Gentry county Missouri, Obituaries: A. G. (Al) Heyde

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Submitted by: <dhr1953@hotmail.com> Don Raymond

The Stanberry Headlight; Thursday, November 6, 1952; Page 12:  A.  G.  (Al)
Heyde, a retired  Wabash  Railway  Co.  locomotive  engineer,  died  Sunday
afternoon at the Wabash hospital at Moberly, where he had  been  a  patient
for the past three weeks.

Heyde, a veteran of more than 50 years of railway  employment,  was  widely
known in railroad circles. With the exception of a short time, during which
he was employed by the Union Pacific at Green River, Colo., practically all
of the remainder of his railroad work was in  and  out  of  Stanberry.  His
first work for the Wabash was in the shops  here,  but  soon  he  became  a
fireman for the company and later a locomotive engineer.  He  retired  from
that position about four years ago.

He had been a member of Moila Shrine at St. Joseph since 1917. He was  also
a member of the Stanberry  Methodist  church  and  of  the  Brotherhood  of
Locomotive engineers.

The son of Maximillan and Sophia Heyde,  he  was  born  June  9,  1875,  in
Marion, O., and was 77 years old at the time of his death. The family  came
to Stanberry in February, 1893, and this city had remained  his  home  from
that time.

He was married to Miss Clara Sager on Mar. 15,  1900.  She  died  Nov.  21,
1923. He was married to Miss Velma Allen June 9, 1924, and one son by  this
marriage survives. He is Robert A. Heyde of Stanberry.

On Jan. 17, 1936, he was married to Miss Eleanor Slack  and  they  are  the
parents of two children, Suzanne and David, of the home.

In addition to the widow and the children, he  is  also  survived  by  five
brothers, Henry, of Byers, Colo.; Adolph, Denver, Colo.; Ed, of  the  state
of Michigan; William, Stanberry, and Godfred, King City; two sisters,  Miss
Pauline  Heyde  and  Mrs.  Frank  Thomas  both  of   Stanberry,   and   two
grandchildren.

The body was brought to the Phillips mortuary here, where funeral  services
were held Tuesday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. Chas. R.  Hagee.  Burial
was in High Ridge cemetery.