March 2017

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MARCH 2017

FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS

S ec t i on A

ARNETT RAY BURNSIDE

Bridgeport, WV died Febru-

ary 8, 2017 at the age of 83.

He established

Burnside Fu-

neral Home

in 1997 along-

side his son,

Scott P. Burn-

side

and was a member of the

West Virginia Funeral Direc-

tors Association.

GEORGE B “MIKE” DODGE

of Cambridge, MA died

January 29, 2017 at the age

of 87. He joined

The Dodge

Company

in 1956, was

elected treasurer in 1966,

and served as vice president

alongside his brother,

Arnold

Dodge

and later both daugh-

ters,

Debbie

and

Kristie

CHARLES EDWIN GILLIL-

AND

of Greensburg, IN died

January 24, 2017at the age

of 75. He joined his father’s

business,

Gilliland-Howe

Funeral Home

at the age of

20 and later operated it as a

licensed funeral director un-

til his retirement. He gradu-

ated from the

Indiana School

of Mortuary Science

in 1962.

TERRY L. MOFFETT

of Boi-

se, ID died February 3, 2017

at the age of 72. He worked

alongside his wife,

Faye

a licensed funeral director,

owner and operator of

Mof-

fett’s Memorial Chapel

for

over ten years and was a grad-

uate of the

Gupton Jones Col-

lege of Mortuary Science.

GERALDINE

BROWSER

WOOD

of Wynnefield, PA

died January 13, 2017 at the

age of 89. In 1959, she and

her husband,

Clarence M.

Wood

established the

Wood

Funeral Home

in Philadel-

phia, where she acted as the

support staff and lady atten-

dant.

RICHARD H. SEARER

of Tyrone,

PA died January 22, 2017 at the

age of 91. He served his appren-

ticeship at

Graham and Getz

Funeral Home

before becom-

ing sole proprietor of the firm in

1988. He owned and operated

it as the

Richard H. Searer Fu-

neral Home, Inc

for 29 years.

In 2012, he was recognized for

60 years of service as a licensed

funeral director in Pennsylvania.

A 1954

graduate of the

Pitts-

burgh Institute of Mortuary Science,

he was member of the

National Funeral Directors Association, Pennsylvania Funeral

Directors Association

and the

Keystone (local) Funeral Direc-

tors Association,

which he served as past president.

JOHN H. KERNS

of Oelwein,

IA died February 4, 2017 at

the age of 75. He worked as a

funeral director for the

Mur-

doch Funeral Home

in Mar-

ion and the

Fawcett Funer-

al Home

in Winthrop before

joining

Brant Funeral Home

in Oelwein in 1968. He later

purchased the firm along with

the

Delsing-Wright Funer-

al Home

in Maynard and the

Gleim Funeral Home

in Ar-

lington and continued to own and operate them un-

til May 1, 1987. John later worked as the public rela-

tions and entertainment director for

Omaha Wilbert

Vault

and

Wilbert Vault

of Waterloo, Fort Dodge,

Mason City and West Union; and was part owner of

Zenith Casket Co

in Des Moines. He graduated from

the

Milwaukee Institute of Mortuary Science

in 1965.

JOHN HARVEY GIVENS, JR

Pearisburg, VA died January 10,

2017at the age of 82. He served

his apprenticeship at

J.T. Mor-

ris & Son Funeral Home

in Pe-

tersburg before receiving his fu-

neral directors license in 1957.

He returned to Pearisburg in

1959 to join his brother,

Cale

T. Givens

Givens Funeral

Home,

which was established

by their father, the late

John

Harvey Givens Sr

in 1912. He

was a golden licensee funeral director with over 50 years of

service. A 1955 graduate of the

Cincinnati College of Mor-

tuary Science,

he was a member and past president of the

Virginia Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers.

THOMAS EDWARD “TOM”

GRAVES, JR

of Norfolk, VA

died January 13, 2017 at the

age of 92. He served his ap-

prenticeship at

Hale Funer-

al Home

in Norfolk before

establishing the

Graves Fu-

neral Home

in 1953 with

the help of his family and

wife.

It was the first establish-

ment ever designed and built

to service the African-Amer-

ican community in the area.

He remained licensed with the

Virginia State Board of

Funeral Directors and Embalmers,

was licensed in the

state of North Carolina until 2016 and was active in

both local and national levels in the industry for many

years. He graduated from the

Echols School of Mortuary

Science

in Philadelphia, PA, where he completed a two

year course in one with honors and was subsequently

inducted into the honorary fraternity.

WILLIAM “STEVE” SOUTH-

ERLAND, SR

of Lynn Hav-

en, FL died January 26, 2017

at the age of 79. He was a li-

censed funeral director at

Southerland Family Funeral

Home

for 41 years, which he

established alongside his par-

ents,

Ray

and

Bobbie South-

erland

in 1955. As president

of the firm, he and his wife,

Mary Sue,

expanded the busi-

ness beyond Bay County to

include neighboring counties. A 1966 graduate of the

John A. Gupton College of Mortuary Science

in Nash-

ville, he served as past president of the

Florida Funeral

Directors Association

and was a member of the

National

Funeral Directors Association

policy board.

CARL LEONARD GERBER SR

of Norwalk, OH died Febru-

ary 2, 2017 at the age of 79. He

was a licensed funeral director

and embalmer at

Gerber and

Son Funeral Home,

which his

father, the late

Leonard David

Gerber

established in 1939 as

Gerber Funeral Home.

then acquired

Heaston Fu-

neral Home

in the late 1970’s

and created

Heaston-Gerber

Funeral Home

in Norwalk

and he also acquired

Norwalk Monument Compa-

and sold it four years later. Gerber Funeral Home

merged with

Kubach-Smith Funeral Homes

of Nor-

walk and Milan. A graduate of the

Cincinnati College of

Mortuary Science,

he was a member of the

National Fu-

neral Directors Association, Ohio Funeral Directors Asso-

ciation

and served as past president of the

Huron County

(Firelands) Funeral Directors Association.

R. KLINE ASHTON SR

of Palmer

Township, PA died January 25,

2017 at the age of 84. He was

a fourth generation funeral di-

rector and owner of the

Ashton

Funeral Home

in Easton for

more than 60 years. He graduat-

ed from

Lafayette College

in 1954

with a degree in mortuary sci-

ence and was a founding mem-

ber of the

Northampton Coun-

ty Community College Funeral

Service

program and advisory

board. He was past president of the

Eastern Pennsylvania

Funeral Directors Association,

where he was recognized with

a Lifetime Achievement Award. A member of the

National

Funeral Directors Association,

served as

a district governor

of the

Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association

and was a

state chair for the

International Order of the Golden Rule.

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