Individual Details

Walter Gordon Heffley

(16 Dec 1901 - 8 Dec 1943)

Walter Gordon Heffley was the Cleveland district manager of the Johnson Wax Co. for his final 3 years. He was affiliated with the company for 18 years. He worked in Detroit, Philadelphia, and Cleveland. He died of a heart attack suffered when attending a sales meeting in Cincinnati. He was 8 days from turning 42 years of age. 
Survivors: Wife, Bessie; son, Gordon, Jr.; daughters, Misses Gloria and Sally Sandra; father, George Heffley of Omaha; sisters Mrs. W.W.Key of West Bend, Wis.; Mrs. E.J.Zimmerman, Mrs. W.A.Lindahl, Mrs. A.E.Olderog, all of Omaha.
The body will lie in state at Heafey & Heafey, Farnam St. Chapel, Omaha, NE. Services at St. Margaret Mary's Church. Buriel at Holy Sepulchre in Omaha, NE.

Events

Birth16 Dec 1901Gretna, Sarpy County, Nebraska
Census (family)-shared22 Apr 1910(George Heffley and Elizabeth Gillespie) Forest, Sarpy County, Nebraska
Marriage5 May 1926Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska - Bessie June Wilson
Census (family)3 Apr 1930Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan - Bessie June Wilson
Census (family)22 Apr 1940Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania - Bessie June Wilson
Death8 Dec 1943Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Burial9 Dec 1943Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska

Families

SpouseBessie June Wilson (1904 - 1980)
ChildGordon Edward Heffley (1927 - 2001)
ChildGloria June Heffley (1929 - 1976)
ChildSally Sandra Heffley (1940 - )
FatherGeorge Heffley (1861 - )
MotherElizabeth Gillespie (1864 - )
SiblingRoy A. Heffley (1889 - )
SiblingMargaret Elizabeth Heffley (1890 - 1969)
SiblingGertrude Heffley (1893 - )
SiblingSarah Heffley (1895 - )
SiblingIrene Heffley (1898 - )

Notes

Census (family)-shared

George Heffley Head M 50 Ohio - Farmer
Lizzie Heffley Wife F 45 Nebraska
Roy A Heffley Son M 21 Nebraska - Telegraph operator, Railroad
Margaret Heffley Daughter F 19 Nebraska
Gertrude Heffley Daughter F 17 Nebraska
Sarah Heffley Daughter F 15 Nebraska
Irean Heffley Daughter F 12 Nebraska
Gordon Heffley Son M 8 Nebraska

Census (family)

W Gordon Heffley Head M27 Nebraska - Salesman
Bessie J Heffley Wife F25 Iowa
Gordon E Heffley Son M2 Nebraska
Gloria J Heffley Daughter F0 Michigan
Esther Tolonen Servant F18 Michigan

Census (family)

W Gordon Heffley Head M 39 Nebraska - Sales manager, wax manufacturer
Bessie J Heffley Wife F 35 Iowa
Gordon Heffley Son M 12 Nebraska
Gloria J Heffley Daughter F 10 Michigan
Sally S Heffley Daughter F 0 Pennsylvania
Vivian Dorsay Maid F 19 Massachusetts

Endnotes

1. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLH9-BZY : accessed 24 January 2017), Gordon Heffley in household of George Heffley, Forest, Sarpy, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 129, sheet 6A, family 115, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 854; FHL microfilm 1,374,867..

2. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X79R-8GB : accessed 24 January 2017), Bessie J Heffley in household of W Gordon Heffley, Detroit (Districts 1073-1094), Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1093, sheet 5A, line 12, family 34, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1050; FHL microfilm 2,340,785..

3. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQFF-3K4 : accessed 24 January 2017), Bessie J Heffley in household of W Gordon Heffley, Upper Darby Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 23-188, sheet 13A, line 2, family 251, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3497..

4. "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZY1-YJH : 8 December 2014), Walter Gordon Heffley, 08 Dec 1943; citing Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, reference fn 76465; FHL microfilm 2,024,186..

5. "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKBQ-359 : 8 December 2014), Walter Gordon Heffley, 08 Dec 1943; from "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing vol. , certificate number , Ohio Historical Society, Columbus; Ohio Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Columbus..

6. Find A Grave Memorial 178877420.