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SIU grads first college trained funeral home designer
Eugene Hicks of Joliet earned a bachelor of science degree with a mortuary design specialty from SIU in a program new to the nation. He studied at Joliet Junior College and SIU Vocational Institute before completing design focused work aimed at improving funeral home planning and service. Hicks, age 23, joins Pierce Chemicals Morticians Supply in Dallas to offer mortuary planning consultancy.
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Southern Ilinois University
Eugene Hicks
Joliet
SIU
Hicks
Isoa
VTI
Joliet Junior College
VIT
Ing
Jay Boulanger
Mortuary Science
Boulanger
Pieres. Chemicals- Morticians Supply Co
Dallas
Sigma Phi Sigma
Mortuary
National Society of Interior Design
The
Association of Interior Designers