CLARK NV Archives Obituaries.....[HEATON, Edgar M. - 9/11/1923]
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 LAS VEGAS AGE - 9/22/1923

EDGAR M. HEATON, BROTHER OF J. M. HEATON, DIES IN INDIANA

Edgar M. Heaton, resident manager of the Fidelity and Casualty Company of 
New York died at his home in Indianapolis, September 11, following an illness 
of two weeks.  The cause of death was agina pectoris.

Mr. Heaton was born in Kentucky July 4, 1860 and when a child moved with 
his parents to Indianapolis, where he was educated.  When still a young man he 
went to Texas and was a cowpuncher in the Panhandle during the "cattle wars" of 
1880.  Returning to Indianapolis he became a divisional officer on the Pennsylvania 
railroad and was also stationed at Pigua, Ohio.  While here he enlisted in a volunteer
regiment and served during the Spanish-American war as a captain in the 3rd Ohio 
volunteer regiment.

Mr. Heaton has been connected with the insurance company since 1902.  For several 
years he represented the company at Piqua, Ohio.  He was made assistant general 
manager of the offices in Cleveland, O., in 1905 and three years later he came to 
Indianapolis as resident manager of the company.

Mr. Heaton was a member of Pentalphia Lodge, F. & A.M., the Scottish Rite, Knights 
Templar and Shrine.  He was a past exalted ruler of the Elks Lodge of Piqua and was 
a life member of the order.  He was also a stockholder in the Indianapolis Board of Trade.

"The death of Mr. Heaton cast a pall over the meeting of the Rotary club at the Claypool 
yesterday.  He was one of the oldest and most active members of the club and for several 
years had given an annual prize, a watch fob in the form of a Rotary wheel with a diamond 
in the hub, to the member having the best attendance record."  Speaking of the death of 
Mr. Heaton, Arch V. Grossman, president of the club, said:

"Rotary has suffered an irreparable loss in the death of Edgar Heaton.  "He profits most 
who serves best" was in truth his life's motto.  He could always be counted upon to render 
service no matter how humble it might be, and he did it cheerfully and willingly.  It was 
his characteristic also to be prompt at any task; he had no patience with time wasters.  He 
had a passion for helpfulness, indeed, when it came to serving the children.  He was especially 
interested in the helpless youth and fathered a Rotary plan to send underprivileged children 
to school.  No man has given more heartily of his sympathy and service to boys than Edgar Heaton.

"Mr. Heaton is survived by his widow, a daughter, Desiree Dorothy, 7 years old; a son, 
Allan Shcurmann Heaton, a retired lieutenant in the marine corps; a brother, J. Morton Heaton, 
now in Nevada, and two sisters, Mrs. Edward Schurmann and Miss Edna Heaton, both of 
Indianapolis".  - Indanapolis Star.