Preceded in death by son, Scott F. Hess; sister, Mary Hess Bowman; parents, Harry H. and Josephine (O'Grady) Hess, Sr. Survived by wife, Mary Patricia Hess; children: Ellyn H. Zaia (John), Gretchen M. Hess, and John C. Hess (Melody); grandchildren, Cary and Allison; nieces and nephews.
Member of 1939 Falls City High School Class A Nebraska State Championship basketball team.
Member of Creighton University Blue Jays, played in 1942 National Invitational Tournament (N.I.T.) in New York City (pre-NCAA Tournament). Member of U. S. Army Air Corps, Pacific Theater, 1942-1945. Co-founder of Boyle, Hess and Elliott, C.P.A. accounting firm (1946). Past President of Kiwanis International, North Omaha Chapter. Inducted into Great Navy of The State of Nebraska in 1942.
The family will receive friends Monday, 5pm to 7pm, with VIGIL SERVICE at 7pm at the West Center Chapel. MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL Tuesday, 10am, Christ the King Catholic Church. Interment, Calvary Cemetery with military rites by Benson VFW Post 2503. Memorials to Boys Town.
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From the Omaha World Herald Newspaper:
For years, Harry Hess of Omaha raised the nation’s colors each morning on his front-yard flagpole and retired them at dusk.
Now the flag flies at half-staff in memory of Hess, a World War II veteran and retired certified public accountant who died Wednesday at 92 from complications of a stroke on June 10.
“He was a good patriot, that’s for sure,” said attorney and fellow WWII vet Clayton Byam. “And he was just a nice guy all the way along. He had a great relationship with all his clients.”
In his youth, Hess scored the clinching final free throw in Falls City High School’s 23-20 victory for the state championship, and then played basketball for Creighton University. He kept a scrapbook from the Bluejays’ 1942 trip to New York to play at Madison Square Garden.
Hess served in the Pacific for the Army Air Corps, and in 1947 opened an accounting office downtown with friend William Boyle. They owned a single hand-operated adding machine that they passed back and forth.
“My dad was very proud that they started so humbly but kept working hard and gained the trust of business people,” said daughter Ellyn Hess Zaia, who lives near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. “He was a wonderful man, very astute financially.”
One of their longtime clients was Jackie Gaughan, an Omaha native who became a Las Vegas casino and hotel magnate. Hess and Boyle annually flew to Nevada to work on the tax returns of Gaughan, who died in April.
Hess retired in 1990, but Boyle continues to work about a half-schedule.
“Harry was a people person,” Boyle said. “He could go into a room for lunch and by the time he left, he knew people’s life histories. He was just a good guy.”
Hess never forgot his high school and college teammate Frank Heben streit. He died in France in the August 1944 Battle of St. Lo, a key victory in the Allied breakout across the continent. He was 22, and Hess said in a 2012 interview: “I still miss him.”
The funeral for Hess will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Christ the King Catholic Church. Besides daughter Ellyn, he is survived by his wife, Mary Patricia; daughter Gretchen Hess of Chicago; and son John C. Hess, who lives near Houston, Texas. Son Scott Hess died in 1980.
“Our dad was very generous, kind and humorous,” Ellyn said. “He was devoted to his wife and family.”
Member of 1939 Falls City High School Class A Nebraska State Championship basketball team.
Member of Creighton University Blue Jays, played in 1942 National Invitational Tournament (N.I.T.) in New York City (pre-NCAA Tournament). Member of U. S. Army Air Corps, Pacific Theater, 1942-1945. Co-founder of Boyle, Hess and Elliott, C.P.A. accounting firm (1946). Past President of Kiwanis International, North Omaha Chapter. Inducted into Great Navy of The State of Nebraska in 1942.
The family will receive friends Monday, 5pm to 7pm, with VIGIL SERVICE at 7pm at the West Center Chapel. MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL Tuesday, 10am, Christ the King Catholic Church. Interment, Calvary Cemetery with military rites by Benson VFW Post 2503. Memorials to Boys Town.
HEAFEY-HEAFEY-HOFFMANN-DWORAK-CUTLER
WEST CENTER CHAPEL
78th & West Center 402-391-3900
www.heafeyheafey.com
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From the Omaha World Herald Newspaper:
For years, Harry Hess of Omaha raised the nation’s colors each morning on his front-yard flagpole and retired them at dusk.
