SHIRLEY P. GRAUMLICH of Worthington, OH died December 7, 2019 at the age of 84. A funeral director for more than fifty years, she was the owner and president of Graumlich Funeral Home. She was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association, Central Ohio Funeral Directors Association and the National Funeral Directors Association.
NEIL GRANT MACKENZIE of Springfield, MA died December 5, 2019 at the age of 73. He worked alongside his parents in his family's business, MacKenzie Vault, Inc. He owned and operated the business for thirty years, proudly working alongside his son, Scott, until his retirement.
FRANK STEVENS "STEVE' BRYAN JR of Columbia, NC died November 30, 2019 at the age of 77. He was the president and owner of Bryan Funeral Service. In 1977, Bryan partnered with Alex Lee and a group of family and friends to create the Bryan Lee Funeral Home in Garner and in 1986 he purchased the former Owens Funeral Home...
KEITH MARLIN JENSEN of Chubbuck, ID died November 30, 2019 at the age of 89. He worked alongside his wife, Marian as a funeral director, owner and operator of the Shaffer-Jensen Mortuaries in Payette, New Plymouth and Fruitland. He also owned and operated funeral homes in Bonners Ferry and Burley as well as many other business enterprises around the country.
DAVID M. POYNER of Wickenburg, AZ died November 26, 2019 at the age of 59. He owned and operated David's Desert Chapel for 16 years. He graduated from Mid-America College of Funeral Service in 1989.
RANDY L. KISTLER of Olney, IL died November 26, 2019 at the age of 69. A funeral director for nearly 50 years, he was the lifelong owner of Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home, formerly Summers-Kistler Funeral Home. He served as coroner of Richland County for the past 32 years.
DAVID READING PARKER of Kaufman, TX died November 25, 2019 at the age of 68. A funeral director and embalmer, he worked at Mathis Funeral Home in Seagoville and Anderson-Clayton Bros Funeral Home in Terrell before establishing the Parker-Ashworth Funeral Home in Kaufman in 1977. A 1972 graduate of the Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science, he was president of the...
JOSHUA KEVIN JENNINGS of Jasper, TN died November 25, 2019 at the age of 36. He spent his early career at Chattanooga Funeral Home as a licensed mortician before managing the Tate Funeral Home in Jasper for several years. In 2011, Jennings partnered with Ralph Mosier and Burt Schaerer to developed Hamilton Funeral Home and in 2018 they purchased Rogers...
JACK LESLIE BURNETT of Chaffee, MO died November 23, 2019 at the age of 67. He was a second generation funeral director and co-owner of Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapels for 47 years.
JOHN EVERETT BULLIS of Hardin, MT died November 22, 2019 at the age of 96. He was a licensed funeral director at Bullis Mortuary for 70 years and served as Big Horn County Coroner for 50 years. A 1947 graduate of the St. Louis School of Mortuary Science, Bullis was president of the Montana Funeral Directors Association in 1968 and...