WILLIAM “BILL” AARON of Sun City, AZ died February 26, 2022 at the age of 86. He was a licensed funeral director in North Carolina and later in Arizona. Bill was a member of the Arizona Funeral, Cemetery and Cremation Association since 1982, having served on the Legislative Committee and as AFDA president in 1990-91. He also served as a...
THOMAS ALBERT TILTON of Bryan, OH died February 26, 2022 at the age of 83. A retired funeral director since 1994, he was the owner/proprietor of the Greenisen & Tilton Funeral Homes in Bryan and Sherwood, which he joined in 1971, after spending the first nine years of his career at the Robinson Funeral Home in Genoa. A graduate of...
GEORGE E. PETERSON of Galesburg, IL died February 24, 2022 at the age of 75. A licensed funeral director and embalmer since 1968, he began working for Hinchliff-Pearson-West Funeral Home in 1964 and was co-owner of the firm from 1988-2017, with Dave Pearson and Wayne Hull. After 50 years of funeral service, Peterson retired as president of Hinchliff-Pearson-West Funeral Home...
ROBERT “BOB” FREEMAN CONDON of Rochester, MN died February 22, 2022 at the age of 90. He worked as a funeral director at the Bonnerup and Son Funeral Home in Albert Lea for twenty-two years before moving to Litchfield to work at the Johnson-Hagglund Funeral Home, retiring in 1994. Bob graduated from the mortuary science program at the University of...
HERMAN ANGLIN of Dover, TN died February 20, 2022 at the age of 95. He began working at Milligan and Ridgeway Funeral Home in 1951, and in 1970 he purchased the business. Anglin served the residents of Stewart County and surrounding areas for over 54 years as the owner and operator of Anglin Funeral Home, retiring in the mid 2000’s.
NICHOLAS A. HOGENKAMP of Minster, OH died February 19, 2022 at the age of 89. He joined his father, Nicholas P., at N.J. Hogenkamp Sons Funeral Service in Minster becoming the fourth generation in the family business. Hogenkamp took over the business in 1963 upon the death of his father and served as president of the company for 37 years...
MARTIN J. BURNS JR of Churchville, PA died February 18, 2022 at the age of 80. He was a licensed funeral director for over fifty-five years, having served the Burns Funeral Home in Philadelphia, PA. Burns graduated from the Eckels College of Mortuary Science.
ROGER KENT BURKE of Cookeville, TN died February 18, 2022 at the age of 81. A funeral director and embalmer for over sixty years, he worked with Crest Lawn Funeral Home since 2006. A 1963 graduate of the John A. Gupton College of Mortuary Science, he served many roles with the Upper Cumberland Funeral Directors Association.
FREDERICK MCCULLOUGH ROBBINS LAW JR of Bay City, TX died February 16, 2022 at the age of 84. He was a funeral director at Taylor Brothers Funeral Home and Settegast-Kopf in Houston. Law Jr obtained his mortician license from the Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service in 1958.
MARK HORNIBROOK of Portland, OR died February 9, 2022 at the age of 70. He began his career in Batesville, IN at Hillenbrand Industries. Hornibrook was a member of the original team that created Forethought Life Insurance Company. He founded PreQuest in 1990. Along with Bret Davis in 2004 he cofounded Precoa, initially known as Lincoln Heritage Funeral Planning.