Armella Margaret VanHeeswyk

Female 1927 - 1999  (71 years)


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  • Name Armella Margaret VanHeeswyk 
    Born 25 Jun 1927 
    Gender Female 
    Died 06 Jan 1999 
    Buried St John Cemetery, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Person ID I53269  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 25 Sep 2004 

    Father Peter Cornelius VanHeeswyk,   b. 10 Feb 1898, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jul 1963, Kimberly, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Harriet VanderVelden,   b. 14 Mar 1901, Kimberly, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 08 Jan 1930  (Age 28 years) 
    Married 12 Oct 1917 
    Family ID F14823  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Clyde Hietpas,   b. 08 Mar 1924,   d. 28 Oct 2003, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 28 Dec 1948  New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
     3. Gary L Hietpas,   b. 08 Apr 1957,   d. 16 Mar 2008, Seymour, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     4. Elizabeth Hietpas
     5. Living
     6. Bryan M Hietpas,   b. 20 Dec 1961, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jun 2014  (Age 52 years)
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F19201  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Post Crescent
      Thursday, January 7, 1999

      Amella Margaret Hietpas nee Van Heeswyk Seymour

      Age 71, passed away at her home early Wednesday morning, January 6, 1999, after a courageous battle with cancer. Armella was born June 25, 1927, daughter of the late Peter and Harriet [Vander Velden] Van Heeswyk. She married William Hietpas on December 28, 1948 in New York. This past December they celebrated 50 years of marriage with a celebration mass and family gathering. Armella was raised in Kimberly. The family has lived in Seymour since 1963. Armella thoroughly enjoyed her job of 28 years being employed by friends, Niger and Joanie Johnson at Johnson's Restaurant, Seymour. She was a member of Legion Auxiliary post 106 for 23 years, serving as secretary for 10 years. She enjoyed many years of bowling and moring coffee klathes with many special friends.

      Survivors include her husband, Bill; six children, Dave [Sue], Rockford, Illinois; Gary and fiance Connie Olson, Seymour; Gene [Jennie], Neenah; Bryan, Appleton; Beth [Marv] Smith, Seymour; Barb Hietpas, Appleton, and fiance Dave Ulman; seven grandchildren, Ryan, Laura and Kellen Hietpas, Rockford; Nicole and Rachelle, Neenah; Joe Smith, Seymour; Justin and Tom, Noel, Appleton; a step mother, Josephine Van Heeswyk, Little Chute; two brothers, Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Van Heeswyk, Plainfield; and Ronald Sturn, Buda, Texas; two sisters, Marian [Raymond] Hooyman, Appleton; and Marlene [Hank] Peerenboom, Kimberly; many aunts, uncles and cousins.

      She was preceded in death by her father and mother, Peter and Harriet Van Heeswyk; a sister, Geraldine Spreeman; a brother, Gerald Van Heeswyk; her father and mothers in-law, Martin and Estelle Hietpas and Sylvia Hietpas.

      Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 9,1999, at 11 a.m. at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Seymour, with Father Frank Kerscher officiating. Friends may call at the Muehl-Boettcher Funeral Home, Seymour, from 4-9 p.m. Friday with a Womens Auxiliary service at 6:30 p.m. and a prayer service at 7 p.m.