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- My great grandpa Sebastian was born in 1908 and died in 1986.
Before his death he had a very scary experience. It all happened in 1944 when he was working at Kimberly Clark (now known as New Page.) He was working as a pipefitter. That day he was working on a car. Suddenly a storm came to Kimberly. It didn't rain at all but there was a lot of thunder and lightning. All at once a bolt of lightning hit the car and struck my great grandpa. It went through his whole body. He was holding a wrench that flew out of his hand about 15 feet! He was rushed to the hospital. Every day after that when he saw lightning or heard thunder his hand shook really fast until the storm was over. This went on for about a year. I am pretty sure my great grandpa will never forget that day!
Anna Hietpas, 2008
- Appleton Post Crescent
Monday, March 24, 1986
Sebastian Hietpas
312 Vanden Broek St. Little Chute
Age 77, died at 2:20 a.m. Sunday, March 23, 1986, at St. Elizabeth Hospital following a short illness. He was born April 29, 1907, in Little Chute, and remained a resident all of his life. He was employed by Kimberly Clark Corp. Kimberly, for 43 years, retiring in 1970. He was a member of their Quarter Century Club, the Catholic Order of Foresters, the Catholic Knights, and the Little Chute Golden Agers.
Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Helen [Arnoldussen] Hietpas; seven daughters and four sons in-law, Mary Ellen Hietpas, Janet and David L. Janssen, all of Little Chute; Bernice and Gerald P. Vandenberg, Carol and William M. Jirikowic, all of Combined Locks; Joyce Kees, Hilbert; Rose Ann and Norbert Lauer, Appleton; Joan Hietpas, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota; four sons and daughters in-law, Robert and Judy Hietpas, Jerome and Mary Hietpas, all of Appleton; Alfred and Patricia Hietpas, and David and Linda K. Hietpas, all of Little Chute; 38 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; two brothers and sisters in-law, John and Elizabeth Hietpas, and Peter and Minnie Hietpas, all of Little Chute; a sister and brother in-law, Harriet and Joseph Van Handel, Appleton; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in deathy by an infant daughter, Dolores; his parents, Herman and Helena Hietpas; four brothers, Cornelius, George, Henry and William; and two sisters, Minnie Evers, and Anna Hietpas.
The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 25, 1986 from at John Catholic Church, Little Chute, with the Rev. Msgr. James Vanden Hogen officiating. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call at the Verkuilen Funeral Home from 4-9 p.m. Monday and from 9:30 a.m. Tuesday until the time of the service. There will be a Golden Agers and Catholic Order of Foresters rosary and parish prayer service on Monday.
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1908 - 1986 (77 years)
