BRISCO H. CRAIN
May 14, 2019
BRISCO H. CRAIN of Franklinton, LA died May 14, 2019 at the age of 88. A licensed funeral director, he was the owner and operator of Crain and Sons Funeral Homes in Kentwood, Franklinton and Bogalusa. He was a member of the Louisiana Funeral Directors and Morticians Association and the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association.
EZRA U. "PANCHO BILLA" CASTRO
May 14, 2019
EZRA U. "PANCHO BILLA" CASTRO of Irving, TX died May 14, 2019 at the age of 39. A licensed funeral director, he was employed at Donnelly's Colonial Funeral Home in Irving, TX for almost 17 years. A 2002 graduate of the Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science, he was the recipient of the prestigious Bill Pierce Award, was a member of...
JOE LENNIE JENKINS
May 14, 2019
JOE LENNIE JENKINS JR of South Boston, VA died May 14, 2019 at the age of 82. A licensed funeral director, he was employed at Brooks Funeral Home for 57 years and spent the last six years with Powell Funeral Home.
KENNETH R PETERSON
May 13, 2019
KENNETH R. PETERSON of Woodstock, NY died May 13, 2019 at the age of 69. He was a licensed funeral director, owner and operator of Lasher Funeral Home, which he purchased from Bob Boyd in 2005. He graduated from the Simmons School of Embalming in 1975.
ELIZABETH C. FERRARA
May 7, 2019
ELIZABETH C. FERRARA of Cleveland, OH died May 7, 2019 at the age of 88. She spent a lifetime of com-forting and consoling others with her late husband, Dan at their business, the Ferrara Funeral Home in Garfield Heights.
FRANCES M. ROGERS
May 7, 2019
FRANCES M. ROGERS of Tonawanda, NY died May 7, 2019 at the age of 101. She became president of the Lester H. Wedekindt Funeral Home in Tonawanda after her husband's death in 1960 and presided with her son, H. Lester, until she retired in 2014.
FREDERICK "FRED" DONATELLI
May 6, 2019
FREDERICK "FRED" DONATELLI, JR of Ross Town-ship, PA died May 6, 2019 at the age of 87. In 1965, he founded the Fred Donatelli Cemetery Memorials in the North Hills of Pittsburgh, followed in later years by Pittsburgh Cremation Service and OakCrest Pet Crematory. Fred was involved for decades with the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, most recently serving as...
GEORGE R. "DICK" DEVORE
May 5, 2019
GEORGE R. "DICK" DEVORE JR of Sunbury, OH died May 5, 2019 at the age of 89. A second generation funeral director and embalmer for 62 years, he joined his parents at the DeVore Funeral Home in Galena. In 1960 he opened a second location in Sunbury and expanded again in 1967 with the opening of the Marengo Chapel. In...
RICHARD G PROUT
May 5, 2019
RICHARD G. PROUT of Lenox, MA died May 5, 2019 at the age of 92. A licensed funeral director, he was the owner and operator of Douglass Funeral Service in Amherst for many years until his retirement in 1995.
RONALD EDWARD POOLE
May 3, 2019
RONALD EDWARD POOLE of Bahama, NC died May 3, 2019 at the age of 66. A licensed funeral director for over 38 years, he worked at Brooks & White Funeral Home until retiring in 2014. He continued to work part time for the firm until his health no longer allowed him.