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FRED W. HEFER
March 24, 1924 - August 27, 2003
Reklama:
On August 27th our hobby lost what
may have been its most powerful champion – a grand collector, a
successful entrepreneour and a beloved family man and friend.
Fred was born in Hamm, Germany, which is located in Westphalia. He received his education at the University of Cologne, where he graduated as an electronics engineer. During World War II he served in the German Army as a paratrooper, and participated in the invasion of France. After the War he found himself in a prisoner of war camp - starved but alive. Fred was first married in 1948 to a German lady, and with her and their daughter Gsaby and son Michael moved to Texas in 1954.There he began work as a technician but was soon promoted to engineer in a company manufacturing oil exploration equipment.
In 1960 Fred and a partner founded their own company which was soon merged into the Geo Space Company which was engaged in the field of geo-physics and manufactured exploration equipment. Fred served as Vice President of Engineering. In 1969 Fred moved back to Germany where he founded his own company.
From lefts: Fred Hefer,
Jana Hefer, editor Japhila e-zine
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In
1971 he was divorced from his first wife, and in 1972 married his second
wife, Jana, whom he had previously met in Texas, and who bore him a son
David, who currently practices medicine in New York City. In 1995 the
Hefers moved from the Munich suburb of Grunwald to their lovely country
home in the village of Vavretice, near Prague. Fred's hobbies included
yachting, golf. flying, good food and good wine. But his main hobby was
stamps, which he collected even before moving to the United States. He
collected Germany and other countries, most of which he sold before
leaving Germany. His
interest in the stamps of Czechoslovakia was initiated by his Czech
wife's father, who gave his collection to Fred and nurtured him in the
early stages. Combined with his dynamic nature, Fred undertook to generate
the vastest holdings of Czechoslovakia and related material, partly by
direct purchase from many of the world's most distinguished collectors and
their estates. In the relatively short time period between 1979 when he
won his first Gold in Munich and 1989 when he won his last Large Gold at
the FIP show in Sofia, Fred accumulated five (5) Large Golds, fourteen
(14) golds plus numerous lower awards - all these at FIP, FEPA, US, German
and other major National shows. His greatest triumph occurred at PRAGA'88
where he garnered the Grand Prix National.
Fred
did much for our hobby; he donated a lrge collection of Seizinger drawings
and proofs to the Czech Postal Museum in Prague, had the translation of
Padelky reprinted with illustrations for sale through the CZECHOSLOVAK
SPECIALIST, and did much to further interest in collecting Czechoslovakia.
Fred
is survived by his loving and devoted wife Jana, his son David as well as
daughter Gaby and son Michael by previous marriage. He was cremated, and
his urn temporarily rests in his home in Vavretice. His ashes > will be
formally interred on August 27, 2004 at 5 pm at the Olsany Cemetery in
Prague.
He
will be sorely missed by his many devoted friends and by collectors
throughout the world.
Henry
Hahn
PROFILY:
LADISLAV
FISCHMEISTER - František Beneš
ENRICO
STANKO VRÁZ & JOSEF KOŘENSKÝ, Břetislav Janík
FRANCOIS
FOURNIER - geniální padělatel ke škodě sběratelů, Břetislav Janík
ARŠÍK
"KDE DOMOV MůJ?", Peter Hoffmann, Švédsko
JOSEF
HERČÍK A 1. grafická společnost
ONDRÁČEK
Miloš, český grafik a rytec
MISTŘI
PERA: Pierre MAHÉ & Jean Baptista Phillip Constant MOENS
DÍLA
NĚMECKÝCH tvůrců na československých poštovních známkách
LEXIKON
českých a slovenských autorů a rytců poštovních známek
KDO
JE DĚVČÁTKO Z POŠTOVNÍ ZNÁMKY?, Karel
Černý
MISTR
JOSEF HERČÍK, IN MEMORIAM
DÍKY,
PANE MOENSI
BOHUMIL
HEINZ
FILIP
DE FERRARI - Pan Filatelista - Pan Ferrari
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