MARY LOU COTTON of Kensington, OH died May 1, 2020 at the age of 84. She was a funeral director, EMT, and president of Maple Cotton Funeral Home & Ambulance Service, Inc., Kensington. She received her first EMT certification in 1973, and her funeral director's license in April 1994. She was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association District...
JOHN PAUL GEE of Kokomo, IN died April 29, 2020 at the age of 51. He earned a degree in Mortuary Science at Vincennes University in 1989, and his Indiana Funeral Director's License in 1990. Since 2001, he had served families as a funeral director at Ellers Mortuary, Kokomo. He was also a board member of Crown Point Cemetery and...
KEVIN STOUT of Whitestone, Queens, NY died April 28, 2020 at the age of 57. He joined the family's funeral home business, taking after his father, before going to work for Thomas F. Boland Funeral Parlor in College Point.
CYNTHIA GILMORE DOUTHIT of Winston-Salem, NC died April 25, 2020 at the age of 75. A 1966 graduate of John A. Gupton College of Mortuary Science in Nashville, TN, she joined her parents at the Gilmore Funeral Home in Winston-Salem. She was the first licensed female funeral director and embalmer in Forsyth County, and one of the first women to...
EDWARD F. "TED" CARNEY of New Bedford, MA died April 24, 2020 at the age of 70. He answered the call of the family business and became partners with his father at Austin-Carney Funeral Home. He studied mortuary science and funeral service at Boston's New England Institute of Anatomy and Embalming, graduating in 1970, and becoming the then-youngest licensed funeral...
PAUL E. BOHN of Ambridge, PA died April 17, 2020 at the age of 78. In 1973 he purchased the William Towcimak Funeral Home. He was the sole proprietor of the Paul E. Bohn Funeral Home for 32 years. Bohn turned over his business to his long time associate Bob Matich, whom he mentored for 34 years. A graduate of...
ROGER F. BAKER of Berea, OH died April 16, 2020 at the age of 84. He spent his entire career at Baker Funeral Home until his retirement in 1997. He graduated from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science.
ANTHONY L. PREZIOSI of Massapequa, NY died April 16, 2020. A funeral director for 35 years, he was the manager of Massapequa Funeral Home. He received his degree in mortuary science from SUNY Farmingdale and was a member of the Nassau Suffolk Funeral Directors Association.
CHERYL DENISE OLIGSCHLAEGER of Perry, MO died April 16, 2020 at the age of 65. She was a funeral director and co-owner of Bienhoff Funeral Home for over 29 years.
ANTHONY L. PREZIOSI of Massapequa, NY died April 16, 2020. He was manager at Massapequa Funeral Home where dedicated over 35 years as a funeral director. He received his degree in Mortuary Science from SUNY Farmingdale and was a member of the Nassau Suffolk Funeral Directors Association.