Johannes Hubertus ("Bert") Faassen (January 5, 1892 Tegelen - August 6, 1963 Horn, Limburg), married Agnes Hekkens (January 28, 1889 Tegelen - April 25,1965 Sevenum, Limburg)
[From
Modern Roses V, 1958, p. 109:] J. H. Faassen-Hekkens, Tegelen, Holland. [Established 1924, since 2016 part of Faassen Plants Group]
[From
Gemak in Tegele, 2013, by Paul Seelen, p. 84-86:] Arnold Faassen [1854-1949] started with plants in 1883...A. Faassen & Zonen with his sons Willem (1886), Bert (1892) and Tinus (1900)...After the war the sons established their own operations: Faassen-Peeters (Willem, later to Baarlo)[from 1922], Faassen-Hekkens (Bert, Tegelen)[from 1924] and Faassen-Houba (Tinus, Tegelen)[from 1932]...Bert bred on 12 hectares road and ornamental trees, weeping trees, fruit trees, conifers, evergreen plants, roses, shrubs, climber, forest and hedge plants...Bert died 1963.
