Individual Details

Census

John McDonald Hospital
Heiken, Clara A, Student, FW, 19, IA IA IA, Student Nurse - Hospital.
(Clara is among 11 students under superintendant Mabel Flockhart and 3 RN's)

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Heiken, Clara A (b: 1911*) Household: Ackerman, Earnest (b: 1882*) Ackerman, Nettie (b: 1884*) Flockhart, Mabel J (b: 1902*) Lillian, Byrely (b: 1897*)

Marriage

The Monticello (Iowa) Express, December 29, 1932

Rhatigan-Heiken Wedding Announced

News of the marriage of Sam C. Rhatigan to Clara A. Heiken, June 24, 1932, came as a decided surprise to their many friends in Monticello this week. It seems that these young people drove to Galena, Illinois last June, where they were quietly married. Both Mr. and Mrs. Rhatigan are graduates of the Monticello high school. The former is an employee of the the Monticello post office, while Mrs. Rhatigan is a registered nurse and has been in the employ of the John McDonald hospital as a floor nurse for some time. These young people expect to make their home in Monticello.

Census (family)

Head Sam Rhatigan M 29 Iowa
Wife Clara Rhatigan F 29 Iowa
Son Robert Rhatigan M 7 Iowa
Father Thomas Rhatigan M 74 Iowa

Death

CLARA A. RHATIGAN

412 South Maple St., Monticello, Iowa

Mrs. Clara A. Rhatigan, age 69, died suddenly in the John McDonald Hospital, Monticello, Iowa, Saturday afternoon, March 22, 1980.
Clara Ann Heiken was born near Monticello, Iowa, June 15, 1910 the daughter of Inke Albert Heiken and his wife Elise Eiben Heiken. She received her early education in the rural schools of Jones County and was a 1928 graduate of the Monticello High School. She then received her professional education as a nurse through the John McDonald Hospital. Since then she had been employed by the hospital until her retirement.
Clara Heiken and Sam C. Rhatigan were married June 24, 1932 and the couple have always lived in Monticello. She was a member of the First United Presbyterian Church, Monticello, Iowa.
She is survived by her husband, two sons Robert E. Rhatigan, Albuquerque, New Mexico and John C. Rhatigan Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a daughter Cheryl, Mrs. Fred Hull, Kalona, Iowa, eight grandchildren and a great grandson. She is also survived by three sisters, Miss Caroline Heiken, Miss Emma Heiken, both of Monticello, Iowa, and Mrs. Irene Suchsland, Portland, Oregon, two brothers, Ernest Heiken of Manchester, Iowa and Harvey Heiken of Fresno, California. She was preceded in death by two daughters, her parents, a sister and a brother.
Funeral services were held at eleven o'clock, Tuesday morning at the First United Presbyterian Church and interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Monticello, Iowa. Rev. W. Willis Longer officiated at the services. The casket bearers were Roger Benedict, John Shover, William Brokens, Orlando Null, Bernard Edwards and Fredrick Hanken.