Got this E-Mail from Fred Hauenstein, Jr. Lung Cancer.....
Hi Ron:
There will be a memorial service for Don on the Saturday, July 21, in
Seward, AK.
Fred
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Got this E-Mail from Fred Hauenstein, Jr. Lung Cancer.....
Hi Ron:
There will be a memorial service for Don on the Saturday, July 21, in
Seward, AK.
Fred
Our thoughts and prayers are with the Hauenstein's. God rest his soul.
Mike Hauenstein can receive E mails, but right now he can't send them, but this needs to be told.
Yesterday Mike and Kate Hauenstein brought forth another Hauenstein into the world. Carmen Rebecca Hauenstein was born 9 pm and weighed in at 8 lb. 1 oz & was 20 1/4 inches. Mikes says lots of hair. He will post pictures later. Maybe Fred might have some to bring to the reunion. I don't think he still learned to post yet.;) :D
Congrats Kate and Mike.
I think Danny Hauenstein made history at Moses Lake. In the almost sixty years of Stock Outboard Racing, I don't think anyone has ever won A Hydro and D Hydro at the same Nationals. If this isn't a first, it is still way cool. Congratulations, Danny and Family!!!
Posted this picture somewhere else, but Kingsburg is the Hauenstein HOME ....Old Fred was quite a guy!!!
Ron,
You hit it right on. Old Fred was quite a guy. Everyone in the Hauenstein family is very special. Great to see Fred at the reunion. There never was a guy with Fred's class in the history of boat racing. Not because Fred won so many races, but because of how he has always treated others. It was great to see you and hear about your boys. Remember them very well coming to the races with you years ago. Props for their success in racing and in life. Great to hear your Mom is in good health and spirit. Fred, I think she should still be running the cafe. One of the highlights of traveling Highway 99 was stopping at Fred's Cafe. Hear there is a Walgreens there now?
Really enjoyed seeing you at the reunion. Thanks Fred. Thumbs up to you always!
Alan , Fred does have class and it is all high class. It was a pleasure to be with Fred at the reunion and race in DePue. Fred is what boat racing people should all be like and most if not all are great people. All I have to say is what a class act.
I had some pictures of the Arcadian when it was running. Here you can see the 8 2.4 EFI Mercury Powerheads...
Here's a photo of Fred with Billy Seebold. It appeared in the June 1980 Powerboat & Waterskiing in the portion that was part of the Embassy Grand Prix program.
The Texas arm of Hauenstein Outboard Team is ready to race.
<!-- / icon and title --> <!-- message --> From Fred Jr.:
Fred W. Hauenstein
January 3, 1914 – January 1, 2006
Frederick William Hauenstein was born in Denver, Colorado on January 3, 1914, the only child of Frederick and Mary (Kouns) Hauenstein. In 1922 the family settled in the Exeter, California area where Fred, Sr. grew grapes. Fred attended schools in Exeter, graduating from Exeter High School where he was active in all sports and social affairs. He studied divinity and law at the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO, where he was a star on the university track team. (He ran a best of 9.7 seconds in the 100-yard dash!)
Returning to California, he worked on the family farm and, assisted by his father, became interested in outboard powerboat racing in 1939 – a hobby that he passed down to his sons and grandsons. Also through his father, Fred acquired a love of hunting and deep-sea fishing. He spent much time on the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of California.
Raised in an era that saw the rapid development of the automobile, Fred gained a life-long appreciation for cars, both old and new. He collected some great examples of older cars in later years and enjoyed working with them.
Fred married Frances Coffee in 1941 and they have enjoyed 64 years of married life together. They lived in Southern California during WW-II and worked for Lockheed Aircraft in the war effort.
Returning to the San Joaquin Valley, Fred became a Teamster and drove over-the-road trucks, as well as distributing gasoline and diesel fuel with his own tank truck. The couple started a truck stop and opened for business in Kingsburg in 1953. Fred’s Truck Fuels and Café became a successful Kingsburg landmark on Highway 99.
In 1956 Fred returned to his boat racing hobby. In 1957 and 1958 he won the American Power Boat Association national amateur high point championship (the Paul Sawyer Medal).
By the 1960s he was involved in his life-long dream of flying through the sport of soaring. He decided to take up powered flight and eventually owned several airplanes, culminating in a project in which he built his own aerobatic airplane (partly at home, in the dining room!). He became proficient at aerobatics, as well. For a time he did part-time work as a sheriff’s deputy, transporting prisoners by airplane between state and county facilities in California.
Fred was a member of the Quiet Birdmen, the American Power Boat Association, Northern California Outboard Association, the Kingsburg Kiwanis Club, the Rotary Club, the Kingsburg Gun Club, the Horseless Carriage Club of America, the Antique Outboard Motor Club, the Soaring Society of America, the Experimental Aircraft Association and was a charter member of the Kingsburg Golf and Country Club.
Mr. Hauenstein is survived by his wife, Frances; two sons, Fred M. (Linda Scheline) Hauenstein of Oshkosh, WI, Don Hauenstein of Seward, AK and daughter-in-law Kathy Hauenstein of Weatherford, TX; Grandchildren Dan (Kristy) Hauenstein of San Carlos, CA, Mike (Kate) Hauenstein of New Haven, CT, Hilary (Brad) Carpenter of Gilbert, AZ, Raina Hauenstein, USAF, Ira Hauenstein of Seneca, MO, Casandra King of San Luis Obispo, CA, Jack Hauenstein of Seward, AK, and five great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one son, James F. Hauenstein; and a granddaughter, Melcena Hauenstein.
A memorial service will be held at the Evangelical Covenant Church, 1490 Lincoln Street, Kingsburg, CA, 93631, (corner of Lincoln and Draper) at 10 am Saturday, January 7, 2006.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations in his memory be made to the charity of the donor’s choice.
Interesting History Here!!!