Individual Details

Death

[The Monticello Express, Monticello, Iowa, April 23, 1953, p. 7]

Edward J Heeren Buried Monday

Services were held from the St. John's Lutheran church Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock for Edward J. Heeren, whose demise came at St. Luke's hospital, Cedar Rapids, Friday, April 17. He had been a patient there five days. Interment was made at St. John's cemetery with the Rev. Theodore Rottmann officating.
Edward J. Heeren was born Aug. 12, 1880 at Monticello, the youngest son of Henry and Elizabeth Grumm Heeren. On November 5, 1902 he was united in marriage to Katherine Bauer, they celebrated their golden anniversary in 1952.
Mr. and Mrs. Heeren were the parents of four children. One son, Paul, preceded his father in death in 1924. Surviving are his wife, two sons, Joseph of Monticello and Henry of Hayward, Calif., and one daughter, Selma. Mrs. Walter Zurbler of Monticello. Also surviving are 8 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren; one brother, William R. Heeren, Platte, S. D., and one sister, Mrs. Mary Oltmanns of Bellevue, Neb.
Mr. and Mrs. Heeren farmed since their marriage until 1939 when they moved to their present home in Monticello. They were members of the St. John's Lutheran church and for a number of years Mr. Heeren held offices in the church.
Pallbearers included Lawrence, Albert, and Louis Heeren, Rudolph Oltmanns, and William and Ed Behrends. The Goettsch funeral home had charge of arrangements.