July 2021

Page A42 JULY 2021 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS Se c t i on A DARRYL KEITH BENTLEY of Butler, GA died June 7, 2021 at the age of 59. He was the owner and CEO of Bent- ley-Montfort Mortuary. JOHN WHITE CROXTON of Cincinnati, OH, died May 25, 2021 at the age of 91. A funeral director and em- balmer for sixty-four years, he owned and operated the T.P. White & Sons Funeral Home. MICHAEL HUGHES of Adel, GA died May 14, 2021 at the age of 47. He was a funeral director for twenty-t years at both Boone and Purvis Fu- neral Home. JOHNBRENTONMAYNARD of Little River, SC died May 31, 2021 at the age of 68. A retired funeral director, he worked at the Harmer’s Funeral Home in Shinnston, WV for several years before purchasing the Sample- O’Donnell Funeral Home in Sharon, PA in 1991. He sold the business in 2015. CHARLIE ALBERT REID JR of Augusta, GA died May 14, 2021. He worked alongside his father, Charlie Sr at Blount and Reid Funeral Home. In 1987, after his father’s death, Charlie renamed the firm C. A. Reid Sr. Memorial Funeral Home. He graduated from the Gupton Jones College of Funeral Service. PETER WADSWORTH of Framingham, MA died April 14, 2021 at the age of 79. A funeral director, he owned and operated his family’s firm, Wadsworth Funeral Home, now Advantage Funeral & Cremation Services until his retirement in 2003. with a degree in mortuary sci- ence from the University of Min- nesota in 1973 and was appoint- ed the president of the State Board of Mortuary Science by former governor Jim McGreevy. He was a member of the New jersey State Funeral Directors As- sociation and the Essex, Union and West Hudson Funeral Direc- tors Association, which he served as president from 1997-1998. RICHARD J. GALANTE JR of Union, NJ died May 19, 2021 at the age of 69. He worked with his family as a third-generation funeral director for the Galante Funer- al Home in Union his entire life. Galante Jr graduated established by his parents, Wal- ter F. and Lillian Kelly. A grad- uate of the New England Insti- tute of Funeral Service, he was past president of the former Greater Worcester Funeral Direc- tors Association, a member of the National Funeral Directors Asso- ciation, Cremation Association of North America, and the Massa- chusetts Funeral Directors Asso- ciation , where he served on its board of directors. JAMES B. KELLY of Worcester, MA died June 1, 2021 at the age of 65. A third-generation funeral director for forty-seven years, he owned and operated the Kelly Fu- neral Home and Bereavement Care Center, which was til it closed in 2003. Saxton also acquired and developed several cemeteries and was an advisor for the first memorial park in Japan. A member for over six- ty years, Saxton was president of the Pennsylvania Crematory, Cremation and Funeral Associa- tion and the International Cem- etery, Cremation and Funeral As- sociation, where he received its Hall of Fame award. SAM SAXTON of Allentown, PA died June 5, 2021 at the age of 95. He worked alongside his father in own- ing and operating the Cedar Hill Memorial Park un- business, acquiring the Stewart Funeral Home, Ricardo Me- morial Home and the Roccio- la Funeral Home. All locations were combined to form the G. Thomas Gentile Funeral Ser- vice. Tom graduated in 1971 with the Thomas M. Quinn Award from the American Acad- emy Institute of Funeral Service G. THOMAS “TOM” GENTILE of Hackensack, NJ, died May 23, 2021 at the age of 72. A funeral director for over forty years, he began working the funeral busi- ness every summer throughout his high school years. In the mid-1970s, Tom purchased the former Grom- ley Community Funeral Home. He later expanded the and received his practitioner of mortuary science licenses from the state of New Jersey that same year. He was past president of the Bergen County Funeral Directors Associa- tion and was a member of the New Jersey Funeral Directors Association and the National Funeral Directors Association. casket and funeral supply in- dustry. Kulesza dedicated over 60 years to the business as the former president and owner of Edison Casket Company. He served one term on the board of directors of the for- mer Casket Manufacturers As- sociation and was a member of the Casket and Funeral Supply Association. RICHARD ANTHONY KULESZA of Monroe Township, NJ died June 6, 2021 at the age of 92. He was the third generation of his family to work in the rector, he was the former co- owner of Twiford Funeral Homes and was president of the North Carolina Funeral Directors Association in 1989. A graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, he taught at the Gupton Jones School of Mortuary Science for several years and became dean of the college. SAM A. TWIFORD JR of Elizabeth City, NC died May 28, 2021 at the age of 77. A retired funeral di- six years as a licensed funer- al director, he worked for the Greco Funeral Home, Ru- bino Memorial Home and Amigone Funeral Home, among others. A 1961 grad- uate of the Simmons School of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the Erie Niagara Funeral Directors Association. ALFONSE F. GAMBACORTA of Amherst, NY died May 21, 2021 at the age of 82. Throughout his forty- Ingram Construction Com- pany, Inc alongside his wife, Bettie. JD previously worked at McCleskey Mausoleum Associates as superintendent and production manager. He was past president of the Inter- national Memorialization Sup- ply Association. JEFFERSON D. “JD” INGRAM of Ridgeland, MS died February 9, 2021 at the age of 74. He founded censed funeral director for 37 years, he worked alongside his brother Carl A. Trice at their family business Trice Funer- al Home in Fuquay-Varina, NC. He also managed Hol- loway Memorial Funeral Home in Durham, NC for many years and was a mem- ber of the North Carolina Fu- neral Directors Association. REV. HAROLD F. TRICE SR of Fuquay-Vari- na, NC died March 14, 2021 at the age of 75. A li- Death Notices Send obituary information to Funeral Home & Cemetery News, PO Box 5159, Youngstown, OH 44514 • Fax (800) 321-9040 • E-mail info@nomispublications.com Featuring News Funeral Home & Cemetery online If you have an obituary you would like to see listed here, please send information to: PO Box 5159, Youngstown, OH 44514 • Fax 1-800-321-9040 • info@nomispublications.com