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Name: Zelma Heinig
[Zelma Harwood]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 77
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 21 May 1898
Birth Place: Indiana
Death Date: 3 Mar 1976
Death Place: Danville, Hendricks, Indiana, USA
Death Registration Date: 1976
Father: Cyrus D. Harwood
Mother: Julia Short
(Contributor: RDL #47303398)
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See Find-A-Grave Memorial #38573647 & #38573615 for 'Adoptive Parents'
See 1900 & 1910 U.S. Census and 1920 U.S. Census Records for Further Sources.
(Contributor RDL #47303398)
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1976 Hendricks County history (page 333):
Zelma (Harwood) Heinig was born near St. Paul, Indiana, on May 21, 1898. While she was still attending high school, her father died. Zelma and her mother moved to Danville, in Hendricks County, where Zelma attended high school, graduating in 1917. They resided in a large two-story house at 146 South Wayne Street where they rented rooms to students attending Central Normal College.
Zelma Harwood attended Central Normal College, then went to Indiana State Teachers College, now Indiana State University, at Terre Haute. It was here she met her future husband, Charles Heinig, who later became Hendricks County Surveyor, an office he held for several years.
Zelma Heinig was a teacher for 46 years in various Indiana schools, including Avon, Helmsburg, Whitestown and St. Berniece. She taught under a "blanket" license which covered teaching art, music, biology, English and home economics.
In 1946, Zelma began teaching in the Pittsboro Schools, where she continued until her retirement in 1967. She distinguished herself as a home economics teacher.
Zelma and Charles Heinig continued to live in the big white house on South Wayne Street in Danville until 1963 whey purchased a home on West Main Street in Pittsboro. She resided there after Charles' death until illness compelled her removal to a nursing home. Zelma died on March 3, 1976.
For 28 years, Zelma was a leader in 4-H youth activities in Middle Township and Hendricks County and received recognition from the Purdue University Extension Service for completing 20 years of service. She also received a plaque in honor of her 25 years of service.
Zelma was honored with a "This Is Your life" program on the occasion of her retirement when many leaders and former pupils joined in appreciation of her many years of dedicated teaching.
Zelma Heinig was a member of the Pittsboro United Methodist Church, the South Middle Homemakers Club, the Pittsboro Study Club, Birthday Club, Order of the Eastern Star, Chapter 586, Nashville, Indiana, the Indiana State Retired Teachers Association, the National Retired Teachers Association, and the Hendricks County Retired Teachers Association.
Zelma's teaching career encompassed two generations of students. She was admired and loved by adults and young people alike - a true representative of an unselfish and dedicated teacher.
(Contributed By: Wabash Valley Genealogy Society Cemetery Committee)