WILLIAM J. LENNON of Manchester, CT died February 10, 2019 at the age of 96. He worked with local funeral homes as a licensed funeral director and served as manager of Watkins Funeral Home.
RICHARD L. DEAN SR of Beloit, OH died February 8, 2019 at the age of 74. He was the owner, operator and director of Dean's Livery Service and Dean's Fu-neral Home in Sebring for 27 years. A 1989 graduate of the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, he was a member of Ohio Funeral Directors Association and the Mount Union Cemetery...
J. ROGER PRIMM of Troy, OH, formerly of Ashland, OH died February 6, 2019 at the age of 80. A retired funeral director, he owned and operated the former Denbow-Primm Funeral Home, now known as the Denbow-Gasche Funeral Home and Crematory, for 50 years. A 1961 graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, he served on the Board of...
MAUREEN "BARRY" MAURER of Liverpool, NY died February 3, 2019 at the age of 82. A licensed funeral director, she worked alongside her husband, John P. Maurer as vice president and secretary of the Maurer Funeral Homes in Liverpool and Baldwinsville, NY. She graduated from the Simmons School of Mortuary Science.
CORIANN M. MARTIN of Mt. Pleasant, WI died January 30, 2019 at the age of 44. She was a licensed funeral director at Piasecki-Althaus Funeral Home for over 18 years. Martin received her degree in mortuary science from the Milwaukee Area Technical College and was a member of the National Funeral Directors Association and the Wisconsin Funeral Directors Association.
CLINTON HORTON LANDRETH of Cliffside, NC died January 27, 2019 at the age of 80. A licensed funeral director and embalmer for over fifty years, he was the former owner of McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home. A graduate of the John A. Gupton College of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the National Funeral Directors Association, North Carolina Funeral Directors Association,...
JOBIE L. KIRK of Ardmore, OK died January 27, 2019 at the age of 81. A licensed funeral director, embalmer and mortician, he began his apprenticeship with the Ragsdale Funeral Home. In 1974 he founded Frontier Funeral Home and the Dawson-Dillard Funeral Home in 1975. Kirk was sole proprietor of Kirk-Dawson-Dillard Funeral Home until 1988, at which time he founded...
ALAN J. KROBOTH of Roselle, NJ died January 24, 2019at the age of 71. He was vice president of operations for Rosedale/Rosehill Cemeteries in Linden, NJ for over 40 years.
PETER ANDREW "PETE" ZACHERL of Fond Du Lac, WI died January 21, 2019 at the age of 55. A fifth generation funeral director, he was the owner and operator of Zacherl Funeral Home. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science degree in mortuary science.
RONNIE L. JONES of Brunswick, GA died January 21, 2019 at the age of 66. He owned and operated R. L. Jones and Sons Funeral Home since 2002.