- C M. Hooyman, Former Umpire In Area, Drowns Clarence M. "Spinner" Hooyman, 53, Sturgeon Bay, a former baseball umpire in this area, drowned Friday morning at Harrisville, Mich. Hooyman was working on a government breakwater for the Roen Salvage company, Sturgeon Bay. He had been employed as a crane operator and fireman for the company. According to Charles Asher, company president, Hooyman had been in Harrisville and was returning to the barge anchored about 300 feet off shore. He was alone in a rowboat with an outboard motor and apparently slipped getting into the barge. Hooyman could not swim, the sheriff at Harrisville said. Hooyman was born May 17, 1905, in Freedom. Funeral arrangements are being made by the Stoneman Funeral home, Sturgeon Bay. Survivors include his widow; one daughter, Mrs. Robert Hoffman, Kaukauna; one step-daughter, Yvonne John- son, Madison; one son, Lee, Kaukauna; one step - son, James Johnson, at home; three brothers, Aloysius, Arthur and Stanley, all of Appleton; eight sisters, Mrs. Joseph Weyenberg, Mrs. August Jahnke and Mrs. Eugene Rickert, all of Appleton; Mrs. Clem Vandenberg, Kaukauna; Mrs. Joseph Frieble, Kimberly: Mrs. James Krieg, Neenah; Sister M. Marianella, West Bend, and Mrs. Ovia Powell, Detroit; and eight grandchildren.
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Hooyman Services Funeral services for Clarence M. "Spinner" Hooyman, 53, Sturgeon Bay, a former baseball umpire in this area, will be at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Stoneman Funeral home, Sturgeon Bay, with burial in Bayside cemetery, Sturgeon Bay. The Rev. Myron Medin, of Bayview Lutheran church, Sturgeon Bay. will officiate. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 o'clock this afternoon. Hooyman drowned Friday morning when he apparently slipped while stepping from rowboat to a barge while working for the Roen Salvage company, Sturgeon Bay, at Harrisville, Mich.
Appleton Post-Crescent | Appleton, Wisconsin | Monday, August 18, 1958 | Page 14
Clarence M. Hooyman Nickname: Spinner
Born: May 17, 1905
Died: August 15, 1958
Place of Birth: Freedom, WI
Obituary Newspaper: Post-Crescent
Notice Date: August 16, 1958
Section: A Page: 7 Type: OB
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