VandeHey, Reverend Robert Clarence O. Praem.

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• Marriage Status: Never Married
• Religious Vows: 28 Aug 1943; St. Norbert's Abbey
• Ordained: 11 Jun 1949, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA; Norbertine Priest
• Obituary: 12 Jun 2009; Green Bay Press Gazette

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Vande Hey, O. Praem., Father Robert Clarence
Father Robert Clarence Vande Hey, O. Praem., 84, a member of the Norbertine Community of St. Norbert Abbey, De Pere, Wis., and a Norbertine priest, passed into God's eternal kingdom on Wednesday, June 10, 2009.
Father Vande Hey was born on July 19, 1924, in Hollandtown, Wis., to Peter and O'Delia (Meulemans) Vande Hey. His home parish was St. Francis Seraph Parish, Hollandtown, Wis.
In 1942, Father graduated from the Salvatorian Seminary, St. Nazianz, Wis. He received a B.A. degree in philosophy from St. Norbert College, De Pere, Wis., in 1946 and a Ph.D. in biology from the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind., in 1961.
Upon entering St. Norbert Abbey, he was vested as a novice on Aug. 28, 1943. He professed Simple Vows on Aug. 28, 1945, Solemn Vows on Aug. 28, 1948 and was ordained to the Priesthood on June 11, 1949.
For the first years after his ordination, Father Vande Hey taught at Southeast Catholic High School in Philadelphia before his assignment to the biology faculty at St. Norbert College in 1955. (He retired as professor emeritus in 1989). Over time, he attended graduate and post graduate classes in biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Notre Dame, and Mount St. Mary College, Los Angeles, the latter with a Research Fellowship awarded by the Atomic Energy Commission.
His doctoral dissertation drew international recognition, accolades, and honors. Father Vande Hey received a post-doctoral fellowship from the National Institute of Health's U.S. Public Health Service to study at the University of Mainz, Germany, where he continued mosquito research under the director of the Institute of Genetics, the world authority on mosquito genetics. Father Vande Hey's research and its results were published in various professional journals.
Other ministries included formation with students at Catholic Theological Union, Chicago; chaplaincies at St. Mary's Hospital, Duluth, Minnesota, and Benedictine monasteries of nuns in Duluth and in Idaho; and associate pastorates in Madison and Wyoming.
Father Vande Hey is survived by the Norbertine Community; three brothers, Earl, Eugene (Virginia), and Arthur (Teresa); three sisters, Gladys Tennessen, Sr. Eugenia, OSF, and Grace (Marvin) Zwick.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
The Reception of the Body with Vespers of the Dead Service will be held at St. Norbert Abbey on Friday, June 12, 2009, at 7 p.m. Visitation will follow until 8:30 p.m. and will continue on Saturday, June 13, following the 8 a.m. Morning Prayer, until 10:30 a.m. The Mass of Christian Burial will be held in the Abbey Church on Saturday, June 13, at 11 a.m. Rt. Rev. Gary J. Neville, O. Praem., Abbot of St. Norbert Abbey, will preside at the funeral liturgy. Burial will be in the St. Norbert Cemetery.
Ryan Funeral Home, De Pere, is in charge of the arrangements. Please visit www.ryanfh.com to send online condolences to the Vande Hey family.
From the archives at St. Norberts includes a few more details;
Father Robert Clarence Vande Hey, O. Praem., age 84, a member of the Norbertine Community of St. Norbert Abbey, De Pere, WI, and a Norbertine priest, passed into God's eternal kingdom on Wednesday, June 10, 2009.
Father Vande Hey was born on July 19, 1924 in Hollandtown, WI, to Peter and O'Delia (Meulemans) Vande Hey. His home parish was St. Francis Seraph Parish, Hollandtown, WI.
In 1942, Father graduated from the Salvatorian Seminary, St. Nazianz, WI. He received a B.A. degree in Philosophy from St. Norbert College, De Pere, WI, in 1946 and a Ph. D. in Biology from the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN in 1961.
Upon entering St. Norbert Abbey, he was vested as a novice on August 28, 1943. He professed Simple Vows on August 28, 1945, Solemn Vows on August 28, 1948 and was ordained to the Priesthood on June 11, 1949.
For the first years after his ordination, Father Vande Hey taught at Southeast Catholic High School in Philadelphia before his assignment to the biology faculty at St. Norbert College in 1955. (He retired as professor emeritus in 1989). Over time, he attended graduate and post graduate classes in biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Notre Dame, and Mount St. Mary College, Los Angeles, the latter with a Research Fellowship awarded by the Atomic Energy Commission.
His doctoral dissertation drew international recognition, accolades , and honors. Father Vande Hey received a post-doctoral fellowship from the National Institute of Health's U.S. Public Health Service to study at the University of Mainz, Germany, where he continued mosquito research under the director of the Institute of Genetics, the world authority on mosquito genetics. Father Vande Hey's research and its results were published in various professional journals.
Other ministries included formation with students at Catholic Theological Union, Chicago; chaplaincies at St. Mary's Hospital, Duluth, Minnesota, and Benedictine monasteries of nuns in Duluth and in Idaho; and associate pastorates in Madison and Wyoming.
Father Vande Hey is survived by the Norbertine Community; three brothers, Earl (Mary Ann), Eugene, and Arthur (Teresa); three sisters, Gladys Tennessen, Sr. Eugenia, OSF, and Grace (Marvin) Zwick.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brother-in-law, Leroy Tennessen; sister-in-law, Virginia Vande Hey.
The Reception of the Body with Vespers of the Dead Service will be held at St. Norbert Abbey on Friday, June 12, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. Visitation will follow until 8:30 p.m. and will continue on Saturday, June 13, following the 8:00 a.m. Morning Prayer, until 10:30 a.m. The Mass of Christian Burial will be held in the Abbey Church on Saturday, June 13, at 11:00 a.m. Rt. Rev. Gary J. Neville, O. Praem., Abbot of St. Norbert Abbey, will preside at the funeral liturgy.
Burial will be in the St. Norbert Cemetery.
Ryan Funeral Home, De Pere, is in charge of the arrangements.