OBIT: James Samuel HEIST, 1995, Sipesville, Somerset County, PA
  
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  HEIST
  
    James Samuel Heist, 85, of Sipesville, died Feb. 2, 1995 at James Van
  Zandt V.A. Hospital, Altoona.  Born July 24, 1909, in St. Benedict, Pa. 
  Son of the late Saul Curtis and Annie (Kellock) Heist.  Also preceded in
  death by brothers: Saul C. Heist Jr., and Alexander Heist and one sister
  Merwilla Heist.  Survived by his wife, the former Verdamae Kimmel, to whom
  he was married for 65 years, and these children: Mrs. Harold W. (Germaine)
  Ankeny of Somerset; William L. Heist, married to the former Mary Maurer, of
  Nampa, Idaho and James G. Heist of Portland, Ore.; 10 grandchildren and 23
  great-grandchildren.  Brother of Mrs. Lillian McCliment of Livonia, Mich.,
  Mrs. Myrtle Suitt of Cheboygan, Mich., William Heist of Clawson, Mich.,
  Archie Heist of Redford, Mich., and Merwillis Heist of Sturgeon Bay, Wis. 
  Retired Chief Warrant Officer, U.S. Navy with 30 years of service, retiring
  in 1955.  Attended Somerset Twp. Schools and Submarine School in New London,
  Conn.  Member of Christ Casebeer Lutheran Church.  Life member of Three
  Rivers Chapter of the Submarine Veterans of WWII, VFW Post 2306 Beloit,
  Wis., Life Member of Retired Officers Association, and Life Member of Fleet
  Reserve Association.  Friends received from 2-4 and 7-9 Monday, at the
  Hauger-Zeigler Funeral Home, Somerset.  Services will be held Tuesday at 11
  a.m. in the Christ Casebeer Lutheran Church with the Rev. Dwight A. Huseman
  officiating.  Interment in Casebeer Cemetery.  Contributions may be made to
  Christ Casebeer Lutheran Church Somerset RD 2, Pa. 15501.
  
  Daily American, February 4, 1995
  
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