our staff

Meet Our Caring Staff

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Kirk Duffy

Funeral Director/Embalmer/President

Kirk is a third generation Skagit County resident. Kirk graduated from Mount Vernon High School, he then attended and graduated from Central Washington University and Mount Hood Community College of Mortuary Science. Kirk is involved with many community events. Kirk is on the Skagit Hospice Foundation Board, the Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce Board and the Mount Vernon Rotary Club. Kirk is married to Stacy and they have a daughter, Mallory and son, Kane.

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Michael Ryan

Funeral Director

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Adam Crenna

General Manager

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Cheryl Hunter

Family Service

Cheryl assist our families with pre-arrangements for funeral and cemetery needs

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Pablo Raygoza-Palacios

Cemetery Supervisor

Pablo joined Hawthorne Funeral Home in 2002. Pablo is very involved at St. Charles Catholic Church in Burlington. Pablo is married to Maria, they have two sons, Issac and Ariel and a daughter, Alpha.