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WILLIAM S. "BILL" WHITEHURST ,    Fresno, California

WILLIAM S. "BILL" WHITEHURST of Fresno, CA died January 3, 2012 at the age of 89. He joined his father in the family business, Fresno Funeral Home in Los Banos, before acquiring several funeral chapels in Dos Palos, Firebaugh and in 1958 Fresno. He sold 33 funeral chapels throughout California twenty years ago, later working as a consultant for Whitehurst, Sullivan, Burns & Blair Funeral Home in central Fresno. Read More

RANDY N NORRED ,    Woodstock, Georgia

RANDY N. NORRED of Woodstock, GA died December 29, 2011at the age of 62. He was the co-owner of Northside Chapel Funeral Directors in Roswell. He was a member of the National Funeral Directors Association, Selected Independent Funeral Homes and was past president of the Georgia Funeral Directors Association. Read More

ELIZABETH L. "BOBBI" PHILLIPS ,    Baltimore, Maryland

ELIZABETH L. "BOBBI" PHILLIPS of Baltimore, MD died December 28, 2011 at the age of 93. She was the co-founder, operator and licensed funeral director of West Baltimore Funeral Home, which she and her husband, Arlington S. Phillips opened in 1951.The firm was renamed, Elizabeth L. Phillips Funeral Home after her husband's death in 1979. She retired in 2001. She was a member of the National Funeral Directors and Mortician Associations and a life... Read More

OLIVER W LANGMADE ,    Savannah, Georgia

OLIVER W. LANGMADE of Savannah, GA died December 28, 2011 at the age of 80. He was a funeral director at Memorial Funeral Home in Columbia, MO. Read More

MARVIN LEE JUDY ,    Charleston, South Carolina

MARVIN LEE JUDY of Charleston, SC died December 27, 2011 at the age of 84. He worked as a funeral director for JM Connley Funeral Home for three years, later with J. Henry Stuhr, Inc. Funeral Chapels before retiring after forty five years. He was a graduate of St. Louis College of Mortuary Science. Read More

RUSSELL R. BEVIS ,    Tallahassee, Florida

RUSSELL R. BEVIS of Tallahassee, FL died December 17, 2011 at the age of 85. He was the founder of Bevis Funeral Home in Tallahassee, which he sold to his son, Rodney J. "Rocky" Bevis in 1998. Read More

WILLIAM E. FROELICH, JR. ,    Gridley, Illinois

WILLIAM E. FROELICH, JR., of Gridley, IL died December 26, 2011at the age of 88. He was a licensed funeral director for more than 60 years. He was the owner and operator of the Froelich Family Memorial Homes in Gridley, Flanagan, El Paso, Minonk, Toluca, Bloomington, Normal, Danvers and Carlock, which were established by his father, William E. Froelich in 1910. He founded the Illinois Funeral Service Foundation, and the Funeral Service Museum... Read More

PAMALEE E. HOLM ,    Valley City, North Dakota

PAMALEE E. HOLM of Valley City, ND died December 21, 2011 at the age of 75. She along with her brother, his wife and her husband, Lee Holm purchased Oliver's Chapel from her parents, now known as Oliver-Nathan Funeral Chapel. She remained an active part in the business until her retirement in 1996. She was a graduate of the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. Read More

WALLACE S. "BUDDY" GRUBBS ,    Louisville, Kentucky

WALLACE S. "BUDDY" GRUBBS of Louisville, formerly of Walton, KY died December 14, 2011 at the age of 78. He was a retired funeral director and embalmer for Chambers & Grubbs Funeral Homes. Read More

JOE M. MOORE ,    Tulsa, Oklahoma

JOE M. MOORE, a longtime Tulsa, OK resident died December 12, 2011 at the age of 92. He was the funeral director and owner of seven funeral homes in the Tulsa area, including all Moore Funeral Home locations which are located in Tulsa, Bixby, Broken Arrow, Owasso, Collinsville, Turley, Wagoner, Skiatook and Claremore as well as the recently acquired Fitzgerald Funeral Homes. He was a longtime member of the Order of the Golden Rule and the... Read More

