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JUNE 2017

FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS

S ec t i on A

IVAN E. BEYERS, JR

of Leesburg, FL died April 27,

2017 at the age of 94. He was a second generation fu-

neral director, owner and operator of

Beyers Funeral

Home.

A graduate of the

Cincinnati College of Mortu-

ary Science,

he was a recipient of the Clyde Lankford

award for funeral service. He was a member of the

Florida Funeral Directors of Florida

and the

Indepen-

dent Funeral Directors of Florida.

GALE A. GOHLKE

of Mon-

roe, WI died April 26, 2017

at the age of 77. He was a li-

censed funeral director for

over 50 years, serving area

communities like Poynette,

Kenosha, Racine, Albany, and

Janesville. He served the

Shri-

ner-Hager-Gohlke Funeral

Home

in Monroe for the past

21 years. He graduated from

the

Wisconsin Scholl of Mortu-

ary Science

in Milwaukee.

MARJEAN S. McCOLAUGH

of Xenia, OH died May 3,

2017 at the age of 99. In

1960, together with her late

husband

Bob,

they pur-

chased the former

Nagley

Funeral Home

in Xenia

and proudly founded the

current

McColaugh Fu-

neral Home

based on their

dedication to serve families

in their time of need.

AUGUST WANKA

of Farn-

ham, Quebec died April 20,

2017 at the age of 75. In

1996, he purchased

Casket

Hardware

Manufacturers

Ltd.

and continued to own

and operate it as president

until his passing. He was a

member of the

Casket & Fu-

neral Supply Association.

JOSEPH E. NUTTER

of Lost

Creek, WV died April 13,

2017 at the age of 80. He

was the former owner, fu-

neral director and embalm-

er at

Davis Weaver Funeral

Home

in Clarksburg, WV,

retiring in 2003. A graduate

of the

Pittsburgh Institute of

Mortuary Science,

he con-

ducted a seminar on Death

and the Clergy for the

American College

in Belgium.

He was a member of the

West Virginia Funeral Direc-

tors Association

and served as president of the asso-

ciation in 1987. He was presented with the Charles

E. Dodd Award and the Funeral Director of the Year

Award for 2005.

WILLIAM “BILL” JOSEPH

KOCH

of Ridge, NY died

April 24, 2017 at the age

of 97. He worked as an in-

surance salesman, man-

ager and investigator for

25 years. After retiring in

1982, he began working

for various funeral homes

on the East end of Long

Island as a licensed funeral

director and embalmer un-

til he was 94. He graduat-

ed from the

American Academy McAllister Institute

of Funeral Service

in 1949.

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