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Paul Walter Pieken Obituary (1958 - 2023)

Graduation Year Class of 1976
Date of Birth Nov 18, 1958
Date of Passing Oct 06, 2023
About On, October 2, 2023. Paul W. Pieken was taking his severely non-verbal autistic son, Paulie to the store as he does almost every night. While driving to the store, Paul's vehicle veered off the road and struck a telephone pole. We do not know what was the cause of the accident. Paulie suffered some minor scratches, however, when emergency responders showed up to the scene, Paul had no pulse. CPR was administered on the scene, a pulse returned and was lost again. At the hospital his pulse was restored and he was placed in the cardiac care unit. While there, Paul was monitored and placed into cardiac protocol for several days.

Unfortunately, Paul remained non-responsive to all test and stimuli. Paul passed away on October 6, 2023. At the time of his passing, Paul participated in the organ donation process and it is with hope that through Paul's generosity someone has benefited from his gifts.

Paulie is now left without any parents or siblings. His nearest relative is his Aunt Vicki. Paulie's mother, Paul's wife Dolores (Vicki's sister), passed away in January of 2023 after a long bout with multiple ailments. Paulie requires 24 hour care as his degree of disability is severe. Unfortunately, at the time of Paul's passing he left no arrangements for Paulie's care nor any documents that would facilitate access to any of Paul's assets, which is desperately needed immediately.

(Paul's sister Ellen passed away the prior week due to a stroke.)
Events Go fund me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/paul-pieken-has-passed-son-needs-critical-help
Paul Walter Pieken