During the mid-1980s, when AIDS was emerging as a major health crisis, many funeral homes were reluctant to take victims of the disease.
William P. Herdegen saw it differently. He believed in every person's right to a dignified burial, and his North Side funeral home became a leader in providing services for AIDS victims and their loved ones.Mr. Herdegen, 81, a Korean War veteran, died of complications related to a recent stroke Thursday, Aug. 9, in Hillcrest Nursing Center in Round Lake Beach, where he had lived for the past two years.
William P. Herdegen saw it differently. He believed in every person's right to a dignified burial, and his North Side funeral home became a leader in providing services for AIDS victims and their loved ones.Mr. Herdegen, 81, a Korean War veteran, died of complications related to a recent stroke Thursday, Aug. 9, in Hillcrest Nursing Center in Round Lake Beach, where he had lived for the past two years.
During the mid-1980s, when AIDS was emerging as a major health crisis, many funeral homes were reluctant to take victims of the disease.
William P. Herdegen saw it differently. He believed in every person's right to a dignified burial, and his North Side funeral home became a leader in providing services for AIDS victims and their loved ones.Mr. Herdegen, 81, a Korean War veteran, died of complications related to a recent stroke Thursday, Aug. 9, in Hillcrest Nursing Center in Round Lake Beach, where he had lived for the past two years.
William P. Herdegen saw it differently. He believed in every person's right to a dignified burial, and his North Side funeral home became a leader in providing services for AIDS victims and their loved ones.Mr. Herdegen, 81, a Korean War veteran, died of complications related to a recent stroke Thursday, Aug. 9, in Hillcrest Nursing Center in Round Lake Beach, where he had lived for the past two years.
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