From the funeral program for Ethel Heaton:
Ethel Mary McKee was born on March 28, 1900 at Lidgerwood, ND to Chauncey and Mary Isabel McKee. She attended St. Mary's grade school, Bismarck High School, and graduated from Dickinson State Teachers College with a standard degree in elementary education. She later when on to earn a B.A. degree.
On June 29, 1924, Ethel McKee was married to Edwin Heaton [L. E. Heaton, JR] of Mckenzie. The next 50 years were spent on a farm in Mckenzie where they raised their five children. In 1942, she returned to teaching and taught for a total of 27 years, retiring in 1965.
Mr. Heaton, known as Jake, passed away in 1974. Mrs. Heaton, health failing, entered St. Vincents Nursing Home in Bismarck in 1977.
Ethel Heaton is survived by her sister Eloise, Mrs. Roy Townsend, of Keewaunee, Wisc., and by five children. They are Mary, Mrs. Wm. Gietzen of Glen Ullin, Russell of Mckenzie, Joanne, Mrs. Michael Willette of Delavan, Mn.,, Geneva, Mrs. Philip Kurtz of Bismarck, and Virginia, Mrs. Lloyd Benz of Steele. She also leaves 49 grandchildren and 41 great grandchildren.
May she rest in peace.
"Our mother loved poetry. It was both pleasure and prayer to her. When we were young, she sang songs and recited poetry to us while we worked, while we waited in the car, when we were bored, or sick, or couldn't sleep. She had a few lines of the great classics for every occasion ... the good times, the bad times, the funny times, and the worry times. She was mistress of the wry comment ... in verse. She loved Shakespeare. Lewis Carrol's Alice in Wonderland made her laugh until she had to sit on the kitchen stool and catch her breath. She knew lines and lines of Sir Walter Scott, Tennyson, Milton, and several Welsh and Scotch-Irish bards no one else ever heard of.
In her old age, with other faculties failing, her memory of lilting lines and a well-tuned phrase remained sharp and clear. This rich treasure was a comfort to her and the source of her remarkable patience and wit. It was as though her spirit, where prayer and poetry lingered, was indeed immortal, as her mind became unpredictable and her body was devastated by illness and the burden of years.
In saying our goodbye to her, we thank her for this gift, which cheered and enriched our lives and that of our Dad. Should there be any delay at the gates of heaven, no doubt she will sigh, and begin ...
'tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
creeps in this petty pace
from the last syllables of recorded time ...'"
Ethel Mary McKee was born on March 28, 1900 at Lidgerwood, ND to Chauncey and Mary Isabel McKee. She attended St. Mary's grade school, Bismarck High School, and graduated from Dickinson State Teachers College with a standard degree in elementary education. She later when on to earn a B.A. degree.
On June 29, 1924, Ethel McKee was married to Edwin Heaton [L. E. Heaton, JR] of Mckenzie. The next 50 years were spent on a farm in Mckenzie where they raised their five children. In 1942, she returned to teaching and taught for a total of 27 years, retiring in 1965.
Mr. Heaton, known as Jake, passed away in 1974. Mrs. Heaton, health failing, entered St. Vincents Nursing Home in Bismarck in 1977.
Ethel Heaton is survived by her sister Eloise, Mrs. Roy Townsend, of Keewaunee, Wisc., and by five children. They are Mary, Mrs. Wm. Gietzen of Glen Ullin, Russell of Mckenzie, Joanne, Mrs. Michael Willette of Delavan, Mn.,, Geneva, Mrs. Philip Kurtz of Bismarck, and Virginia, Mrs. Lloyd Benz of Steele. She also leaves 49 grandchildren and 41 great grandchildren.
May she rest in peace.
"Our mother loved poetry. It was both pleasure and prayer to her. When we were young, she sang songs and recited poetry to us while we worked, while we waited in the car, when we were bored, or sick, or couldn't sleep. She had a few lines of the great classics for every occasion ... the good times, the bad times, the funny times, and the worry times. She was mistress of the wry comment ... in verse. She loved Shakespeare. Lewis Carrol's Alice in Wonderland made her laugh until she had to sit on the kitchen stool and catch her breath. She knew lines and lines of Sir Walter Scott, Tennyson, Milton, and several Welsh and Scotch-Irish bards no one else ever heard of.
In her old age, with other faculties failing, her memory of lilting lines and a well-tuned phrase remained sharp and clear. This rich treasure was a comfort to her and the source of her remarkable patience and wit. It was as though her spirit, where prayer and poetry lingered, was indeed immortal, as her mind became unpredictable and her body was devastated by illness and the burden of years.
In saying our goodbye to her, we thank her for this gift, which cheered and enriched our lives and that of our Dad. Should there be any delay at the gates of heaven, no doubt she will sigh, and begin ...
'tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
creeps in this petty pace
from the last syllables of recorded time ...'"
