Christopher M. Hile

Chris is originally from Chicora. He is the son of William Hile and the former Lucy Hetrick. He is married to the former Terri Fleeger, daughter of Larry and JoAnn Fleeger, also a natives of Chicora. Chris and Terri have two sons, Trevor, a senior at Grove City College, and Aaron, a student at A-C Valley High School.

A graduate of Karns City High School and Butler County Community College, Chris graduated from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science in 1982. A licensed funeral director for more than a quarter century, Chris, with the help of his family, operates funeral homes in Chicora, Emlenton, St. Petersburg, and Seneca. He and his wife Terri also own and operate Donegal Monument Company in Chicora and the Emlenton Granite Works.

Chris has been involved in volunteer fire and E.M.S. for many years and is a member of the Chicora Volunteer Fire Department, as well as the Emlenton Fire Department, where he has served as fire chief, and the Emlenton Ambulance Service. The Hiles attend New Zion E.C. Church. Chris has been a lay speaker for many years at various churches in the area and has served as master of ceremonies at many public events. He has served the County of Clarion as Chief Deputy Coroner and is a member and past president of the A-CV Kiwanis.

His main concern and pledge as a funeral director is to treat each family he serves in the same manner in which he would want to be treated if a death had occurred in his own family.