Henry William

Hauenstein

Henry William (Hank) Hauenstein, of Holland, Ohio passed away at St. Luke's Hospital on Saturday, April 16, 2016. Hank was born in Cincinnati on April 23, 1924 to Henry and Neva (Ivins) Hauenstein.
He attended grade school in Lebanon, Ohio and graduated from Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati in 1942. His attendance at the University of Cincinnati was interrupted by service in the Army during World War II. He graduated from the University in 1948. It was at the University that he met Lucille (Lucy) Yeatts and they were married in 1947.
After spending four years working as an engineer with the City of Cincinnati, he was employed by Finkbeiner, Pettis & Strout in 1952. He became a partner in 1958 and continued there through the years of expansion of the firm until his retirement in 1990.
As the FP&S partner assigned to Lucas County wastewater projects, he conceived the idea for the county's Maumee River Wastewater Treatment Plant system and was in charge of the initial design of the plant, which was placed in operation in 1973. He participated in negotiations with the cities of Maumee and Sylvania for inclusion in the project, the results being instrumental to the viability of the system.
Hank was also the partner in charge of the design of the Toledo Reynolds Road sanitary sewer system and the sewer system for Devil's and Round Lakes in Lenawee County. Other important projects of his were the design of the original wastewater treatment plants for all of the service plazas on the Ohio Turnpike and the design of the water system for the Owens-Illinois Industrial Park south of Perrysburg, which now includes Levis Commons Park. He also developed the unique financing arrangements which made the latter project feasible.
He represented the firm over the years with many clients including Toledo, Lucas County, Akron, Perrysburg, and towns throughout Ohio, Michigan and North Carolina. He worked in a number of these cities continuously for over 30 years.
He was elected to Tau Beta Pi, engineering honorary fraternity, while at the University of Cincinnati. During his career he was a member of a number of professional organizations and was a life member and fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and a diplomate and life member of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers. He was the Toledo Section American Society of Civil Engineers Engineer of the Year in 1976 and was president of the Technical Society of Toledo in 1978-1979. During his career he held professional engineering registrations in a number of states.
Although baptized in the Presbyterian Church, he was a long-time Lutheran, being a member of Grace Lutheran Church and Olivet Lutheran Church. At Grace he served as a trustee for 25 years, was president of the Congregation and served as chairman of the finance committee for 19 years. He also served as chairman of the finance committee at Olivet.
A former member of the Rotary Club of Toledo, he was a Paul Harris Fellow. He spent 11 years on Boy Scout committees and was a past president of the DeVeaux School Parent-Teachers Association. He was listed in Who's Who In America, most recently in 1999. He served as a volunteer marshal at the Jamie Farr LPGA Tournament for 10 years.
He and Lucy traveled extensively. In addition to making many trips to various parts of the United States, Canada and Mexico they traveled to other parts of the world 20 times, mostly to Europe, but also to various parts of Africa and Asia. They traveled to the Soviet Union and Russia four times. Hank described the early trips behind the Iron Curtain as an "experience" rather than for pleasure. Although they took a number of cruises and tours they mostly enjoyed renting a car and traveling on their own or with friends with whom they traveled over a period of 40 years.
When circumstances prevented further travel, Hank continued to experience the pleasures of travel by scanning and creating computer images from the thousands of photo slides that he had taken over the years. He also presented travel slide shows to residents of Creekside.
He loved the Cincinnati Reds and the Toledo Storm. Although he had moved to Toledo from Cincinnati he never lost his allegiance to the Reds. During the years of the Big Red Machine he and Lucy and daughter Susan made many trips to Cincinnati to attend games. For many years after Storm hockey came to town he had season's tickets for first row seats. He described the night that the Storm won the Riley Cup for the first time as his most exciting sports experience. Later he enjoyed attending Central Catholic football games with his daughter Susan, where his son-in-law Tom coached.
In recent years the highlights of his life have been the visits of his children and grandchildren to his Creekside condo. In addition to family, his interests included photography, travel (of late at a computer screen), volunteer work at Creekside, reading and the computer, including scanning and printing photo images for the personalized calendars which he prepared each year for family members and friends. He was a model train enthusiast until his move to Creekside forced him to abandon his trains.
He is survived by children, Eric (Abby Jones), Michael and Susan (Tom) Santoro; grandchildren, Garrett (Kylie) and Chloe Hauenstein; great grandchildren, Brooklynn, Brenna and Gracelynn; nieces Sally Stix, Cathy Stix (Len Siegal), Jody (Adrian) Garsia, Nathan (Lisa) Stix and Holly Yeatts and many grand nieces and a grand nephew. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Lucy, his sister Marjory Stix, his brother-in-law Robert Yeatts and his sister-in-law Lena Yeatts.
Hank's family would like to thank his loving caregiver, Angela Morgan of Right at Home, who cared for Hank for many years and the staff in 3E at St. Luke's Hospital, who provided excellent care during his final journey.
The family requests no flowers. Hank's family requests donations in his memory be to the charity of the donor's choice.
Friends may visit with the family at Olivet Lutheran Church, 5840 Monroe Street, Sylvania on Thursday, April 21, 2016 from 11 am to 1 pm. His memorial service will also be held at Olivet at 1 pm with interment in the Garden of Peace immediately following the memorial service.