LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. - Frank D. Higgason, founder of National Plumbing & Heating Supply Co., Chicago, died Nov. 7. He was 82. Mr. Higgason was a former Marine Corps veteran who served in Guadalcanal. He is survived by his wife Valerie; children Donald, Robert, Richard, and Barbara Higgason, Manetta Quillinan, and Sheila Burns. Memorial donations are requested to the Alzheimer's Foundation, 4709 Golf Rd., Skokie, IL 60076. Condolences may be sent to National Plumbing & Heating Supply Co., 5740 N. Tripp Ave., Chicago, IL 60646.

Publication date: 12/06/2004