WARREN H. RILES
Mar 20, 2020
WARREN H. RILES, CFSP, of Forestville, NY died March 20, 2020, at the age of 79. A 1968 graduate of Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, he was a licensed funeral director in both New York and Pennsylvania. He purchased the former Hole-Parker Funeral Chapel in Forestville in 1970, and changed the name to Riles Funeral Home. He was currently president...
CHARLES H. FARWELL.
Mar 19, 2020
CHARLES H. FARWELL, JR. of Nashua, NH died March 19, 2020 at the age of 93. A second-generation funeral director, he joined his father at Farwell Funeral Service in 1949 and served as the executive director of the funeral home for over 50 years. A 1950 graduate of New England Institute of Anatomy, Sanitary Sciences, Embalming and Funeral Directing in...
ROGER D. "ROCK" MCCOLAUGH
Mar 16, 2020
ROGER D. "ROCK" MCCOLAUGH of Xenia, OH died March 16, 2020 at the age of 70. He joined his father, Robert S. McColaugh, in the family business, McColaugh Funeral Home, which was established in 1960. After his father's passing, he assumed ownership and continued to operate it as president. He graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 1970.
EDDIE FOSTER ROBERTS
Mar 15, 2020
EDDIE FOSTER ROBERTS of Bay City, TX died March 15, 2020 at the age of 97. He was a funeral director and mortician at the Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home. It was reported that Mr. Roberts was the first Texan to succumb to Covid-19.
MARQUIS DELAFAYETTE DOTSON
Mar 12, 2020
MARQUIS DELAFAYETTE DOTSON SR of Franklin, TN died March 12, 2020 at the age of 94. He founded Dotson's Funeral Home in Athens, TN and later expanded into Cleveland, TN. A 1948 graduate of the Gupton-Jones College of Mortuary Science, he served as president and chairman of the Tennessee State Funeral Directors and Morticians Association.
STEPHEN G TIRPAK
Mar 12, 2020
STEPHEN G. TIRPAK of Cleveland, OH died March 12, 2020 at the age of 82. He began working at Chambers Funeral Home in 1964, receiving his funeral directors licenses in 1966. He graduated with a degree in mortuary science from the University of Dayton and was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association and the Cuyahoga Funeral Directors Association.
RICHARD A. "DICK" WHETSTONE
Mar 10, 2020
RICHARD A. "DICK" WHETSTONE of Vandalia, OH died March 10, 2020 at the age of 78. He worked alongside his wife, Barbara in owning and operating the Morton & Whetstone Funeral Home for over fifty years.
THOMAS H. MCCARTHY
Mar 10, 2020
THOMAS H. MCCARTHY of Buffalo, NY died March 10, 2020 at the age of 85. He founded the Thomas H. McCarthy Funeral Home in South Buffalo in 1957 and in 1994 a second location was added in West Seneca. A 1956 graduate of the Simmons School of Mortuary Science, he served as president of the Erie-Niagara Funeral Directors Association, chairman...
RICHARD G. "DICK" BUMA
Mar 7, 2020
RICHARD G. "DICK" BUMA of Milford, MA died March 7, 2020 at the age of 74. A licensed funeral director since 1973, he purchased Sargeant Funeral Home in 1974. Today Buma Funeral Homes has locations in Milford, Uxbridge and Whitinsville. He graduated from the New England Institute in Boston.
FRANK M SCHMIDT
Mar 6, 2020
FRANK M. SCHMIDT of Reading, OH died March 6, 2020 at the age of 75. He was a licensed funeral director at Mihovk-Rosenacker Funeral Home.