Individual Details
Irene Mathilda Heiken
(31 Jan 1913 - 14 Mar 1984)
School Teacher, attended Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, Iowa, taught in Iowa and Oregon. 1962 rec BA from Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR. Adopted two children, Dianne (Mrs. Rick Welsh) and Bryan.
List of Rural Teachers. (Aug, 23, 1934)
Castle Grove township—No. 1, Mae Hogan, Monticello; No. 2, Leone Belrrends, Monticello; No. 3, Minnie Husmann, Scotch Grove; No. 4, Zeola Burltnghnm, Monticello; No. 5, Augusta Eiben, Monticello; No. 6, Ella Rickels, Monticello; No. 8, Irene Heiken, Monticello; No. 9, .Olga Meier, Monticello
[Monticello (Iowa) Express, August 29th, 1935]
Miss Irene Heiken will teach a school near Ryan the coming year.
List of Rural Teachers. (Aug, 23, 1934)
Castle Grove township—No. 1, Mae Hogan, Monticello; No. 2, Leone Belrrends, Monticello; No. 3, Minnie Husmann, Scotch Grove; No. 4, Zeola Burltnghnm, Monticello; No. 5, Augusta Eiben, Monticello; No. 6, Ella Rickels, Monticello; No. 8, Irene Heiken, Monticello; No. 9, .Olga Meier, Monticello
[Monticello (Iowa) Express, August 29th, 1935]
Miss Irene Heiken will teach a school near Ryan the coming year.
Events
| Birth | 31 Jan 1913 | Castle Grove Township, Jones, Iowa, United States |  | ||
| Baptism | 2 Mar 1913 | SS Peter & Paul Lutheran Church, Castle Grove Township, Jones, Iowa, United States | |||
| Confirmation | 1928 | SS Peter & Paul Lutheran Church, Castle Grove Township, Jones, Iowa, United States | |||
| Graduation | 1931 | Monticello Public High School, Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States | |||
| Education | 1932 | Iowa State Teachers' College (Univ. of Northern Iowa) - Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States | |||
| Occupation | Bet 1933 and 1978 | School Teacher - Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Idaho & Oregon | |||
| Marriage | 3 Jun 1944 | St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States - Leonard Suchsland | | ||
| Degree | 1962 | BA - Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States | |||
| Death | 14 Mar 1984 | Milwaukie, Clackamas, Oregon, United States |  | | |
| Burial | 17 Mar 1984 | Oregon, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Leonard Suchsland (1921 - 1980) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Ihnke Albert Heiken (1871 - 1944) |
| Mother | Elise Katharina Margareta "Eliza, Elizabeth, Lizzie" Eiben (1880 - 1959) |
| Sibling | Marie Henritta "Hattie" Heiken (1899 - 1971) |
| Sibling | Christina Caroline Heiken (1901 - 1984) |
| Sibling | Emma Friederike Heiken (1903 - 1998) |
| Sibling | Ernest Hinrich Bernhard Heiken (1905 - 1982) |
| Sibling | Gerhard Louis "Lou" Heiken (1908 - 1975) |
| Sibling | Anna Clara Heiken (1910 - 1980) |
| Sibling | Harvey Johannes "Jim" Heiken (1915 - 2001) |
Notes
Death
Irene H. SuchslandA memorial service for Irene Heiken Suchsland, a retired Portland, Ore. teacher, was held at 11 a.m. at the Milwaukie Lutheran Church, Milwaukie, Ore., on Saturday, March 17. Mrs. Suchsland, 71, died March 14 at her Milwaukie home. Pastor L. Roholt officiated at the service.
Born in Castle Grove Township, Mrs. Suchsland was a 1931 graduate of Monticello High School and attended the University of Northern Iowa and taught in Iowa schools until her marriage to Leonard Suchsland in 1944.
In 1962 the family moved into the Portland, Ore., area where she obtained her bachelor's degree from Lewis and Clark College, Portland. She taught in the Portland school system for 11 years, retiring six years ago. Mr. Suchsland passed away in 1980.
She was a member of the Milwaukie Lutheran Church and the Milwaukie Senior Center, where she was supervisor of the Senior Companion Program and started the "Friendly Visitor" program.
Mrs. Suchsland is survived by a daughter, Dianne Welsh, Honolulu, Hawaii, a son, Bryan, Redwood, Calif., a brother, Harvey, Fresno, Calif., two sisters, Caroline Heiken and Emma Heiken, both of Monticello, and two grandsons.
Endnotes
1. "Iowa Births and Christenings, 1830-1950," index, FamilySearch , (https://familysearch.org: accessed 29 March 2014), Irene Matilda Heiken, 31 Jan 1913; citing , Castle Grove, Jones, Iowa, United States.
2. Husman, Jon, Family history on the Eibens, Heikens and Husmanns. (Emails Feb 2003).
3. "Irene H. Suchsland," Obituary, Monticello (Iowa) Express, 28 March 1984; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : 2/20/2012 ), Newspaper Digital Archives.