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A man in Illinois bowled a perfect game more than a dozen times.
John Hinkle Jr. of Peoria Illinois honored the memory of his father, John Hinkle Sr. by achieving the perfect score while using a bowling ball that contained his father's ashes. Hinkle Jr is a school counselor that comes from a family of bowlers. Him and his twin brother Joe started leagues when they were just four years old! When he bowled a perfect game, he said he was shaking and had tears in his eyes because he knew what it meant to his dad and brother to do this.
When their father died in 2016, Hinkle said him and his brother considered quitting bowling. Their mother passed in 2014, so it was hard to continue without their parents support. He stated "My mom and dad were always there for me and my brother when we were bowling in leagues. You'd look back and you'd see one of them there, or both."
The idea of bowling with his father's ashes was brought up in 2017 but it took the brother's a year to find someone who was willing to put the ashes in the bowling ball. Their childhood friend who also bowls opened a pro shop and was up for the task. She sealed the ashes in the thumb hole on the first try! After he completes the upcoming Tournament of Champions, he is going to retire this ball.
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