Agatha (Huepenbecker) Burnet (1930-2012)

BURNET, HUEPENBECKER, SOEST, ANDRE, SMITH, DAY, BRUNS, MURRAY, HULL

Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 9/15/2012 at 20:56:08

From Adams & Soderstrum Funeral Home obituary, Story County, Iowa:

Agatha Huepenbecker Burnet

BORN: November 23, 1930
DIED: August 23, 2012
LOCATION: Ames, Iowa

Agatha Louise Huepenbecker Burnet, 81, passed from this life on Thursday, August 23, 2012 at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames following a battle with colon cancer. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 28th at Memorial Lutheran Church, 2228 Lincoln Way in Ames.

Agatha was born on November 23, 1930 to Arthur Walter and Margaret (Soest) Huepenbecker in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She graduated from South Side High School in Fort Wayne in 1948 and then earned the B.S. in Textiles and Clothing (T&C) from Indiana University in 1952, the M.S. in T&C from Iowa State University in 1952 and the Ph.D. in Home Economics Education from Ohio State University in 1969. She taught high school vocational home economics in Valparaiso, Indiana from 1952 -1955 before joining the faculty in T&C at Iowa State University in 1956 where she served until retiring in 1993 as Emeritus Professor. From 1973 through 1993 she was Head of the Department.

Agatha's professional career was marked by outstanding service, most often in a position of leadership, and by many distinguished awards and recognitions. She was national president of the American Home Economics Association, regional vice president of the academic honorary, Phi Kappa Phi, on the governing boards of the Iowa State University Foundation and the Alumni Association, and president of the Mary Greeley Medical Center Foundation Board. Her many awards included the Distinguished Service Award of the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, Distinguished Alumnus Award from Ohio State University, The Iowa State University Faculty Citation, Alumni Medal and Order of the Knoll Faculty and Staff Award, the Ames Chamber of Commerce Professionalism and Leadership Award, the Tribune Unsung Hero Award and the Iowa Home Economics Association Hall of Fame. She was an Associate of the Smithsonian Institute and an international authority on the historic aspects on textiles and clothing.

Agatha is survived by her husband George whom she married in 1995; step children Kathryn Andre of Ames, Betty Jo (Mark) Smith of Albuquerque, NM, Dolores Day of Clovis, CA, Joan (Joe) Bruns of Edmond, OK, Elaine Burnet of Tacoma, WA and George Jr. (Susan) of Cranberry Township, PA; step grandchildren Elizabeth Andre, Brian, Sharon and Christine Smith, Steven and John Day, Aaron, Paul and Michael Bruns, and Kaye, George, Grant and Gregory Burnet; step great grandchild Junia Smith; sister-in-law Bonnie Huepenbecker of Fort Wayne, IN; nephew Jack (Joette) Murray of Chicago, IL; and nieces Monica Murray and Holly (Mark) Hull of Indianapolis, IN. She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Margaret (Jack) Murray; and a brother, Herbert (Bonnie) Huepenbecker.

Visitation will be held with family receiving friends from 7:00 until 9:00 on Monday, August 27th, at Memorial Lutheran Church where Agatha was a member for 56 years. Those wishing to express their sympathies through a memorial may direct their gift to the Memorial Lutheran Church.

A private family graveside service will be held at the Iowa State University Cemetery at a later date.

Memorial Service

Tuesday, August 28
11:00 AM to 11:45 AM
Memorial Lutheran Church
2228 Lincolnway
Ames, IA 50014

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