Aaron Polacek Obituary

We bid farewell to Aaron Polacek (Hoyleton, Illinois), born in Mount Vernon, Illinois, whose journey of life gracefully concluded on September 5, 2025 at the age of 21. Aaron touched countless lives with warmth and kindness, leaving behind cherished memories that will forever echo in hearts. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.

As we bid Aaron farewell, let us not mourn the absence of his physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of his spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Aaron is not truly gone, but merely transformed, his energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.

He is survived by: his parents, Angela McKnight and Jonathan Brown of Nashville; his grandparents, Brenda Waln DeJarnette, Randy LePere of Dupo, Timothy McKnight of DuBois and Nancy McKnight of Farmington, MO.; and his sisters, McKenzie McKnight (Garrett Gresham) of Nashville, Payton Brown of Nashville and Anjalina Brown of Nashville. He is also survived by Several aunts, uncles and cousins.