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FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS

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Death Notices

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WILLIAM J. BICAN JR

Cleveland, OH died March

3, 2017 at the age of 86.

He was the owner of

Bican

Brothers Funeral Home

from 1957 until his retire-

ment in 1994.

ROBERT “BOB” W. DELMORE

of Robbinsdale, MN died Feb-

ruary 12, 2017at the age of 95.

A licensed funeral director in

Minneapolis for over 60 years,

he was the owner and operator

Gearty-Delmore Funeral

Chapels

and was previously em-

ployed at

White Funeral Home

He graduated from the

Univer-

sity of Minnesota

in 1941 with a

degree in mortuary science.

FREDERICK KELLOGG GIFFORD

of South Berwick, ME died

February 28, 2017 at the age

of 57. He was a sales repre-

sentative for

The

Dodge

Company

and

a licensed fu-

neral director. He graduated

from

Fine Mortuary College

in Norwood, MA.

CLEOA. HAWK

of Sligo, PA died

February 8, 2017 at the age of 84.

He and his father,

Guy,

ran the

Hawk Funeral Home

for many

years until he purchased the fam-

ily business. He was instrumental

in helping to start the Commu-

nity Ambulance Service, which

he ran in Sligo and the surround-

ing communities. He graduated

from the

Pittsburgh Institute of

Mortuary Science

JOHN P. “JACK” MOLONEY

of Central Islip, NY died

February 12, 2017 at the age

of 81. He served as the di-

rector of

Moloney Funeral

Home

beginning in 1956,

after the death of his father.

He continued in the role un-

til his illness took over last

summer.

THOMAS “TOM” C. MAX-

WELL

of Mound, MN died

March 5, 2017at the age of

74. He established

Dial Cas-

kets

in the early 90’s along-

side his family. He also sold

stationery to the funeral in-

dustry and was a represen-

tative for several companies,

including

Messenger, Rob-

Win and Regal Line.

ROBERT “BOB” J. CHOATE

of Chico, CA died January

18, 2017 at the age of 56. He

was a licensed embalmer for

several mortuaries in Butte

County for 35 years and he

also assisted the Butte Coun-

ty medical examiner’s office

up to the time of his death.

GERALD R. “JERRY” COOK

of Northfield, MN died Feb-

ruary 13, 2017 at the age of

86. He spent 40 years as a

successful funeral home sales

representative and graduated

from the

University of Minne-

sota,

School of Mortuary

Sci-

ence

in 1957.

GEORGE E.WITTMAIER JR

of Chalfont, PA died March

1, 2017 at the age of 80. He served his apprenticeship

Levine Funeral Home

in Philadelphia before estab-

lishing the

Wittmaier Funeral Home

in 1963. He con-

tinued to own and operate the firm as a licensed funeral

director until retiring in 1994, at which time, the busi-

ness was sold to

Jim Scanlin

who continues George’s

same tradition of excellence as

Scanlin Funeral Home.

He graduated from

Temple University

with an associate

degree in mortuary science.

CLIFFORD ALLEN GREENE

of Wooster, OH died

February 13, 2017 at the age of 71. He began work-

ing for the

McIntire Funeral Home

in 1964 and in

1984, along with

Thomas E. Davis,

became co-own-

er of the funeral home. After Davis retired in 2000,

he became sole owner until his retirement in De-

cember of 2011. A 1969 graduate of the

Cincinnati

College of Mortuary Science,

he was a member of the

Ohio Funeral Directors Association, Order of the Gold-

en Rule of Funeral Directors, North East Ohio Order of

the Golden Rule of Funeral Directors Group

and served

as president of the local funeral directors association

for many years.

LARRY M. JENKINS

of Avon Park, FL died February

23, 2017 at the age of 62. He joined his father in op-

erating the family owned business,

Highland Park

Cemetery

in Fort Wayne, IN. In 2000, he relocated

to Florida to work for

Service Corporation Interna-

tional,

and in 2009, he joined

Northstar Memorial

Group.

later served as sales manager for

Lakev-

iew Memorial Gardens

in Avon Park, FL and was a

member of the

Florida Cemetery, Cremation and Fu-

neral Association.

JOEL E. LEVINGSTON

of Port

Neches, TX died February 26,

2017 at the age of 85. He was

a licensed funeral director, em-

balmer and owner of

Levings-

ton Funeral Home,

which he

established in 1955. He re-

ceived his mortuary science

degree from

Landig Mortuary

College

in Houston.

ROGER THOMAS VOIE

Stevens Point, WI and Iola,

WI died February 17, 2017

at the age of 85. He owned

and operated

Voie Funeral

Home

alongside his broth-

er,

Eugene,

and later ran

the Voie Furniture Store un-

til its closing in 1966. They

also operated the area’s am-

bulance service from the late

1940s until 1970, when it

became the Iola Area Ambulance Service. He retired

in 1990 as a licensed funeral director and continued

to work part-time as needed. He graduated from the

Wisconsin Institute of Mortuary Science.

WILLIAM D. “BILL” BACK-

MAN JR

of Aurora, IN died

March 1, 2017 at the age of

85. He was employed at

Au-

rora Casket

from 1948 until

his retirement in 1993. Dur-

ing this time, he served as

president from 1978–1993,

CEO from 1983–1996 and

chairman of the board from

1989–2002. He graduated

from

Wabash College

in 1953 and later established the

William D. Backman Sr Scholarship

MEADE VERNON ROWE SR

of Morristown, NJ died Feb-

ruary 8, 2017 at the age of

92. He was a licensed funer-

al director, owner and opera-

tor of

Rowe Funeral Home,

which he established along-

side his late wife,

Marion

Cecelia Rowe.

The business

later merged with another fu-

neral home in town and was

renamed

Rowe-Lanterman Home for Funerals,

and

is operated by Rowe’s

son,

M. Vernon Rowe, Jr.

JOHN THURMAN CAMPBELL

of Trenton, NJ died March

1, 2017 at the age of 73. He

was a licensed funeral direc-

tor, owner and operator of

Campbell Funeral Chapel

for nearly 35 years, which

he established in 1982. A

1976 graduate of the

Ameri-

can Academy McAllister Insti-

tute of Funeral Service

in New

York, he was a member of the

National Funeral Directors Association, New Jersey State

Funeral Directors Association, Garden State Funeral Di-

rectors Association

and served on the

Mercer County

Community College

advisory board for funeral service.

GREGORY D. BRIDGEFORTH

of Maple Heights, OH died

February 27, 2017 at the age

of 65. He was a licensed fu-

neral director and embalm-

er at

Gaines Funeral Home.

He was a member of the

Ohio

Funeral Directors Association.

LOREN D. ROTH

of Pettis-

ville, OH died February 13,

2017 at the age of 62. He

started his career with

Saud-

er Woodworking Co

1989, and in 2014, he joined

Sauder Funeral Products

the director of strategic plan-

ning. He was a member of

the

Casket & Funeral Supply

Association.

DOUGLAS J. “DOUG” LUCZAK

of Bay City, MI died Febru-

ary 22, 2017 at the age of 54.

He was a licensed funeral di-

rector and co-owner of

Ge-

phart Funeral Home, Inc

along with his father,

Gerald

A. Luczak

and brother,

Da-

vid.

He graduated from the

Wayne State College of Mortu-

ary Science

in 1986 and was

a member of the

Michigan Funeral Directors Associa-

tion,

where he served as past president of District 7.

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