Del Beutler, 93, passed away peacefully surrounded by family, Dec. 21, 2013. 

Bruce Lawrence Stimpson, 51, of Pleasant Hill, Mo., passed away unexpectedly from a stroke on Dec. 4, 2013, at Research Medical Center, Kansas City, Mo. 

Skip Snyder, chairman of Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) in 2004-05 and chairman of North American Technician Excellence (NATE) from 2000-03, passed away after a 13-year battle with cancer.

Alice Roberts, co-founder of Phoenix-based Chas Roberts Air Conditioning & Plumbing, passed away Sept. 1, 2013, at the age of 95. 

Stephen P. Cole, 59, a partner of the Charles R. Dubay Co. and owner of Pensotti North America, died Sept. 20, 2013, at a Bangor, Maine, hospital. 

Richard Nathan “Dick” Craig, 87, of Mount Pleasant, Tenn., passed away July 20, 2013.