Now the flag flies at half-staff in memory of Hess, a World War II veteran and retired certified public accountant who died Wednesday at 92 from complications of a stroke on June 10.
“He was a good patriot, that’s for sure,” said attorney and fellow WWII vet Clayton Byam. “And he was just a nice guy all the way along. He had a great relationship with all his clients.”
In his youth, Hess scored the clinching final free throw in Falls City High School’s 23-20 victory for the state championship, and then played basketball for Creighton University. He kept a scrapbook from the Bluejays’ 1942 trip to New York to play at Madison Square Garden.
Hess served in the Pacific for the Army Air Corps, and in 1947 opened an accounting office downtown with friend William Boyle. They owned a single hand-operated adding machine that they passed back and forth.
“My dad was very proud that they started so humbly but kept working hard and gained the trust of business people,” said daughter Ellyn Hess Zaia, who lives near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. “He was a wonderful man, very astute financially.”
One of their longtime clients was Jackie Gaughan, an Omaha native who became a Las Vegas casino and hotel magnate. Hess and Boyle annually flew to Nevada to work on the tax returns of Gaughan, who died in April.
Hess retired in 1990, but Boyle continues to work about a half-schedule.
“Harry was a people person,” Boyle said. “He could go into a room for lunch and by the time he left, he knew people’s life histories. He was just a good guy.”
Hess never forgot his high school and college teammate Frank Heben streit. He died in France in the August 1944 Battle of St. Lo, a key victory in the Allied breakout across the continent. He was 22, and Hess said in a 2012 interview: “I still miss him.”
The funeral for Hess will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Christ the King Catholic Church. Besides daughter Ellyn, he is survived by his wife, Mary Patricia; daughter Gretchen Hess of Chicago; and son John C. Hess, who lives near Houston, Texas. Son Scott Hess died in 1980.
“Our dad was very generous, kind and humorous,” Ellyn said. “He was devoted to his wife and family.”
Preceded in death by son, Scott F. Hess; sister, Mary Hess Bowman; parents, Harry H. and Josephine (O'Grady) Hess, Sr. Survived by wife, Mary Patricia Hess; children: Ellyn H. Zaia (John), Gretchen M. Hess, and John C. Hess (Melody); grandchildren, Cary and Allison; nieces and nephews.
Member of 1939 Falls City High School Class A Nebraska State Championship basketball team.
Member of Creighton University Blue Jays, played in 1942 National Invitational Tournament (N.I.T.) in New York City (pre-NCAA Tournament). Member of U. S. Army Air Corps, Pacific Theater, 1942-1945. Co-founder of Boyle, Hess and Elliott, C.P.A. accounting firm (1946). Past President of Kiwanis International, North Omaha Chapter. Inducted into Great Navy of The State of Nebraska in 1942.
The family will receive friends Monday, 5pm to 7pm, with VIGIL SERVICE at 7pm at the West Center Chapel. MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL Tuesday, 10am, Christ the King Catholic Church. Interment, Calvary Cemetery with military rites by Benson VFW Post 2503. Memorials to Boys Town.
HEAFEY-HEAFEY-HOFFMANN-DWORAK-CUTLER
WEST CENTER CHAPEL
78th & West Center 402-391-3900
www.heafeyheafey.com
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From the Omaha World Herald Newspaper:
For years, Harry Hess of Omaha raised the nation’s colors each morning on his front-yard flagpole and retired them at dusk.
Now the flag flies at half-staff in memory of Hess, a World War II veteran and retired certified public accountant who died Wednesday at 92 from complications of a stroke on June 10.
“He was a good patriot, that’s for sure,” said attorney and fellow WWII vet Clayton Byam. “And he was just a nice guy all the way along. He had a great relationship with all his clients.”
In his youth, Hess scored the clinching final free throw in Falls City High School’s 23-20 victory for the state championship, and then played basketball for Creighton University. He kept a scrapbook from the Bluejays’ 1942 trip to New York to play at Madison Square Garden.
Hess served in the Pacific for the Army Air Corps, and in 1947 opened an accounting office downtown with friend William Boyle. They owned a single hand-operated adding machine that they passed back and forth.
