Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Heckman, Dorothy Anna 2014
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Tuesday, August 19, 2014


Dorothy Anna Heckman, our gracious mother, grandmother, great grandmother and 
great-great grandmother, age 103, passed away on Aug. 17, 2014, in St. Johns, 
Michigan, a long-time resident of Pewamo, Michigan.  She was born on May 27, 
1911, in Riley Township, Clinton County, Michigan, the daughter of John and 
Mary (Trierweiler) Schneider. 

She enjoyed playing cards, knitting & crocheting, cooking, crossword puzzles 
and reading.  She especially loved her grandchildren, great grandchildren and 
great-great grandchild.  She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and 
Altar Society of Pewamo. 

She was married to her loving husband, Joseph on May 31, 1934, who preceded her 
in death, as did her daughters, Marie (Lawrence Fernholz), Joann (Robert 
Ladiski), son Donald, and daughters-in-law, Ann (James) and Linda (Edward).  
Her brothers, Leonard (Regina), Herman (Mary), Richard (Marian), Joseph 
(Midge), Raymond (Jackie), Edwin (Florence), Harold (Marie), John (Bernice) and 
sister Loretta preceded her in death also.

Surviving are her sons and daughters, Jean (Louis) Schafer, John (Sherry), 
James (Ellen), Edward (Joan), Thomas, Theresa (Edward) Ladiski, Kenneth 
(Joyce), Joseph (Ruth) and sons-in-law, Lawrence (Maggie) Fernholz and Robert 
(Joann) Ladiski. Sisters-in-law, Midge (Joseph) Schneider and Bernice (John) 
Schneider also survive her.

She was the happy and proud grandmother of 32 grandchildren, 56 great 
grandchildren and one great-great grandchild and through extended families, 10 
additional grandchildren, 14 additional great grandchildren and one additional 
great-great grandchild.

Funeral Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 21, 
2014, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Pewamo with Rev. Fr. Larry King 
presiding, burial to follow at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Pewamo.  The 
family will receive friends from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m., with a rosary being prayed 
at 8 p.m., Wednesday at the George Chapel of Osgood Funeral Homes, 11112 W. 
Ionia St., Fowler.  The family is being served by the Osgood Funeral Homes. 


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