David Dane

retired funeral director, R. Lee Williams Funeral Home, St Petersburg, Florida, died September 27, 2020, at age 84. Dane served in the U.S. Army and graduated from Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science. He later became a sales representative for Deaton-Kennedy Company. Dane’s devotion to the funeral industry was unparalleled. He became president of Pinellas County Funeral Home Association, the Florida Funeral Home Association, the Georgia Funeral Supply Sales Association and the Florida Funeral Supply Association. He was a member of NFDA and the Georgia Funeral Directors Association, and past president of the Florida Funeral Directors Association. Dane was also a member of Knights of Columbus and Disabled American Veterans. He is survived by wife Suzanne, sons David and Todd, and three grandchildren.