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AUGUST 2017

FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS

S ec t i on A

PHILIP KIRKWOOD HAMILTON II

of Mt. Clemens

and Benton Harbor, MI died June 14, 2017 at the

age of 53. He served families in the metro Detroit

area as a fifth generation funeral director and owner

of the

Wm. R. Hamilton Co. Funeral Home.

received his Bachelor of Science degree from

Wayne

State School of Mortuary Science.

JOHN J. ”JACK” HARLAND

of Port Henry, NY died June

12, 2017 at the age of 85. He

worked at

Harland Funer-

al Home

for over 65 years as

a licensed funeral director and

served as Essex county coro-

ner for 12 years. He graduated

from the

Simmons Institute of

Funeral Service.

RONALD E. PECHACEK

Chester, IL died June 12, 2017

at the age of 63. He was a li-

censed funeral director for over

40 years. He started work at

Dashner Funeral Home

Red Bud, IL in 1976. In 1984,

he went to work for the

Wel-

ge Funeral Home

in Chester,

IL and purchased the business

in 1990. He owned and oper-

ated the

Welge-Pechacek Fu-

neral Home

in Red Bud and Evansville and

Pechacek-

McClure Funeral Home

in Chester for the past 27 years.

ROBERT “BOB” KENNETH

GORDON

of Secane, PA died

June 11, 2017 at the age of 32.

He was a training supervisor for

Answering Service for Direc-

tors

of Media, PA.

HAROLD LEE MASSEY

of Ro-

anoke Rapids, NC died June

23, 2017 at the age of 62. He

was a licensed funeral direc-

tor, owner and operator of

Massey Funeral Homes

Jackson, Aulander and Roa-

noke Rapids. He received a

degree in mortuary science

from the

John Tyler Commu-

nity College

in Chester, VA.

BARBARA L. DIERKES RUSH

of Powhatan Point,

OH, formerly of Dunkirk, NY, Moundsville, WV and

Clarington, OH died June 26, 2017 at the age of 69.

A retired funeral director, she and her late husband,

Vernon “Butch” Rush

owned and operated

Rush Fu-

neral Homes, Inc

in Clarington and Sardis, OH for

many years. She received her state of Ohio funeral di-

rectors license and graduated from the

West Virginia

Northern Community College

in 1991, she was a mem-

ber of the

Ohio Funeral Directors Association.

RICHARD LLOYD SANDBERG

of Janesville, MN died June

19, 2017 at the age of 83. He

was a third generation funeral

director, owner and operator

of the

Sandberg and Arnoldt

Funeral Homes

in Waseca

and Janesville, MN. In 1956

he received a degree in mor-

tuary science from the

Uni-

versity of Minnesota.

RICHARD “DICK” WALKER

Commerce, TX died June 22,

2017 at the age of 72. He was

a licensed funeral director at the

Rhoton Funeral Home

in Car-

rollton before owning and oper-

ating the

Jones-Walker & Son

Funeral Home

in Commerce.

He enrolled in the mortuary sci-

ence program at the

University of

Minnesota

and attended the

Dal-

las Institute of Funeral Service.

SAMUEL R. LOCKLEAR SR

Pembroke, NC died June 19,

2017 at the age of 88. He was

the first American Indian to be

licensed as a funeral director in

Robeson County. In 1952, he

began working at

Locklear Fu-

neral Home,

which was estab-

lished by his parents,

Luther

and

Pattie Hunt Locklear

in 1948. He acquired owner-

ship of the

Locklear & Son

Funeral Home

after his father retired in 1965. He gradu-

ated from the

Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science

in 1954.

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