From the funeral program for Ethel Heaton:
Ethel Mary McKee was born on March 28, 1900 at Lidgerwood, ND to Chauncey and Mary Isabel McKee. She attended St. Mary's grade school, Bismarck High School, and graduated from Dickinson State Teachers College with a standard degree in elementary education. She later when on to earn a B.A. degree.
On June 29, 1924, Ethel McKee was married to Edwin Heaton [L. E. Heaton, JR] of Mckenzie. The next 50 years were spent on a farm in Mckenzie where they raised their five children. In 1942, she returned to teaching and taught for a total of 27 years, retiring in 1965.
Mr. Heaton, known as Jake, passed away in 1974. Mrs. Heaton, health failing, entered St. Vincents Nursing Home in Bismarck in 1977.
Ethel Heaton is survived by her sister Eloise, Mrs. Roy Townsend, of Keewaunee, Wisc., and by five children. They are Mary, Mrs. Wm. Gietzen of Glen Ullin, Russell of Mckenzie, Joanne, Mrs. Michael Willette of Delavan, Mn.,, Geneva, Mrs. Philip Kurtz of Bismarck, and Virginia, Mrs. Lloyd Benz of Steele. She also leaves 49 grandchildren and 41 great grandchildren.
May she rest in peace.
"Our mother loved poetry. It was both pleasure and prayer to her. When we were young, she sang songs and recited poetry to us while we worked, while we waited in the car, when we were bored, or sick, or couldn't sleep. She had a few lines of the great classics for every occasion ... the good times, the bad times, the funny times, and the worry times. She was mistress of the wry comment ... in verse. She loved Shakespeare. Lewis Carrol's Alice in Wonderland made her laugh until she had to sit on the kitchen stool and catch her breath. She knew lines and lines of Sir Walter Scott, Tennyson, Milton, and several Welsh and Scotch-Irish bards no one else ever heard of.
In her old age, with other faculties failing, her memory of lilting lines and a well-tuned phrase remained sharp and clear. This rich treasure was a comfort to her and the source of her remarkable patience and wit. It was as though her spirit, where prayer and poetry lingered, was indeed immortal, as her mind became unpredictable and her body was devastated by illness and the burden of years.
In saying our goodbye to her, we thank her for this gift, which cheered and enriched our lives and that of our Dad. Should there be any delay at the gates of heaven, no doubt she will sigh, and begin ...
'tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
creeps in this petty pace
from the last syllables of recorded time ...'"
Ethel Mary McKee was born on March 28, 1900 at Lidgerwood, ND to Chauncey and Mary Isabel McKee. She attended St. Mary's grade school, Bismarck High School, and graduated from Dickinson State Teachers College with a standard degree in elementary education. She later when on to earn a B.A. degree.
On June 29, 1924, Ethel McKee was married to Edwin Heaton [L. E. Heaton, JR] of Mckenzie. The next 50 years were spent on a farm in Mckenzie where they raised their five children. In 1942, she returned to teaching and taught for a total of 27 years, retiring in 1965.
Mr. Heaton, known as Jake, passed away in 1974. Mrs. Heaton, health failing, entered St. Vincents Nursing Home in Bismarck in 1977.
Ethel Heaton is survived by her sister Eloise, Mrs. Roy Townsend, of Keewaunee, Wisc., and by five children. They are Mary, Mrs. Wm. Gietzen of Glen Ullin, Russell of Mckenzie, Joanne, Mrs. Michael Willette of Delavan, Mn.,, Geneva, Mrs. Philip Kurtz of Bismarck, and Virginia, Mrs. Lloyd Benz of Steele. She also leaves 49 grandchildren and 41 great grandchildren.
May she rest in peace.
"Our mother loved poetry. It was both pleasure and prayer to her. When we were young, she sang songs and recited poetry to us while we worked, while we waited in the car, when we were bored, or sick, or couldn't sleep. She had a few lines of the great classics for every occasion ... the good times, the bad times, the funny times, and the worry times. She was mistress of the wry comment ... in verse. She loved Shakespeare. Lewis Carrol's Alice in Wonderland made her laugh until she had to sit on the kitchen stool and catch her breath. She knew lines and lines of Sir Walter Scott, Tennyson, Milton, and several Welsh and Scotch-Irish bards no one else ever heard of.
In her old age, with other faculties failing, her memory of lilting lines and a well-tuned phrase remained sharp and clear. This rich treasure was a comfort to her and the source of her remarkable patience and wit. It was as though her spirit, where prayer and poetry lingered, was indeed immortal, as her mind became unpredictable and her body was devastated by illness and the burden of years.
In saying our goodbye to her, we thank her for this gift, which cheered and enriched our lives and that of our Dad. Should there be any delay at the gates of heaven, no doubt she will sigh, and begin ...
'tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
creeps in this petty pace
from the last syllables of recorded time ...'"
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