August 2017

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AUGUST 2017

FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS

S ec t i on A

DWIGHT E. DENNEY

of Mil-

ton, IN died June 10, 2017 at

the age of 60. A licensed funeral

director, he graduated from the

Mid-America College of Funeral

Service.

WILLIAM L. “BILL’ SHORTS

of Ft. Myers, FL died June

9, 2017 at the age of 92. He

worked as a licensed funeral di-

rector in Warren, OH before

moving to Ravenna, OH in

1954 to establish the

Shorts Fu-

neral Home and Ambulance

Service.

In 1975, he opened his

second funeral home in Streets-

boro. He continued to own and

operate the firms until selling

them to his son,

Bill Jr.,

in 1990. A 1950 graduate of the

Cleveland College of Mortuary Science

, he was a member

of the

Ohio Funeral Directors Association, Ohio Embalmers

Association

and the

National Funeral Directors Association.

CHARLES M. SCOTT “SCOT-

TIE” SR

of South Toledo, OH

died June 29, 2017 at the age of

80. He served Toledo and the

surrounding communities for

sixty years. He began working

as a licensed funeral director

at the former

Bennett Funer-

al Home

. He became manager

of the

Boyer-Van Wormer Fu-

neral Home

in 1971 and lat-

er purchased the business from

the Van Wormer family. In 1985, he acquired the

Ber-

sticker Funeral Home.

A graduate of the

Pittsburgh In-

stitute of Mortuary Science,

he was a member of the

Ohio

Funeral Directors Association.

LARRY G. HUGHES

of Mar-

ion, IL died June 24, 2017

at the age of 77. He was a li-

censed funeral director for

over 51 years. He worked

alongside

Leonard Mitchell

Mitchell Funeral Home

before partnering in 1970

and in 1982 he purchased

the business. He later ac-

quired

Johnson-Hughes Fu-

neral Home

in Herrin. He

received a degree in mortuary science from the

South-

ern Illinois University School of Technical Careers

1966, was a member of the

National Funeral Direc-

tors Association

and the

Illinois Funeral Directors As-

sociation,

where he served in several positions on the

board and was a 51-year member and past president.

THOMAS “TOMMY JO” JO-

SEPH CUNNINGHAM

of Kilgo-

re, TX died June 7, 2017 at the

age of 64. He was a licensed fu-

neral director, owner and oper-

ator of

Cunningham Funeral

Home

for 32 years. A graduate

of the

Dallas Institute of Funeral

Services,

he was past president

of the

Independent Funeral Di-

rectors Association,

associate member of the

National Fu-

neral Directors and Morticians Association

and a member

of the

National Funeral Directors Association.

PETER M. CONNELL

of Hun-

tington, NY died April 20,

2017 at the age of 83. He

was a licensed funeral direc-

tor and embalmer at the

M.A.

Connell Funeral Home,

which his father,

Michael A.

Connell

established in 1923.

After his father died in 1955,

he and his younger brother

inherited the business, which

prompted his enrollment in

mortician school. He lived in an apartment above the

business with his family until he wed in 1977.

JON UNDERWOOD

found-

er of the Death Cafe move-

ment, died June 25, 2017 at

the age of 44. Influenced by the

ideas of Swiss sociologist Ber-

nard Crettaz, Jon held his first

Death Cafe in the basement of

his home in London in Sep-

tember 2011. Today there are

Death Cafes in over 51 coun-

tries worldwide.

CLARENCE M. WOOD JR

of Philadelphia, PA died

June 6, 2017 at the age of

90. He and his wife,

Geral-

dine Bowser Wood

founded

Wood Funeral Home Inc

1959 from inspiration of two

family members who were al-

ready funeral directors,

El-

mer “Bus” Bullock

in Harve

de Grace, MD and

Newton

S. Bowser

in Topeka, KS. In

1991, the business was transformed from a sole pro-

prietorship to a partnership under the direction of his

daughters,

Cynthia

and

Wanda Wood.

He graduated

from mortuary school in Philadelphia.

GEORGE “SONNY” W.

MEADOWS II

of Buffalo, NY

died June 19, 2017 at the age

of 76. He was a licensed fu-

neral director at the former

Meadows Brothers Funer-

al Home,

which was estab-

lished by his father,

Huby Sr

in 1936. He co-owned and

co-managed the firm along-

side his brother,

Huby Jr

from 1975 until 1992 when

the business closed. He graduated from the

Simmons

School of Mortuary Science

in 1964.

PHILIP M. KAPLAN

of Boynton Beach, FL died June

8, 2017 at the age of 76. He began his funeral career

in 1962 in Rochester, NY, where he had owned the

Parsky Funeral Home.

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