MATTHEW JOHN RUSSO
Mar 16, 2019
MATTHEW JOHN RUSSO II of Virginia Beach, VA died March 16, 2019. He and Issac Williams founded Custom Air Trays in 1992. He sold the business in 2000 and continued to work with local funeral homes and casket companies on the East Coast. His knowledge and connections were instrumental when his son's mother, Lori Russo Eanes, and her brother Christopher...
MONROE JAMES EDWARDS
Mar 15, 2019
MONROE JAMES EDWARDS of Memphis, TN died March 15, 2019 at the age of 92. He was the founder and president of the M. J. Edwards Funeral Home, which he operated for nearly 40 years.
WILLIAM "SPOKE" JEFFERSON
Mar 15, 2019
WILLIAM "SPOKE" JEFFERSON of Foxworth, MS died March 15, 2019 at the age of 82. He worked for over 40 years in the funeral business at Smith Funeral Home, Columbia, MS together with the owner the late David E. Smith. Jefferson became head licensed funeral director at Smith Funeral Home in 2017.
CHRISTINE RENEE JONES
Mar 14, 2019
CHRISTINE RENEE JONES of Elgin, TX died March 14, 2019 at the age of 46. She was a funeral director and operations manager of Providence Funeral Home in Bastrop and Taylor. She previously worked alongside her husband, Brad Jones at Jones Family Funeral Home in Elgin.
JAMES ALEXANDER SAPPENFIELD
Mar 13, 2019
JAMES ALEXANDER SAPPENFIELD III of Bermuda Run, formerly of Troutman, NC died March 13, 2019 at the age of 66. He worked in the funeral business for 45 years and owned Troutman Funeral Home for 30 of those years. He graduated from the Gupton Jones College of Funeral Service.
BENNETT GOLDSTEIN
Mar 12, 2019
BENNETT GOLDSTEIN of Philadelphia, PA died March 12, 2019 at the age of 86. He was a licensed funeral director and former president of Goldsteins' Rosenberg's Raphael-Sacks Funeral Home, which was established by his father and uncle in 1944. Under his guidance, the funeral home became one of the largest independently owned Jewish funeral homes in the nation. Goldstein served...
CARLA HAMRE THOFTNE
Mar 10, 2019
CARLA HAMRE THOFTNE of Lodi, WI died March 10, 2019 at the age of 62. She was the owner and operator of Hamre Funeral Home until her retirement in 2011.
ELAINE MCGAVRAN
Mar 10, 2019
ELAINE MCGAVRAN of Pittsburgh, PA died March 10, 2019 at the age of 76. A licensed funeral director, she worked alongside her husband, Earl McGavran in purchasing the Hammons Funeral Home in Oswego in 1969 and Quinn Funeral Home in Pittsburgh 1979. Both firms became known as McGavran Funeral Home.
CLARK W. "BILL" STOODLEY
Mar 3, 2019
CLARK W. "BILL" STOODLEY SR of Belleville, NY died March 3, 2019 at the age of 80. He served his apprenticeship with the Briggs Bros Funeral Home in Homer, NY. In 1961 he began working with his father, Ross in the operation of Carpenter-Stoodley Funeral Home in Belleville. For the next 39 years, he served as director, manager and president...
JOSEPH G. SALERNO
Mar 2, 2019
JOSEPH G. SALERNO of Roselle, IL died March 2, 2019 at the age of 78. A third generation licensed funeral director, he was the owner and CEO of Salerno's Rosedale in Roselle and Salerno's Galewood Chapels in Chicago.