE REID
May 27, 2020
ARTHUR JOE REID JR of Milwaukee, WI died May 27, 2020 at the age of 82. In 1981 he co-founded Reid and Yandell Funeral Home, which became Golden Gate Funeral Home in 1986. In 1993, the name changed to The New Golden Gate Funeral Home. He became sole owner and operator of Reid's New Golden Gate Funeral Home in 2008...
GEORGE FRED KOURMADAS
May 24, 2020
GEORGE FRED KOURMADAS of Williamsburg, VA died May 24, 2020 at the age of 90. He owned and operated two funeral homes in the Detroit, MI area, retiring after serving 65 years as a licensed funeral director. He graduated from the Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service.
ROBERT "BOB" WILLIAM WILCOX
May 24, 2020
ROBERT "BOB" WILLIAM WILCOX of Nezperce, ID died May 24, 2020 at the age of 44. A funeral director and embalmer, he was the owner and operator of the Ternary Funeral Home in Kamiah, which he purchased in 2006. Wilcox previously worked at Messinger Mortuary in Scottsdale, AZ. He graduated from the Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science.
H. PAGE MELSON
May 21, 2020
H. PAGE MELSON of Harbeson, DE, formerly of Lewes and Rehoboth Beach, DE died May 21, 2020 at the age of 85. A retired funeral director, he owned and operated the Page Melson Funeral Home in Rehoboth Beach for many years. He was a graduate of from the Eckels College of Mortuary Science.