Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hillegass, Reon Glessner, Jr. July 7, 2011
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Virginian-Pilot  July 9, 2011
NORFOLK - Reon Glessner Hillegass Jr., 85, passed away peacefully Thursday, July 
7, 2011. He was born April 26, 1926 in Baltimore to the late Reon G. Hillegass Sr. 
and Mary Veronica Foley. Mr. Hillegass moved to Norfolk at the age of 9 and had 
resided there ever since. He attended Sacred Heart Catholic School, Belmont Abbey, 
Old Dominion University and graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University.

A veteran of World War II, he served in the Pacific campaign aboard the USS 
Corregidor and was on the USS Franklin when it was severely damaged by enemy 
bombers off the coast of Japan.

He had many years of dedicated service to the community, including past president 
general, National Society Sons of the American Revolution and service to the 
National Society Sons of the American Colonists, past Grand Knight of Father 
Kealey Council Knights of Columbus, past president of Little Theatre of Norfolk, 
former president of the Ryan Club of Norfolk, past president of the Chesapeake 
Kiwanis Club, honorary board member of St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery and served on 
the boards of many other civic organizations.

Mr. Hillegass founded Hillegass Lighting Corporation of Chesapeake in 1961. He was 
also the owner of Hillegass Properties.

He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Jean Rourke Hillegass; three sisters, Mary 
Agnes Newsome of Virginia Beach, Margaret Gonzalez of Warrensburg, Mo., and 
Theresa Morgan of St. George, Utah; also his seven children: four sons, Reon G. 
Hillegass III of Lake Worth, Fla., Samuel C. Hillegass of Norfolk, Timothy J. 
Hillegass and wife Julia Bright Hillegass of Smithfield, Sean F. Hillegass of 
Norfolk; and three daughters, Mary Hillegass Hardy and her husband Gary E. Hardy 
Sr., Elizabeth Jean Hillegass of Virginia Beach and Jessie Mae Hillegass of Lake 
Worth, Fla. He had eight grandchildren, Heather Hardy Greenhaw, Gary E. Hardy Jr., 
Jennifer Foley Hardy, Ashley Jean Hardy, Jean Mathias Peterson, Adam R. Sotzing, 
Joseph C. Hillegass and Ceara G. H. Sotzing. Mr. Hillegass also had four great-
grandchildren, John H. Greenhaw, Stanley C. Walker III, Faye E. Hardy and Dustin 
H. Drumheller.

The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday, July 10, at H.D. Oliver 
Funeral Apts., 1501 Colonial Ave., Norfolk. A funeral Mass will be offered at 11 
a.m. Monday, July 11, in Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Norfolk. Burial will 
follow in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made 
to the St. Mary's Home for Disabled Children Auxiliary at 6171 Kempsville Circle, 
Norfolk, VA 23502. Online condolences may be offered to the family at 
www.hdoliver.com.

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