WILLIAM P. HERDEGEN, JR of Chicago, IL died August 9, 2012 at the age of 82. He worked for several funeral homes before starting his own funeral home, Herdegen Funeral Home, in 1957. In 1988, he and his wife purchased the Brieske Funeral Home name. Out of the merger came the current name of Herdegen-Brieske Funeral Home. He graduated from Worsham Mortuary College in 1949.