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BIOGRAPHY:
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LT. COL. HARLEY F. HIEB, RET. Harley and Elaine Hieb George J. Hieb, grandfather of Harley F. Hieb, homesteaded sixteen claims of land 17 miles east of Eureka in 1884, three years before Eureka came into existence. John J. Hieb, born March 26, 1886, was the oldest son of 16 children born to George and Katharina (Perman) Hieb. John married Eva Bauer on March 30, 1908. They were the parents of 13 children. John helped form a business partnership known as Hieb, Opp and Wixel, operating a grain elevator and the John Deere Implement Shop. Later he sold his interest in the business to Henry Opp and went to work for the city of Eureka as manager of the Eureka Liquor Store. Eva Hieb died on February 23, 1951, in Eureka. In 1956, John retired and moved to Lodi, California. He died May 14, 1965. Harley F. Hieb, son of John and Eva Hieb joined the Army on May 2, 1933, at Fort Lincoln, North Dakota. He spent two years duty in the Philippine Islands, 1935-1937. He returned to Fort Lincoln from 1937 to 1939 then was transferred to Fort Lewis, Washington. He was sent back to the Philippines in 1940 and returned to the states October 13, 1945. He was listed as "missing in action" in December 1941. After the surrender of Bataan, he escaped from the "Death March", and fought with the guerrilla forces in the Philippines. He helped organize the USAF-NL First Division prior to the landing of American forces on the island of Luzon. He returned to the states after the war and was married to Elaine Marr on November 13, 1945, in Eureka. After several years of recruiting duty in Minnesota and Montana, he was ordered to Korea in 1952 and assigned to the 5th RCT. He spent one year on front line duty commanding the Second Battalion. Upon his return to the states was assigned to the Personnel Center, Camp Stoneman and Oakland, California. He retired January 31, 1957, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, from the U. S. Army. Harley went into business after retiring from the service and owned and operated several businesses--the last was Hieb Enterprises, manufacturing tow ropes and related products. He sold the business in 1980, which now goes under the name of USA Products, a division of Hieb Enterprises. Harley has just finished writing a book, "Heart of Iron" on his experiences as a guerrilla fighter in the Philippines. Harley and Elaine are the parents of two daughters. Cynthia McFarland Johnson is a bilingual teacher in San Diego, California. She has a masters degree from the University of the Pacific, Stockton, California. Her husband is working toward his doctorate in music. Candace Wilson has her masters in Speech Therapy. Her husband has a masters degree in business and has his own export-import business. They have two children, Elsbeth and Christian Wilson.

Harley married Elaine Marr on 13 Nov 1945 in Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA. Elaine (daughter of William G. Marr and Rose Emily Schulz) was born on 6 Jul 1916 in Hettinger, Adams County, North Dakota, USA; died on 16 Oct 2001 in San Joaquin County, California, USA; was buried in Lodi Memorial Cemetery, Lodi, San Joaquin County, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]