ROBERT MAXWELL LAIRD SR
Apr 29, 2024
ROBERT MAXWELL LAIRD SR of Warren, OH died April 29, 2024 at the age of 83. A funeral director and embalmer for fifty years, he served his apprenticeship with Hillis Funeral Home in Zanesville. Laird Sr was a former partner with the Robert H. Roberts-Clark Memorial Home, Inc and had served as director of Reese Wynn Winyard McDermott Laird Funeral Home in...
JAMES MICHAEL LAMB
Apr 28, 2024
JAMES MICHAEL LAMB of Howell, MI died April 28, 2024 at the age of 83. A licensed funeral director, he and his wife, Penny operated the Lamb Funeral Home (now Borek Jannings) together. He then purchased a second funeral home in Howell and operated both locations alongside his brother, Gary. Lamb kept his license upon retirement and helped local funeral homes when needed....
GREGORY G. DEJOHN
Apr 26, 2024
GREGORY G. DEJOHN of Staten Island, NY died April 26, 2024 at the age of 70. A licensed funeral director, he worked for Silverton Memorial Funeral Home in Toms River, NJ and was the owner and operator of Cobble Hill Chapels in Brooklyn, NY.
JOHN JOSEPH “EDDIE” CONNELL
Apr 26, 2024
JOHN JOSEPH “EDDIE” CONNELL of Huntington Station, NY died April 26, 2024 at the age of 87. He ran the M.A. Connell Funeral Home for decades with his brother Peter, furthering his family’s legacy and eventually working alongside his son, Michael, and son-in-law, Nicholas Berghela Sr. In 2018, his grandson, Nicholas Berghela Jr., joined the funeral service, making him the fourth...
MARY K. STOVALL-TAPLEY
Apr 25, 2024
MARY K. STOVALL-TAPLEY of Hurtsboro, AL died April 25, 2024 at the age of 102. She was a licensed funeral director and embalmer at Stovall Funeral Home, Inc. A member of the East Alabama Funeral Directors Association, Stovall-Tapley was the recipient of many awards including the 1986 National Sojourner Meritorious Service Award from the Alabama Funeral Directors & Morticians Association.
JOHN ROBERT “JOHNNY BOB” WILLIAMS
Apr 19, 2024
JOHN ROBERT “JOHNNY BOB” WILLIAMS of Maysville, OK died April 19, 2024 at the age of 77. A licensed funeral director and embalmer, he and his wife, Bobby Lou, owned and operated Winans Funeral Home for 43 years. Williams also acted as Maysville Ambulance Director for 25 years and had served as the Maysville Cemetery Sexton for 50-plus years. A 1972...
MICHAEL D. WERNER
Apr 14, 2024
MICHAEL D. WERNER of Key West, FL, formerly of Waupun, WI died April 14, 2024 at the age of 80. He purchased Beyers Funeral Home in 1969, which is now known as Werner Harmsen. Mike owned and operated it until his retirement in 2017 and was honored for 50 years of practice as a funeral director. He graduated from mortuary...
ARTHUR THOMAS “UNK” QUEEN
Apr 11, 2024
ARTHUR THOMAS “UNK” QUEEN of Sykesville, MD, formerly of Randallstown, MD died April 11, 2024 at the age of 83. He had been in the funeral business for over 60 years, having worked at Davis Weaver Funeral Home in West Virginia as a teenager. Queen came to Maryland at the age of twenty to work at Tickner Funeral Home in Baltimore,...
TERRANCE J. “TERRY” REARDON
Apr 10, 2024
TERRANCE J. “TERRY” REARDON of Boardman, OH died April10, 2024 at the age of 66. In 1987, he began his professional career as a funeral director at Higgins Funeral Homes. The Reardon name was added in 1999 when Terry and his wife and business partner, Judy Higgins-Reardon, became the proprietors. Together with their son, Terrance, they own funeral homes in Austintown,...
RAY MISH
Apr 3, 2024
RAY MISH of Bakersfield, CA died April 3, 2024 at the age of 99. He received his degree in mortuary science and became a licensed funeral director in the state of California. Mish began working for two local mortuaries in 1947 in Bakersfield. In 1960, he bought a vacant building in Oildale, the former College Hospital, and opened his first funeral...