JOHN L. MATT, SR ,    New Hartford, New York

JOHN L. MATT, SR., of New Hartford, NY died December 10, 2011 at the age of 90. He was a second generation licensed mortician for Park West Memorial Chapel in New York. In 1946, he and his wife, Grace Giacinta Massaro established Matt Funeral Home which was later incorporated in 1948 as Matt Funeral Service, Inc. He was a graduate of the Renouard School of Embalming in New York. He leaves his sons John L. Matt, Jr. of John L. Matt Funeral Home... Read More

DEFOREST PETERSON ,    Valley City, North Dakota

DEFOREST PETERSON of Valley City, ND died December 9, 2011 at the age of 84. He served the people of Valley City and Barnes County as a funeral director for 35 years, retiring in 1989. He was a member of the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association, and a graduate of the Indiana College of Mortuary Science. Read More

ELMER GEISSLER ,    San Diego, California

ELMER GEISSLER of San Diego, CA died December 9, 2011 at the age of 83. In 1953, he earned his funeral directors license, working at Clairemont Mortuary for 63 years. Read More

RICHARD KELLEY HIXON ,    Belton, Missouri

RICHARD KELLEY HIXON of Belton, MO died December 9, 2011 at the age of 80. He was a funeral director for D.W. Newcomer's Sons. Read More

JOHN D. BRIVCHIK ,    Lancaster, Pennsylvania

JOHN D. BRIVCHIK of Lancaster, PA died December 8, 2011 at the age of 78. He was a licensed funeral director for Fred F. Groff Funeral Home Inc. from 1962 until 1973. He also worked for other funeral homes in the Lancaster county area. He was a graduate of Waynesburg College, and a 1957 graduate of the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science. Read More

REX LEROY COWART ,    Indianapolis, Indiana

REX LEROY COWART of Indianapolis, IN died December 7, 2011 at the age of 72. He was a funeral director, owner and operator of Fountain Square Mortuary for the past 22 years. Read More

RAY GEORGE HOPKINS ,    Crownsville, Maryland

RAY GEORGE HOPKINS of Crownsville, MD died December 6, 2011 at the age of 61. He completed his apprenticeship at Singleton Funeral Home, later working as a funeral director for the Glen Burnie Funeral Homes. In 1989, he and his partner, David Hovatter purchased the firm, where he worked until retiring in 2008. He sold his share of the firm to his partner in 2010. He was a member of the Maryland State Funeral Directors Association, where he held... Read More

JOHN L. SHOWALTER ,    Connersville, Indiana

JOHN L. SHOWALTER of Connersville, IN died December 5, 2011 at the age of 70. He served as president of Showalter Blackwell Long Funeral Chapels in Connersville, IN, Liberty, IN and College Corner, OH. He served as district director of the Indiana Funeral Directors Association. He graduated from the Indiana College of Mortuary Science in 1963 Read More

KENNETH D. MORRISON, JR ,    Ivoryton, Connecticut

KENNETH D. MORRISON JR., of Ivoryton, CT died December 5, 2011 at the age of 83. He was a long time funeral director at Munson Funeral Home in Woodbury for many years, also at Robinson and Wright Funeral Home from 1967 to 1974. Read More

FREDERICK JULIUS TIPS, JR ,    San Antonio, Texas

FREDERICK JULIUS TIPS, JR., of San Antonio, TX died December 3, 2011 at the age of 88. He was a third generation funeral director and owner, along with his brother, Will Chambers Tips, at Mission Park Funeral Chapels and Cemeteries, founded in 1907. This firm offered the first-in-the-nation funeral home and cemetery combination. He pioneered the custom fabrication of the six-door limousine and designed the first hydraulic cemetery carts. He was... Read More