Meet Our Caring Staff
Meet our staff, members of the local community who make everything that happens possible.
Jason S. Tickle
Owner & Funeral Director
Jason Tickle grew up in Hastings, Nebraska, where he graduated from Hastings Public Schools. He went on to attend college in Hastings, eventually moving to Cozad to complete his Mortuary Science Apprenticeship under teacher and mentor Jerry Tickle. After completing his undergraduate hours, Jason moved to Kansas City, MO, where he worked at Mt. Moriah & Freeman Funeral Home and attended Mortuary School concurrently. Jason returned to Cozad in 2006, where he completed his apprenticeship and eventually took over Berryman Funeral Home from his uncle Jerry. Jason married Meghan Parkinson, of Hastings, on May 26, 2007, at Hastings.
The family moved to Ogallala in November of 2013, upon their purchase of Gubser Funeral Home (now Prairie Hills Funeral Home). Jason and Meghan have been blessed with 3 daughters, Samantha, Elizabeth, and Alexandra; and 2 sons, Aaron & Andrew. He and Meghan are members of St. Luke's Catholic Church in Ogallala.
Jason and Meghan are the owners of Prairie Hills Funeral Homes of Ogallala, NE, and Julesburg, CO, and Bullock-Long Funeral Home of Grant, NE.
