Quintin Hengen

Mr. Quintin Hengen, age 86, of Biloxi, MS., died Tuesday, December 26, 2006, in Perkinston, MS. Mr. Hengen was a lifelong resident of the coast. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Biloxi and attended Sunday School ever Sunday for 37 years without missing a day. He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge #120 and was a dairy farmer in Harrison County for thirty years. Mr. Hengen was a member of the U.S. Air Force B-24 Bomber Crew, during WWII, 1943-1944, 13th Air Force, 307th Bomb Group, 372nd Bomb Squadron, and flew over 50 missions over the South Pacific in B-24's as flight engineer and top turret gunner. He was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation with the Gold Leaf Cluster, and several Combat Gold Leaf Clusters for missions as well as theater/area ribbons. He was the holder of the Good Conduct Medal. Mr. Hengen was preceded in death by his wife, Eloise Anderson Hengen, whom he married on June 27, 1952, a sister, Marie Stillman, and three brothers, Louis, John and Darius Hengen. Survivors include a daughter, Rebecca Hengen, grandson, Orrin Quentin Cummins, granddaughter, Ariel Cummins, all of Biloxi, and brothers, Hilary Hengen of Portsmouth, Ohio and Lucius Hengen of Biloxi, MS. Visitation will be on Friday, December 29, 2006, from 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM, followed by a 9:15 AM chapel service, all at the Pass Road Chapel of Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Biloxi National Cemetery.