JEFFREY ALAN STOUT of Russiaville, IN died February 7, 2020 at the age of 55. A fifth generation funeral director and embalmer, he was the owner and operator of Stout & Son Funeral Home in Russiaville, co-owner of Hasler-Stout Funeral Home in Greentown and was also co-owner of Shirley & Stout Funeral Homes in Kokomo. In 2010, he and Jeff...
NOE HAMMER of West Haverstraw, NY formerly of New York, NY died February 6, 2020 at the age of 42. He was a licensed funeral director in both New York and New Jersey, having worked in every aspect of the funeral industry until his final role as general manager of T. J. McGowan Sons Funeral Home in Haverstraw and Garnerville....
POPE COLEMAN LONG of Greenwood, SC died February 6, 2020. A funeral director and embalmer for 50 years, he worked for Ramey Funeral Home, Sullivan-King Mortuary, and Blyth Funeral Home. A graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, he was named Piedmont Group Funeral Director of the Year in 2008 by the South Carolina Funeral Directors Association.
SAMUEL LINTON TOLBERT of Clarkesville, GA died February 5, 2020 at the age of 72. A graduate of Gupton-Jones College of Mortuary Science, in 1977, he and his wife, Martha, founded Hillside Memorial Chapel Funeral Home in Clarkesville. He later developed a perpetual care cemetery, Hillside Gardens, adjacent to the funeral home. He served as president of the Independent Funeral...
CORA MESSINGER of Scottsdale, AZ died January 27, 2020 at the age of 90. In 1959 Cora and her husband, Paul, founded Scottsdale's first funeral home, Messinger Mortuary & Chapel as well as the area's first commercial ambulance service, Messinger's Ambulance Service.
JOHN C. WOOD of Seward, NE died January 26, 2020 at the age of 85. He worked as a funeral director and mortician alongside his father, Wilber, and his uncle, Faye, at the Wood Brothers Chapel and Funeral Home. He and his wife, Darlene became owners of the firm and continued to operate it until his retirement in 1998. Wood...
PAUL T. LOCHSTAMPFOR of Loysville, PA formerly of Waynesboro, PA died January 18, 2020 at the age of 56. A master embalmer and funeral director, he was the owner and operator of Lochstampfor Funeral Home in Waynesboro and Nickel-Lochstampfor Family Funeral Home in Loysville. Lochstampfor received his degree in funeral service from the Catonsville CCBC and was a member of...
MARK G. EIKENBERRY of Springboro, OH died January 17, 2020 at the age of 64. He retired in 2019 after working 43 years as a field rep for Federated Funeral Directors of America.
MELISSA CAIN SHIRLEY of Baton Rouge, LA died on January 14, 2020 at the age of 60. She was a location director with Church Funeral Services & Crematory in Baton Rouge and had served as managing director with Comer Funeral Home & Flower Shop in Ferriday, LA.
SHERMAN CARL ROWLEY of Mt. Pleasant, MI died January 13, 2020 at the age of 67. He served his apprenticeship at Palmer-Bush Funeral Home in Lansing before joining Stinson-Helms Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant in 1979. He purchased the business in 2010, renaming it Rowley Funeral Home. Rowley continued to own and operate the funeral home until his retirement in...