“My dad was very proud that they started so humbly but kept working hard and gained the trust of business people,” said daughter Ellyn Hess Zaia, who lives near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. “He was a wonderful man, very astute financially.”
One of their longtime clients was Jackie Gaughan, an Omaha native who became a Las Vegas casino and hotel magnate. Hess and Boyle annually flew to Nevada to work on the tax returns of Gaughan, who died in April.
Hess retired in 1990, but Boyle continues to work about a half-schedule.
“Harry was a people person,” Boyle said. “He could go into a room for lunch and by the time he left, he knew people’s life histories. He was just a good guy.”
Hess never forgot his high school and college teammate Frank Heben streit. He died in France in the August 1944 Battle of St. Lo, a key victory in the Allied breakout across the continent. He was 22, and Hess said in a 2012 interview: “I still miss him.”
The funeral for Hess will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Christ the King Catholic Church. Besides daughter Ellyn, he is survived by his wife, Mary Patricia; daughter Gretchen Hess of Chicago; and son John C. Hess, who lives near Houston, Texas. Son Scott Hess died in 1980.
“Our dad was very generous, kind and humorous,” Ellyn said. “He was devoted to his wife and family.”
Member of 1939 Falls City High School Class A Nebraska State Championship basketball team.
Member of Creighton University Blue Jays, played in 1942 National Invitational Tournament (N.I.T.) in New York City (pre-NCAA Tournament). Member of U. S. Army Air Corps, Pacific Theater, 1942-1945. Co-founder of Boyle, Hess and Elliott, C.P.A. accounting firm (1946). Past President of Kiwanis International, North Omaha Chapter. Inducted into Great Navy of The State of Nebraska in 1942.
The family will receive friends Monday, 5pm to 7pm, with VIGIL SERVICE at 7pm at the West Center Chapel. MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL Tuesday, 10am, Christ the King Catholic Church. Interment, Calvary Cemetery with military rites by Benson VFW Post 2503. Memorials to Boys Town.
HEAFEY-HEAFEY-HOFFMANN-DWORAK-CUTLER
WEST CENTER CHAPEL
78th & West Center 402-391-3900
www.heafeyheafey.com
----------------------------------
From the Omaha World Herald Newspaper:
For years, Harry Hess of Omaha raised the nation’s colors each morning on his front-yard flagpole and retired them at dusk.
Now the flag flies at half-staff in memory of Hess, a World War II veteran and retired certified public accountant who died Wednesday at 92 from complications of a stroke on June 10.
“He was a good patriot, that’s for sure,” said attorney and fellow WWII vet Clayton Byam. “And he was just a nice guy all the way along. He had a great relationship with all his clients.”
In his youth, Hess scored the clinching final free throw in Falls City High School’s 23-20 victory for the state championship, and then played basketball for Creighton University. He kept a scrapbook from the Bluejays’ 1942 trip to New York to play at Madison Square Garden.
Hess served in the Pacific for the Army Air Corps, and in 1947 opened an accounting office downtown with friend William Boyle. They owned a single hand-operated adding machine that they passed back and forth.
“My dad was very proud that they started so humbly but kept working hard and gained the trust of business people,” said daughter Ellyn Hess Zaia, who lives near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. “He was a wonderful man, very astute financially.”
One of their longtime clients was Jackie Gaughan, an Omaha native who became a Las Vegas casino and hotel magnate. Hess and Boyle annually flew to Nevada to work on the tax returns of Gaughan, who died in April.
Hess retired in 1990, but Boyle continues to work about a half-schedule.
“Harry was a people person,” Boyle said. “He could go into a room for lunch and by the time he left, he knew people’s life histories. He was just a good guy.”
Hess never forgot his high school and college teammate Frank Heben streit. He died in France in the August 1944 Battle of St. Lo, a key victory in the Allied breakout across the continent. He was 22, and Hess said in a 2012 interview: “I still miss him.”
The funeral for Hess will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Christ the King Catholic Church. Besides daughter Ellyn, he is survived by his wife, Mary Patricia; daughter Gretchen Hess of Chicago; and son John C. Hess, who lives near Houston, Texas. Son Scott Hess died in 1980.
“Our dad was very generous, kind and humorous,” Ellyn said. “He was devoted to his wife and family.”
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