October 2021

Page A42 OCTOBER 2021 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS Se c t i on A Death Notices Send obituary information to Funeral Home & Cemetery News, PO Box 5159, Youngstown, OH 44514 • fax 800-321-9040 • email info@NomisPublications.com JOEA. BUNN of Columbus Grove, OH died September 3, 2021 at the age of 77. He started his job at Su- perior Coach Corporation in Lima the day after he graduated from col- lege in 1964. Passionate about the funeral car industry throughout his 57 year career, Joe was known as “Mr. Superior.” He served as Vice President of Sales Distribution at the time of his death. RALPH E. GALLEY of Dawson, PA died August 28, 2021 at the age of 98. A funeral director, he was the proprietor of the Ralph E. Galley Funeral Home for sev- enty years, which was founded by his father, Frank B. Galley. A graduate of the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, he served as deputy coroner for many years. JERRY GILMORE III of Win- ston-Salem, NC died August 27, 2021 at the age of 75. A long- time funeral director, he was the owner and operator of Gilm- ore Memorial Funeral Service, which was founded by his father. A 1966 graduate of the John A. Gupton College of Funeral Service, he served on its board and was chairman of state and national funeral directors associations. GREGORY “GREG” R. LYBRANO of Kingsport, TN died August 6, 2021. A licensed funeral director and embalmer since 1976, he held licenses in the state of Tennessee, Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York. Ly- brano worked at Carter-Trent Funeral Homes as he held sever- al titles in the fifteen plus years, he was currently an operations support specialist. MONTY RENN THORNBURG of Kings Mountain, NC died Au- gust 18, 2021 at the age of 61. A licensed funeral director and em- balmer, he began his funeral ser- vice career at Harris Funeral Home in 1998. Thornburg was manager of the firm since 2017. He graduated from the Fayetteville Technical College with an associ- ate’s degree in funeral service. STEPHEN E. “STEVE” BURGESS of Coshocton, OH died August 10, 2021 at the age of 62. He worked as a professional salesman for Ameri- can Coach Sales for over twenty- five years. Burgess served funeral professionals in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and beyond helping funeral directors obtain hearses, limousines and utility vehicles for their fleets. founded the Trostel, Chap- man, Dunbar & Fraley Fu- neral Home and was president of the Chapman-Raff, Inc. Chapman retired from the Trostel-Chapman Funeral Home and Richards Raff & Dunbar Memorial Home at the end of 1988 as a funeral di- rector and embalmer. He con- tinued to work in the funeral homes for over fifty years. THEODORE “TED” M. CHAPMAN of Carlisle, OH died August 7, 2021 at the age of 99. He co- in 1993. While at Gawlers, he conducted the funeral service for President Woodrow Wilson’s wife, Edith. He was also at the White House with Jacqueline Kennedy the evening of the as- sassination of President Kennedy to help arrange his state funer- al. That same evening, he was at the Naval Observatory where he oversaw the preparation of President Kennedy’s body. KEITH JORGENSEN of Zelienople, PA formerly of Ellwood City, PA and Alexandria VA died July 19, 2021 at the age of 92. A graduate of the Eckles College of Em- balming, he was employed by Joseph Gawlers & Sons in Washington, DC from 1959 until his retirement al Home and operated it until 2008, when he retired. In 1978, he was appointed to serve as a part time deputy coroner in the West Erie County area and con- tinued to serve until his death. A member and past president of Erie-Crawford County Funeral Directors Association, he served on the Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association, Board of Governors from 1993 to 1997. SAMUEL J. STEFF of Albion, PA died August 4, 2021 at the age of 76. He started his career in the funeral profession, working at Rzepka, Dusckas, Quinn and Kloecker Funeral Homes. In 1978, Steff along with his family, purchased the James P. Summers Funer- ing it Alexander & Gubser Funeral Home. In 2020, the funeral home became Alexan- der Funeral Home. He was the longest running coroner in Jer- sey County, having been elect- ed in 1992. A graduate of the Worsham College of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the Illinois Funeral Directors Associ- ation and the National Funeral Directors Association. LARRY JOE ALEXANDER of Jerseyville, IL died September 6, 2021 at the age of 57. A funeral direc- tor and embalmer, he started his career at Gubser Fu- neral Home in 1985 and became owner in 2000, nam- Funeral Home in Avoca that same year. He retired in 2016. A 1963 graduate of the Indi- ana College of Mortuary Science, he was president of the Iowa Fu- neral Directors Association and served on the policy board for the National Funeral Directors Association and the WWII Na- tional Monument Committee in Washington, DC. RICHARD ALAN JONES of Harlan, IA died August 19, 2021 at the age of 80. He became a licensed funeral director in the state of Iowa in 1965 and the state of Ne- braska in 1968. Jones started his funeral career in Council Bluffs before moving to Harlan to work at Pauley Funer- al Home, which he purchased in 1975. In 2003, Jones partnered with his son, Michael and renamed the firm, Pauley Jones Funeral Home. They purchased Knutson HENRYL. “STALLY” STALL- WORTH of Orlando, FL died September 1, 2021 at the age of 88. He was the head embalm- er for Postell’s Mortuary for over twenty-five years as well as a trade embalmer for several lo- cal firms. email info@nomispublications.com mail PO Box 5159, Youngstown, OH 44514 fax 1-800-321-9040 If you have an obituary you would like to see listed here send information to: f e a t u r i n g EDWARDTIMOTHY “TIM” O’NEILL of Dayton, OH died September 7, 2021 at the age of 75. He was associat- ed with, and has assisted many funeral homes throughout his career as a licensed Pennsylvania, Ohio and Kentucky funeral director and embalmer. O’Neill later became an account executive at Homesteaders Life Company , and for the past ten years he represented Cincinnati Equitable Life as an account executive. A 1968 graduate of the Pitts- burgh Institute of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the Kentucky Funeral Directors Association and the Ohio Funeral Directors Association, where he was active with the scholas- tic assistance committee and the convention committee.