Thomas was a son of Leo Thomas Hietter and Catherine Alice "Katie" Weese Hietter. Thomas married Jean T. Powers on Aug. 7, 1942, in Denver, Colo. She survives.
Other survivors include three daughters, Patricia (John) Rowley, Kathleen (Keith) Rauhaus and Susan (Thomas) Wright; nine grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Leo Hietter and James (Mary) Hietter; one sister, Rose (Robert) Koller; and a son-in-law, Terry Tracy.
Thomas was preceded in death by a daughter, Mary Ann Tracy; two brothers, infant Emmanuel and Earl Hietter; and his twin sister, Frances Hart.
He was a mechanic, working for Downtown Chevrolet in Peoria and then a millwright at Keystone Steel & Wire Co. for 23 years, retiring in 1982.
He served in World War II as a medic in the Army Air Corps.
Published in Peoria Journal Star on January 11, 2012
Other survivors include three daughters, Patricia (John) Rowley, Kathleen (Keith) Rauhaus and Susan (Thomas) Wright; nine grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Leo Hietter and James (Mary) Hietter; one sister, Rose (Robert) Koller; and a son-in-law, Terry Tracy.
Thomas was preceded in death by a daughter, Mary Ann Tracy; two brothers, infant Emmanuel and Earl Hietter; and his twin sister, Frances Hart.
He was a mechanic, working for Downtown Chevrolet in Peoria and then a millwright at Keystone Steel & Wire Co. for 23 years, retiring in 1982.
He served in World War II as a medic in the Army Air Corps.
Published in Peoria Journal Star on January 11, 2012
Thomas was a son of Leo Thomas Hietter and Catherine Alice "Katie" Weese Hietter. Thomas married Jean T. Powers on Aug. 7, 1942, in Denver, Colo. She survives.
Other survivors include three daughters, Patricia (John) Rowley, Kathleen (Keith) Rauhaus and Susan (Thomas) Wright; nine grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Leo Hietter and James (Mary) Hietter; one sister, Rose (Robert) Koller; and a son-in-law, Terry Tracy.
Thomas was preceded in death by a daughter, Mary Ann Tracy; two brothers, infant Emmanuel and Earl Hietter; and his twin sister, Frances Hart.
He was a mechanic, working for Downtown Chevrolet in Peoria and then a millwright at Keystone Steel & Wire Co. for 23 years, retiring in 1982.
He served in World War II as a medic in the Army Air Corps.
Published in Peoria Journal Star on January 11, 2012
Other survivors include three daughters, Patricia (John) Rowley, Kathleen (Keith) Rauhaus and Susan (Thomas) Wright; nine grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Leo Hietter and James (Mary) Hietter; one sister, Rose (Robert) Koller; and a son-in-law, Terry Tracy.
Thomas was preceded in death by a daughter, Mary Ann Tracy; two brothers, infant Emmanuel and Earl Hietter; and his twin sister, Frances Hart.
He was a mechanic, working for Downtown Chevrolet in Peoria and then a millwright at Keystone Steel & Wire Co. for 23 years, retiring in 1982.
He served in World War II as a medic in the Army Air Corps.
Published in Peoria Journal Star on January 11, 2012
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