Individual Details

Death

Frances Heiken
Memorial services for Frances Heiken, 97, were held Friday, Sept. 25, at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello with burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Monticello. The Rev. Jay A. Miller officiated at the services. Frances Heiken of Monticello, and formerly of Marion, died Wednesday, Sept. 23 at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, following an extended illness. Frances Blythe Coyle was born May 7,1895 at Monticello, the daughter of Michael and Sarah Keith Coyle. She received her education in the Monticello schools, Lenox College, Hopkinton and at Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls. She then went on to teach in the Olin, Monticello, Hopkinton, Hawarden and Boone, Iowa schools. Frances Blythe Coyle and Carl Heiken were married July 27, 1947 in Denver, Colo. The couple made their home in Marion, where Carl worked as a salesman. In 1986, the couple moved to the Senior Home in Monticello. Carl preceded her in death on July 15,1986. She was a longtime member of the First Presbyterian Church, Marion. There are no immediate survivors. Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, 902 12th Street, Marion, IA, 52302.

Burial

Francis Blythe Coyle Heiken
May 7, 1895
September 23, 1992

Cedar Rapids - Francis Blythe Coyle Heiken, 97, formerly of Marion and a resident of the Monticello Nursing Home, died at Mercy Hospital, Wednesday, September 23, following a long illness. Services were held September 25 at the Goettsch Funeral Home in Monticello, with internment at Greenwood Cemetery, Monticello.
She is survived by a sister-in-law, and several nieces and nephews.
She was born to Mike and Sarah Keith Coyle, in Monticello. She studied at the Monticello schools, Lenox College, Hopkinton, Iowa and Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls. She taught in Olin, Monticello, Hopkinton, Hawarden and Boone.
She married Carl Heiken of Monticello in Denver, Colorado in 1947. They made their home in Marion until his death in 1986, when she became a resident of the Monticello Nursing Home.
Mrs. Heiken was a member of the Marion Garden Club and the First Presbyterian Church of Marion. Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church in Marion.
The Rev. Jay Miller of the First Presbyterian Church of Marion, officiated.