North Area Funeral Home

McDougald Funeral Home & Crematorium was first known as McDougald & Currie and dealt in hardware, furniture and undertaking in the Antioch community, which was located about 20 miles east from present-day Laurinburg. Over the years, the name of the business represented the family that operated it for four generations.In March of 2016, McDougald Funeral Home & Crematorium was sold to Sherrill and Melanie Bumgarner of Troy, who continued the business under the McDougald name.But on Tuesday, the Bumgarners officially made the change to sync with their recently opened, family owned funeral home in Troy.“… my wife and I are very thankful for everything they (the McDougald family) have done over the years,” Sherrill told WLNC radio. “We felt like it was just time that we created our own identity here in Laurinburg and Scotland County, so therefore we elected to name the funeral home here in Laurinburg (as) Bumgarner Family Funeral Service & Crematorium.”He added that the staff and services will remain the same.For Beacham McDougald, the last of four generations of McDougalds to operate the business, the name change brought mixed emotions.“Yes, there are mixed emotions, but it is their business and property and they are free to operate the business as they wish,” he said. “McDougald Funeral Home was the oldest, locally established business currently operating in Laurinburg, and it is no more, so there is personal sadness after 138 years.”The new Bumgarner Family Funeral Service & Crematorium website states: “Funeral service is rapidly transforming and meeting the challenges is exciting. With an excellent staff, a positive attitude, and increased emphasis on meaningful and memorable service options, we plan to remain as North Carolina’s oldest independent, family owned funeral home and crematorium.”The business, located at 305 E. Church St. in Laurinburg, can be reached by calling 910-276-2200.W. Curt Vincent can be reached at 910-506-3023 or [email protected].neFileBlock { margin-bottom: 20px;}.neFileBlock p { margin: 0px ...

Those homes have provided obituaries for some of those that have passed away recently. Patch offers condolences to their loved ones, links to their obituaries and notices of upcoming services below. Kelley & Spalding Funeral Home, 1787 Deerfield Road in Highland Park Sally M. Horn, 81, Highland ParkService Oct. 29 Mary T. Rathslag née Burke, 92, DeerfieldVisitation and service Oct. 31 Frank S. Lucchese, 91, NorthbrookVisitation and service Nov. 2 Jeanne Caroline Cameron née Finnegan, 90, Mundelein Madeline Lenzini, 77, Highland Park Antonia Papas, 73, Lake Bluff John David Marks, 59, Deerfield Seguin & Symonds Funeral Home, 858 Sheridan Road in Highwood Michael Joseph "Big Mike" Locascio, 47, Round Lake BeachVisitation Oct. 30, service Oct. 31 Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest Linda Lee Hopper née Lingenfelter, 82, Lake ForestService Nov. 2 Ashley Elizabeth Pasen-Shields, 35, ChicagoService Nov. 2 Mary Grace Peterson, 97, Lake ForestService pending Reuland & Turnbough Funeral Home, 1407 N. Western Ave. in Lake Forest Amy Elizabeth Peterson, 43, Chicago Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie Phyllis Walchak née Wein, 90, Evanston Beverly Falstein née Winowsky, 93, Glencoe Sheldon H. "Red" Schaps, 91, Highland Park Menachem Mendel Goldbloom, 24, Chicago Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie F. Paul D'Amore, 84, GlenviewVisitation and service Oct. 30 George B. Kearney, 84, GlenviewVisitation Nov. 1, service Nov. 2 William Goodrich, 83, WilmetteVisitation and service Nov. 29 Juliana Lagatare née Conti, 91, Deerfield Donald Perry Olds, 85, Evanston James E. Szczepanik, 67, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie Carolyn H. Gagliardo née Szarzak, 77, SkokieService Oct. 29 Irene A. Pavlik née Palucki, 96, SkokieService Dec. 8 Deloris Mae Ryan née Yeager, 91, SchaumburgServices pending Marilyn E. Bauer née Pfister, 94, Des Plaines Charles L. Owen, 86, Chicago Ronald Amerigo Sero, 83, Chicago Ralph Henry Beaudoin, 81, Chicago Mary Jessal "Jessie" Valenc...

By Monday afternoon, the incident became what police called a "suspicious death" of a longtime director of a nearby funeral home that became the scene of a possibly related hazardous materials investigation.Amherst police identified the man found in the street as Charles Durante, 43. He was a funeral director at the John E. Roberts Funeral Home at 280 Grover Cleveland. He was taken to Erie County Medical Center where he died several hours later.While police were investigating how Durante ended up in the street, they came upon a possible hazmat situation involving embalming fluid at the funeral home, bringing firefighters and hazmat crews in special protective gear to the scene."We can’t definitely say why this person has died and what caused his injuries," Amherst Police Capt. Chris Meyer told reporters at an afternoon news conference.[embedded content]Police found Durante just after 6 a.m. in the middle of North Bailey. He was taken by ambulance to ECMC but his condition deteriorated and he was pronounced dead at 1:08 p.m., police said.The possible hazmat situation at the funeral home involved a chemical called "dricav," which is a cavity embalming fluid.“There’s an odor to it and the concern was just if people were going to be working, officers were going to be working in that proximity, we wanted to make sure that it was safe,” Meyer said.Hazmat crews responded and declared the area cleared.Durante had worked for the funeral home for about 10 years and lived in an apartment above the home at 280 Grover Cleveland, said James J. Roberts, the president of John E. Roberts Funeral Home."He was a great guy," Roberts said.Durante is survived by two sisters and a father. His mother died a few years ago, Roberts said.“We are heartbroken by this tragic loss. Charlie was a special person to us and the community," funeral home officials said in a statement. "We’re thankful for the Amherst Police Department's prompt response and are cooperating fully with their investigation.”A witness saw Durante fall in the road, according to police."Someone saw hi...