Fox Cities business leader, philanthropist Chris Hartwig dies at 79
Fox Cities company and philanthropic leader Chris Hartwig died Thursday at age 79.
Hartwig took ownership of his family’s packaging and printing firm, Crystal Print in Little Chute, in 1979 and grew it into a big company in the Fox Cities.
He was nicely-identified for his neighborhood involvement and charitable contributions, especially in Minor Chute and supporting personal instruction in the space.
His philanthropic providing in Little Chute involved the Small Chute Elementary School, the Minor Chute Community Library, the Little Chute Windmill and the Village Hall.
“He is donated a great total of money and methods to the village that shaped the village to what it is now,” Little Chute Village President Michael Vanden Berg explained.
Vanden Berg mentioned Hartwig was often an individual who would phase up to support the village by funding the reworking of Village Corridor and purchasing fire vehicles and squad automobiles for the village departments.
In private training, Hartwig served to fund the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Faculty Program, Fox Valley Lutheran Significant Faculty and Appleton Christian University.
Even though Fox Valley Lutheran Substantial School president Jeff Loberger explained he in no way received to fulfill Hartwig individually, he termed Hartwig a “huge asset” to the school.
Hartwig’s love for Christian education could be observed via not only his donation of land to the school, but his ongoing guidance by way of his endowment, Loberger stated.
“We have found him as a blessing on our campus calendar year in excess of year for approximately two decades,” he stated.
Hartwig also served on the boards of directors for Road The united states, Riverside Cemetery, the Fox Towns YMCA, Lawrence College and Appleton Professional medical Middle.
Sophia Voight is a government watchdog reporter for the Appleton Publish-Crescent. She can be achieved at [email protected] or 920-993-7102.
AnnMarie Hilton contributed to this report.
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