Hietpas, Randolph Owen "Randy"

1951 - 1967  (16 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Hietpas, Randolph Owen "Randy"  [1]
  Nickname	Randy
  Born	24 May 1951	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death Record - Civil	25 Dec 1967
  Outagamie County Death record Vol 83 page 864; passenger in vehicle, car c rashed into tre, suffered severed spinal cord.
  Died	25 Dec 1967	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Cause: Automobile Accident
  Obituary	26 Dec 1967
  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
  Buried	St. John Catholic Cemetery, Little Chute, Wisconsin, USA
  	Hietpas, Randy O. St. John Catholic Cemetery, Little Chute, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I23093	1FamilyTree | JaysRelated, PaulWest45278, WeslieBougie82821, CarolePeters25925, PatrickKempen16182
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Hietpas, Owen,   b. 9 May 1925, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 21 Feb 2014, Leesburg, Lake, Florida, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Weyenberg, Irene
  Family ID	F6334	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 24 May 1951 - Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Died - Cause: Automobile Accident - 25 Dec 1967 - Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Buried - - St. John Catholic Cemetery, Little Chute, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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