JACK W HOTTINGER

JACK W. HOTTINGER of Marion, OH died September 28, 2019 at the age of 81. A licensed funeral director and embalmer for 53 years, he began working at Croll Funeral Homes as a non-licensed associate in Grand Rapids and Tontogany before becoming manager of Witzler-Shank Funeral Home in Bowling Green. In 1975, Jack moved to Marion to pursue the opportunity to be the succession plan for Harold Denzer Sr. and Jr., to own and operate the Denzer Funeral Home, in partnership with Gene Farison. Jack and his wife, Marilyn owned and operated the Denzer-Farison-Hottinger Funeral Home together for thirty one years, until 2006, when Chad Snyder and the Snyder Funeral Homes family acquired ownership. He continued helping at the funeral home for as long as he was able. A 1964 graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.