Hietpas, Owen

Other Events:

• Address: Owen Hietpas; Address:
  16 Kings Blvd
  Leesburg, FL. 34748-8504
• Obituary: 24 Feb 2014; Appleton Post Crescent

Notes:

Family History Researcher:
sent letter 4/30/2003, much info on this family came from Owen's daughte r, Charlotte Hietpas Sullivan in June 2003.

Obituary:
Owen N. Hietpas, Leesburg, FL, age 88, died at home Friday, February 21, 2014, with his family at his side.
Owen was born May 9, 1925 in the Town of VandenBroek, Wisconsin; son of the late William P. and Margaret (Verhagen) Hietpas. Owen married Irene N. Weyenberg August 21, 1946 at St. John Catholic Church, Little Chute, WI.
He moved to Florida in 1973 and shortly thereafter began developing Corley Island Mobile Home Park with his brother-in-law Jerry Hietpas.
Owen and Irene were very active in the St. Paul Catholic Community and in 2001 they received the Father Phillip J. Stegeman Memorial Volunteer Award.
They spent many years traveling in their motorhome throughout the United States and Canada. They were proud to say they visited all fifty states as well as many foreign countries. Owen enjoyed bowling, fishing, and never missed a Wednesday night poker game at the clubhouse. He will always be remembered for his big smile and his eagerness for helping family, friends, and neighbors.
Owen is survived by his wife Irene, a son, Ronald (Donna) Hietpas, Waukesha, WI; a daughter, Charlotte (Gene) Sullivan, Winter Park, FL; grandchildren David (Jodie) Hietpas, Jeremy (Claudine) Hietpas, Katie (Anthony) Sullivan Bellia; great-grandchildren Mackenzie and Owen Hietpas, Benjamin and Irene Hietpas, and Abigail Bellia; a brother Mark (Gladys) Hietpas, sisters-in-law Sister Catherine Weyenberg and Shirley Weyenberg, brother-in-law Bill (Sandra) Mattern. He is further survived by many nieces and nephews.
Owen was preceded in death by his son Randy, brothers and sisters-in-law Art (Irene), Paul (Ethel), Bill (Yvonne) and Dennis; sisters and brothers-in-law Patricia (Henry) Tatro, Bernice (Ted) Larson, Shirley Mattern, Betty (Casey) Vander Sanden, Margaret, sister-in-law Ruth Hietpas and members of Irene's family: father and mother in law George and Hattie Weyenberg, Betty (Peter) Schumacher, Mary (Woodrow) Diedrick, Lester (Elaine) Weyenberg, Julia (Gerald) Hietpas and Clarence Weyenberg.
The family would like to thank everyone for their kindness and support. A special thank you to Cornerstone Hospice, Owen's caregivers, and nephews Russ and Steve Hietpas and niece Gina Stalvey for all they did to help.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Thursday, February 27, 2014, 8:30AM, at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Leesburg, Florida with Father John Giel, Celebrant. Inurnment will be in St. John's Cemetery in Little Chute, Wisconsin.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Cornerstone Hospice Foundation, 2445 Lane Park Road, Tavares, FL 32778.
Published in Appleton Post-Crescent on Feb. 24, 2014

Owen married Weyenberg, Irene (daughter of Weyenberg, George G. and Verhagen, Henrica Lambertina "Hattie") [Group Sheet]

Ronald married Janssen, Karen [Group Sheet]

Ronald married Wisniewski, Donna [Group Sheet]

Charlotte married Spierings, Richard "Dick" (son of Spierings, George M. and VanDyke, Rose Zita) [Group Sheet]

Charlotte married Sullivan, Eugene I. (son of Sullivan, Patrick and Gappa, Sarah) [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Death Record - Civil: 25 Dec 1967
• Obituary: 26 Dec 1967

Notes:

Death Record - Civil:
Outagamie County Death record Vol 83 page 864; passenger in vehicle, car c rashed into tre, suffered severed spinal cord.

Obituary:
Randy Hietpas, 314 Evergreen Dr., Appleton Age 16, died at 3:45 Monday afternoon as the result of an automobile accident. He was born May 14, 1951 in Appleton, and was a junior at the Kaukauna High School and a member of the Key Club of Kaukauna High School. He is survived by his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Owen Hietpas; one brother, Ronald at home; one sister, Charolette, at home; and his grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. George G. Weyenberg, Rt. 1, Kaukauna; and Mrs. William Pennings, Rt. 1, Kaukauna. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday at St. John's Catholic Church, Little Chute, with the Rev. Martin Vosbeek officiating and interment will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call at the Verkuilen Funeral Home after 3 p.m. on Wednesday. The rosary will be prayed at 8 p.m. on Wednesday.
Appleton Post-Crescent | Appleton, Wisconsin | Tuesday, December 26, 1967 | Page 29 Page D-5
Crash Kills Appleton Teen-ager The deaths of 24 persons, including an Appleton teen-ager, in Christmas weekend traffic accidents, pushed the 1967 Wisconsin highway death toll to an all-time" record of 1,128 - one more than was recorded in 1966. The tragic weekend included the deaths of five persons in a Portage County crash Saturday night and the deaths of four members of an Allenton family Christmas Eve. Randy Owen Hietpas, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Owen Hietpas, route 5, Appleton, was killed and three young companions, including a brother and sister, were injured in a one-car crash about 4 p.m. Monday on Outagamie County Trunk 00, just west of County Trunk N. County Coroner Bernard H. Kemps said that Hietpas, a junior at Kaukauna High School, died of a broken neck. He was pronounced dead at Appleton emorial Hospital.
Teen-Agers Injured Injured in the crash were David P. Diedrick, 19 724 W. Third St., Appleton, driver of the 1961 convertible, with severe leg, hand and face lacerations; Terry Hietpas, 18, route 1, Kaukauna, with hand lacerations and chest injuries, and his sister, Sharon Hietpas, 16, with a fractured pelvis, fractured shoulder, broken ribs, possible brain concussion and lacerations, Sharron and Terry Hietpas, cousins of the dead youth, were taken to Kaukauna Community Hospital, while Diedrick is in Appleton Memorial Hospital. All were reported satisfactory. Little Chute police said the Diedrick car was eastbound on 00 when it went out of control, left the road on the south side, crossed a driveway, flew about 100 feet through the air, flipped onto its top, careened off one tree and went another 100 feet before slamming into a second tree. Police said the car traveled 416 feet after leaving County 00. The car came to rest in the yard at the Peter G. Janssen home, 821 North Ave. Thrown From Car Police said Randy Hietpas was thrown from the car while tlie other three were trapped in the wreckage. Although fire broke out in the motor area, it was out by the time Little Chute firemen arrived. Police, firemen and a m b u l a n c e attendants Turn to Page 8, Col. 5 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 worked about IKl minutes to free the youths from the twisted wreckage. Sharon and Terry Hietpas were in the back seat and Diedrick and Randy Hietpas in the front, police said. Kemps said the four youths had been visiting relatives in the Appleton area since about 1 p.m. Monday. Kemps said the Outagamie County death toll is now 26 for the year, three more than at this time last year and just one under the record count in 1965. Hietpas' body was released to the Verkuilen Funeral Home, Little Chute.
Appleton Post-Crescent | Appleton, Wisconsin | Tuesday, December 26, 1967 | Page 41 PASGE A-1 & A-8