About Us

Meet Our Caring Staff

Meet our staff, members of the local community who make everything that happens possible.

Mark Ptak

Mark Ptak

Co-Owner

Mark lives in Peru with his wife Abby. He has 3 children Sara, Dylan and Kimberly. 1 Grandchild Cruz. Mark received his Funeral Director and Embalmer license in 1986 from Worsham College of Mortuary Science.
Mark is involved in the community by serving as President of the Peru CSO 2011-2012. Currently President Elect with the Illinois Valley Sunrise Rotary. Past President of the St Valentine Parish Family Circle Club and a Member of St Valentine Church in Peru and Knights of Columbus Calvert Council.

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Mark Ptak

Mark Ptak

Co-Owner
Mark lives in Peru with his wife Abby. He has 3 children Sara, Dylan and Kimberly. 1 Grandchild Cruz. Mark received his Funeral Director and Embalmer license in 1986 from Worsham College of Mortuary Science.
Mark is involved in the community by serving as President of the Peru CSO 2011-2012. Currently President Elect with the Illinois Valley Sunrise Rotary. Past President of the St Valentine Parish Family Circle Club and a Member of St Valentine Church in Peru and Knights of Columbus Calvert Council.
Tom Ptak

Tom Ptak

Co-Owner

Tom – lives in La Salle with his wife Lynn Cawley. He received his licenses at Worsham College of Mortuary Science in 1984. He is involved in the community by serving as Past President of the Peru CSO. Served as an officer of Peru's Sesquicentennial celebration in 1985, President of the Illinois Valley YMCA during their Wellness Center expansion, and was also Chair of The Taste of the Illinois Valley for ten years. He now serves at La Salle's second ward alderman believing that La Salle and Peru are one.

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Tom Ptak

Tom Ptak

Co-Owner
Tom – lives in La Salle with his wife Lynn Cawley. He received his licenses at Worsham College of Mortuary Science in 1984. He is involved in the community by serving as Past President of the Peru CSO. Served as an officer of Peru's Sesquicentennial celebration in 1985, President of the Illinois Valley YMCA during their Wellness Center expansion, and was also Chair of The Taste of the Illinois Valley for ten years. He now serves at La Salle's second ward alderman believing that La Salle and Peru are one.