RAYMOND P. GAMBLE
Nov 20, 2019
RAYMOND P. GAMBLE of Hopkinsville, KY died November 20, 2019 at the age of 68. A licensed funeral director and embalmer, he worked for Babbage Funeral Home until 1983 and later the Freudenberg Corporation. After receiving his Tennessee embalmers and funeral director license, Gamble went to work for Foston Funeral Home in Clarksville, TN before establishing Gamble Funeral Home in...
JOHN M MAZZARELLA
Nov 18, 2019
JOHN M. MAZZARELLA of Parma, OH died November 18, 2019 at the age of 79. He was the longtime manager of American Limousine Service and a founding member of the National Limousine Association.
IRWIN WALTER SHIPPER
Nov 13, 2019
IRWIN WALTER SHIPPER of West Palm Beach, FL died November 13, 2019 at the age of 88. He was an active member of the International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association for 69 years. Shipper served as president of the association from 1996–1998 and was inducted into the ICCFA Hall of Fame in 2004. He chaired the Government and Legal Affairs...
JOHN W MCDOWELL
Nov 13, 2019
JOHN W. MCDOWELL of Reed City, MI died November 13, 2019 at the age of 72. A funeral director for more than 50 years, he was the owner and operator of McDowell Funeral Home, which was established by his grandfather in 1913. A 1968 graduate of the Wisconsin Institute of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the Michigan Funeral...
SHELDON A. SCHLABACH
Nov 12, 2019
SHELDON A. SCHLABACH of Shreve, OH died November 12, 2019 at the age of 56. A funeral director and embalmer, he was the owner and operator of Schlabach Funeral Home and graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 1984.
JOHN JOSEPH DEEB
Nov 5, 2019
JOHN JOSEPH DEEB of Manchester, CT died November 5, 2019 at the age of 75. He worked as an apprentice embalmer for Robinson and Wright Funeral Home in Centerbrook, CT before working as a funeral director at Holmes Funeral Homes in Manchester. Deeb retired in 2010 after 38 years. A 1965 graduate of the American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral...
JULIAN H. RENFRO
Oct 31, 2019
JULIAN H. RENFRO SR of Cincinnati, OH died October 31, 2019 at the age of 74. A third generation funeral director and embalmer, he was president of Renfro Funeral Services, where he had worked since the age of 18. He graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science.
WILLIAM R BICAN
Oct 28, 2019
WILLIAM R. BICAN of Cleveland, OH died October 28, 2019 at the age of 70. A third generation funeral director, he was the owner of Bican Bros Funeral Home and a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.
BETTY SUE MCDANIEL
Oct 24, 2019
BETTY SUE MCDANIEL of Bowling Green, KY died October 24, 2019 at the age of 69. She was a funeral director at Hardy & Son Funeral Home for 20 years.
JACQUELYN S TAYLOR
Oct 20, 2019
JACQUELYN S. TAYLOR of Walpole, MA died October 20, 2019 at the age of 66. A funeral director, embalmer and teacher, Jacquie served her apprenticeship at the McGaffey Andreason Eugene Memorial Chapel in Oregon before it was sold to Uniservice Corporation. Founder and CEO Ellsworth "Ells" Purdy became a devoted mentor to Taylor. She attended the San Francisco College of...