Duane Hackbarth

1963 - 2022

Duane Hackbarth
Born: May 20, 1963 in Dixon, IL
Died: July 16, 2022 in Sycamore, IL
Duane Hackbarth, 59, of Roscoe, IL, passed away on Saturday, July 16, 2022 at Kindred Hospital Sycamore.
He was born on May 20, 1963 in Dixon, IL, the son of Richard and Carolyn (Diehl) Hackbarth. Duane was a graduate of Mt. Morris High School and Sauk Valley College. He married Heidi Sigman on November 7, 1992 in St. Peter Catholic Church, South Beloit, IL.
Duane was employed as a Detective and Bomb Technician for the Rockford Police Department for 28 years, retiring in 2019. He was a member of St. Peter Catholic Church in South Beloit, IL and a member and former faithful navigator of the St. Bridget Catholic Church Knights of Columbus Council #13113, Loves Park, IL. Duane was an accomplished carpenter his entire life. He enjoyed building custom homes and doing other projects for family and friends.
Survivors include his wife, Heidi Hackbarth of Roscoe, IL; children, Paige (Nate) Hanley, Kenneth Hackbarth, and Lauren Hackbarth; grandchildren, Brayden, Charlotte, Catherine, and Caroline Hanley; mother, Carolyn Hackbarth of Mt. Morris, IL; sister, Diane (Bill) Palmer of Oregon, IL.
He was predeceased by his father; in-laws, Loren and Dorothy Sigman; brothers-in-law, Dr. Loren G. Sigman II and Howard Sigman.
A Visitation of Remembrance for Duane was held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, in the Daley Murphy Wisch & Associates Funeral Home and Crematorium, 2355 Cranston Rd., Beloit, WI, with a rosary recited at 4:45 p.m. A Funeral Mass of Christian Burial was held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 21, 2022, in the St. Peter Catholic Church, 620 Blackhawk Blvd., South Beloit, IL. Burial will be in Floral Lawns Memorial Gardens.