PAUL EDWARD SCHRAMKA
Jul 8, 2019
PAUL EDWARD SCHRAMKA of Milwaukee, WI died July 8, 2019 at the age of 91. He was a 3rd generation licensed funeral director at the Schramka Funeral Home. A 1950 graduate of the University of San Francisco, he was once a member of the Chicago Cubs during a brief career that would lead to associations with some of the most...
ROBERT ALLEN MYERS
Jun 30, 2019
ROBERT ALLEN MYERS of Westminster, MD died June 30, 2019 at the age of 68. A licensed Maryland and Pennsylvania mortician, he began working with his uncle, John E. Myers, Jr at the Myers Funeral Home and later served as a partner at the then Myers-Pritts Funeral Home in Westminster. He worked for both Wetzel Funeral Home in Hanover, PA...
James L Anderson
Jun 27, 2019
JAMES L. ANDERSON of Clyde, OH died June 27, 2019 at the age of 73. He was a licensed funeral director at Auxter Funeral Homes since 1975. He retired from the Sandusky County EMS in 2009, where he had been for 33 years. A graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the Ohio Embalmers...
WOODFORD R. "WOODY" PORTER
Jun 24, 2019
WOODFORD R. "WOODY" PORTER JR of Louisville, KY died June 24, 2019 at the age of 72. A fourth generation funeral director and embalmer, he owned and operated A. D. Porter and Sons Funeral Home since 2007.
RUDY NELSON LEA
Jun 23, 2019
RUDY NELSON LEA SR of Raleigh, NC died June 23, 2019 at the age of 73. A licensed North Carolina and South Carolina mortician, he served Lightner Funeral Home for 10 years before establishing Lea Funeral Home and Cremation Services in 1980, which he owned and operated for over 40 years. Through his funeral home, Lea mentored several students interested...
JAMES "JIM" VAN GROESBECK
Jun 22, 2019
JAMES "JIM" VAN GROESBECK of Sand Springs, OK died June 22, 2019 at the age of 71. A licensed funeral director, his career in the funeral industry began in 1968 in funeral home ambulance service work. He served as regional president for Service Corporation International and was responsible for several hundred funeral homes, cemeteries and crematories in fourteen states and...
JOHN WILLIAM COKER III
Jun 21, 2019
JOHN WILLIAM COKER III of Sanger, TX died June 21, 2019 at the age of 81. A licensed funeral director for over 60 years, he previously worked for Harmon Funeral Home in Floydada and the Schmitz, Floyd, Hamlet Funeral Home in Delores before purchasing the funeral home in 1961, renaming it Coker Funeral Home. A 1957 graduate of the Gupton-Jones...
KEVIN PORTER
Jun 20, 2019
KEVIN PORTER of Tipton, IN died June 20, 2019 at the age of 62. A second generation funeral director for over 30 years, he was part owner and operator of Porter Funeral Home. He graduated from the Mid-America College of Funeral Service.
ALAN N. KUTZ
Jun 14, 2019
ALAN N. KUTZ of Collegeville, PA died June 14, 2019 at the age of 78. He served as a funeral director under the former ownership of Boyd-Horrox Funeral Home in Norristown and then the R. L. Williams, Jr Funeral Home, Inc in Skippack, retiring in 2006. He graduated from the Eckels College of Mortuary Science in 1962.
PAUL SHIELDS
Jun 14, 2019
PAUL SHIELDS of Pekin, IL died June 14, 2019 at the age of 87. A licensed funeral director and embalmer, he worked for the Endsley and Son Funeral Home, T. W Parks Colonial Chapel and Shields Funeral Home & Cremation Service before retiring in 2013. He graduated from the St. Louis College of Mortuary Science.