STUART CHARLES "STU" HOEHNE

Stuart Charles "Stu" Hoehne Visitations for Stuart Charles "Stu" Hoehne, 79, from 1 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 11, and from 9 a.m until time of the service at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, at the Grant Community High School Field House on Devlin Road, Fox Lake, officiated by Father Tom Franzman. Stu was born Sept. 23, 1930, in Greenbush, Wis., to Eldon and Ruth (nee Laack) Hoehne. He attended Gavin Elementary and Grant Community High School where he was a Golden Glove Boxer. Stu was a corporal in the Army from 1948 to 1951, and was honored and commended for his performance in extremely hazardous duty at Obersalzberg, Eagle's Nest Road, located near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria. After his service duty, he worked with his grandfather, Ben Hoehne, and his father, Eldon Hoehne, at the Hoehne Sand & Gravel business. He later began his own business, the Stuart C. Hoehne Excavating, Inc. from 1964 to 1974. During this time, he held a position on the Fox Lake Planning and Zoning Board for the Village of Fox Lake and eventually became a village trustee, which he was later elected for a second term. In 1974, Stu was hired by the Village of Fox Lake as foreman of Public Works and became superintendent in 1978, until his retirement in October 1995. Stu proudly served under nine Village of Fox Lake mayors. Stu joined the Fox Lake Volunteer Fire Department in 1957. He rose through the ranks as lieutenant, captain and assistant chief, and became chief in 1981 until his retirement in 2001, at which time, Fox Lake Mayor Nancy Koske appointed him as chief emeritus. Stu was the chairman of the first Fox Lake Volunteer Fireman's Festival Days. During Stu's tenure as fire chief, he was responsible for two major expansions of Fire Station #2 on Washington Avenue, the construction of Station #3 on Molidor Road and Station #4 on State Park Road. Station #4 was dedicated and named in his honor. Stu was an active member of several organizations: the Republican Party and was elected a precinct committeeman in the 1960s, American Legion Post 703 Fox Lake for 58 years, a charter member of the VFW, Lake County Fire Chiefs Association, Illinois Fire Chiefs Association and the International Fire Chiefs Association. Stu will be dearly missed by his children, Richard (Carole Jo) Hoehne, Nancy (Jimmy) Rogers, Ronald (Rose) Hoehne, Lawrence (Veronica) Hoehne, And stepdaughter, Kim Minne; his grandchildren, Richard E. (Kimberly) Hoehne, Kristena Clark, Dori Rand; Michael Hoehne, Veronica (Matt) Lukemeyer, Joanna Hoehne, Daniel, Steven and Emily Hoehne, Tiffany and Leo Minne Jr., Renee Mraz and Zackery Rogers; great-grandchildren, Larry and Emily Hoehne, Carly and Nicholas Rand, Kassandra and Kameron Clark and Jacob Mraz; his brothers, Roger (Chris) Hoehne, Gary Hoehne and Jim Hoehne; his sister, Bonnie Smith; and many nieces, nephews and other relatives He was preceded in death by his parents, Eldon, Ruth, who was called home to the Lord when Stu was young and Marcella; his wife, Marilyn; his brother, David; and his grandson, Donald Rogers. In lieu of flowers, memorials in his memory are appreciated for Fox Lake Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 26, Fox Lake, IL 60020. For information, please call K.K. Hamsher Funeral Home, Fox Lake, 847-587-2100 or visit us at kkhamsherfuneralhome.com.