Mark Alan Hinman passed away on December 30, 2025, the same day he began his life in 1953.  Mark lost his battle with cholangiocarcinoma cancer after living a full life. He was predeceased by his Mother Margaret Isabela Hinman (Burke) born in Bancroft, Nebraska, and his Father Jack Leroy Hinman, born in Milford, Nebraska. He is survived by his older brother George Burke Hinman, who lives in Potomac, Maryland and his sister-in-law Jacqueline Crenca Hinman, who was born in Silver Spring Maryland.

Mark was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, one day before the end of the year 1953.  He attended Prescott Elementary School, Irving Junior High School, and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1972.  Mark attended the University of Nebraska Lincoln and graduated with a B.A., majoring in Political Science, in 1976. While at the University of Nebraska, Mark was awarded an academic scholarship sponsored by Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corporation, which had recently opened a manufacturing plant in Lincoln, and spent a year in Tokyo, Japan, studying at Sophia University, the oldest Catholic university in Japan.

After graduation, while working for the Burlington Northern Railroad, Mark began taking classes in accounting and finance at Southeast Community College. After a couple of years of study, and without obtaining an accounting degree, he took and passed the Certified Public Accountant exam and became a CPA.

Mark was employed by the State of Nebraska for 34 years, including 28 years as an auditor, and from 1999 until his retirement in 2018, as Deputy Director of the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission, which audited Nebraska political candidates and campaigns.

Mark was an avid reader of books and newspapers, a was a frequent attendee of live music at The Zoo Bar and other locals where live music was played in Lincoln and Omaha.  He had a wonderful group of friends in Lincoln and enjoyed their company.

Mark enjoyed visiting his brother George in San Diego, particularly during the winter, and Panama, when George lived in Panama City Panama, also when the hawk was howling out of the North in Lincoln. While he was in Panama, they flew to Havana, Cuba where they spent a week going to hear to hear Cuban bands play salsa and son music, and visited the local sites, like the Tropicana Night Club, the Museum of the Revolution, and Ernest Hemingway’s home, Finca Vigia. Mark and his friend Tom Ineck had a memorable trip to Ireland, where they had a Guinness or three and a Jameson now and then, chatting up their new Irish friends and listening to local music.

Mark’s life was well-lived, but ended too soon, as many lives do, and his friends will sorely miss his company and friendship, his sharp wit and sense of humor, and his brother George will miss his little brother who accompanied him on their journey through life together for 72 years.

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