Published in the Rochester(IN) News-Sentinel, Friday, October 14, 1955
Henry Shelton HECKATHORN, 83, retired farmer of Macy, died at 6:15 a.m. today at his home. He had been seriously ill for three months. He had resided in Macy and vicinity his entire life. The son of Phillip and Mary (SWARTZLANDER) HECKATHORN, he was born Oct. 22 1871, at Deedsville. He was wed to Cora Edith HARTMAN March 30, 1893. The couple observed their 62nd wedding anniversary this year. Mr. Heckathorn was a member of the Macy Methodist church and the Miami County Farm Bureau. Surviving are his wife, at home; and the following children: Mrs. Alta EYTCHESON, Fulton; Mrs. Edna PRATT and Mrs. Goldie BAKER, both of Macy; Kerch [HECKATHORN], Nyona Lake; Lester and Kenneth [HECKATHORN], both of Fulton; twelve grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren. A brother, Milton [HECKATHORN], of Peru, also survives. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. CST Sunday at the Macy Methodist church. The Rev. Doyle PAVEY will officiate. Burial will be in the Macy Plainview cemetery. Friends may call at the residence after 1 p.m. Saturday and at the church an hour prior to the services.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1955 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Henry Shelton HECKATHORN, 83, retired farmer of Macy, died at 6:15 a.m. today at his home. He had been seriously ill for three months. He had resided in Macy and vicinity his entire life. The son of Phillip and Mary (SWARTZLANDER) HECKATHORN, he was born Oct. 22 1871, at Deedsville. He was wed to Cora Edith HARTMAN March 30, 1893. The couple observed their 62nd wedding anniversary this year. Mr. Heckathorn was a member of the Macy Methodist church and the Miami County Farm Bureau. Surviving are his wife, at home; and the following children: Mrs. Alta EYTCHESON, Fulton; Mrs. Edna PRATT and Mrs. Goldie BAKER, both of Macy; Kerch [HECKATHORN], Nyona Lake; Lester and Kenneth [HECKATHORN], both of Fulton; twelve grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren. A brother, Milton [HECKATHORN], of Peru, also survives. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. CST Sunday at the Macy Methodist church. The Rev. Doyle PAVEY will officiate. Burial will be in the Macy Plainview cemetery. Friends may call at the residence after 1 p.m. Saturday and at the church an hour prior to the services.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1955 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Published in the Rochester(IN) News-Sentinel, Friday, October 14, 1955
Henry Shelton HECKATHORN, 83, retired farmer of Macy, died at 6:15 a.m. today at his home. He had been seriously ill for three months. He had resided in Macy and vicinity his entire life. The son of Phillip and Mary (SWARTZLANDER) HECKATHORN, he was born Oct. 22 1871, at Deedsville. He was wed to Cora Edith HARTMAN March 30, 1893. The couple observed their 62nd wedding anniversary this year. Mr. Heckathorn was a member of the Macy Methodist church and the Miami County Farm Bureau. Surviving are his wife, at home; and the following children: Mrs. Alta EYTCHESON, Fulton; Mrs. Edna PRATT and Mrs. Goldie BAKER, both of Macy; Kerch [HECKATHORN], Nyona Lake; Lester and Kenneth [HECKATHORN], both of Fulton; twelve grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren. A brother, Milton [HECKATHORN], of Peru, also survives. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. CST Sunday at the Macy Methodist church. The Rev. Doyle PAVEY will officiate. Burial will be in the Macy Plainview cemetery. Friends may call at the residence after 1 p.m. Saturday and at the church an hour prior to the services.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1955 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Henry Shelton HECKATHORN, 83, retired farmer of Macy, died at 6:15 a.m. today at his home. He had been seriously ill for three months. He had resided in Macy and vicinity his entire life. The son of Phillip and Mary (SWARTZLANDER) HECKATHORN, he was born Oct. 22 1871, at Deedsville. He was wed to Cora Edith HARTMAN March 30, 1893. The couple observed their 62nd wedding anniversary this year. Mr. Heckathorn was a member of the Macy Methodist church and the Miami County Farm Bureau. Surviving are his wife, at home; and the following children: Mrs. Alta EYTCHESON, Fulton; Mrs. Edna PRATT and Mrs. Goldie BAKER, both of Macy; Kerch [HECKATHORN], Nyona Lake; Lester and Kenneth [HECKATHORN], both of Fulton; twelve grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren. A brother, Milton [HECKATHORN], of Peru, also survives. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. CST Sunday at the Macy Methodist church. The Rev. Doyle PAVEY will officiate. Burial will be in the Macy Plainview cemetery. Friends may call at the residence after 1 p.m. Saturday and at the church an hour prior to the services.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1955 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
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