� 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 Page A46 <strong>FUNERAL</strong> <strong>HOME</strong> & <strong>CEMETERY</strong> NEWS Section A DECEMBER 2009 ROBERT T. STRAWBRIDGE of Wilmington, DE died October 26, 2009 at the age of 61. A graduate of Mercer County College, he was a licensed funeral director in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland. He was currently managing the Beeson Funeral Homes of Wilmington and Newark. He was also a member of the Delaware Funeral Directors Association. FRED A. ROSE of Knoxville, TN died October 10, 2009 at the age of 91. He was longtime president of Rose Mortuary, Inc., which was founded by his father, Frank Rose. 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BOLIN of Zanesville, OH died October 24, 2009 at the age of 97. He was a longtime funeral director and embalmer, serving his community since 1935. He graduated from the Cleveland College of Embalming and began his career with the Mader-Peoples Funeral Home in 1932, and was the owner and operator of Bolin- Dierkes Funeral Home until his death. He was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association, District 13 and the National Funeral Directors Association. DON S. FLESHER, SR. of Van Alstyne, TX died November 4, 2009 at the age of 88. He began working at Fox- Fanning Funeral Home in Van Alstyne in high school. He graduated from the Dallas School of Embalming and received his funeral director/embalmer license in 1942. He then worked for Hartwig Funeral Home in Ft. Worth, TX, Guardian Funeral Home, Ft. Worth, and Crouch-Moore Funeral Home in McKinney, TX. 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He was a graduate of Eckels School of Embalming and a member of the National Funeral Directors Association, the Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association and the Lancaster County Funeral Directors Association where he served as Past President. Submitted by Greg and Dolly Workman, current owners of the Workman Funeral Homes, Inc., Mountville/Columbia, PA formerly the John E. Kraft Funeral Homes, Inc. MARIANO “MORRIE” COLETTA of Chicago, IL died October 14, 2009 at the age of 66. A graduate of Worsham College of Mortuary Science, he and his twin brother, Michael Coletta, were third generation funeral directors who owned and operated the Michael Coletta Sons Funeral Home, founded in 1908 in Chicago. RICHARD F. “RICK” NEAL of Myrtle Beach, SC and formerly of McCreary County, KY died October 13, 2009 at the age of 54. He was the former owner of the RF Neal Funeral Chapel, Pine Knot, KY from the early 1980s until the building was <strong>des</strong>troyed by fi re in 1994, and he attempted to reopen in Revelo for a short time. JOE A. BREWER of Blossom, TX died October 29, 2009 at the age of 83. After mortuary school in Houston, he received his funeral directors and embalmers licenses in 1950. He worked for several funeral homes in Texas and was a salesman for Aurora Casket Company, Royal Bond Chemicals and retired as a salesman for Dodge Chemical Company. He was a member of the Texas Funeral Directors Association, receiving the 1997 TFDA Supplier of the Year Award. Reprinted from The Deadbeat, Golden City, MO. If you have an Obituary you would like to see listed here, send information to: <strong>FUNERAL</strong> <strong>HOME</strong> & <strong>CEMETERY</strong> NEWS PO Box 5159, Youngstown, OH 44514 Fax 1-800-321-9040 E-mail info@nomispublications.com
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