Obit: Heiman, Julia (1885 - 1960)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Heiman, Uhlenhake, Tangman, Gruber, Piper, Strachota, Holl, Wiltgen, Beckman, Schmidt, Hoppa, Turczyn, Patoha, O’Shaughnessy, Einch, Lechtenberg, Fieskoetler, Elsbernd, Thuente, Cremer, Hemesath, Huber, Reich, Bodensteiner, Hinker, Laken, Patterson, Eisenmann

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) September 29, 1960

Heiman, Julia (25 February 1885 - 24 September 1960)

Mrs. Henry Heiman, 75, Rt. 3, Neillsville, died Saturday in St. Mary’s Hospital, Rochester, Minn., of a heart attack following surgery.

A requiem high mass was read Tuesday morning from St. Mary’s Catholic Church. The Rev. Fr. Joseph Eisemann officiated.  Burial was made in the parish cemetery.

Mr. Heiman, the former Julia Uhlenhake, was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Uhlenhake. She was born February 25, 1885, in Festina, Ia., where she received her education.  On October 4, 1904, she was married to Henry Heiman. They lived on a farm near Austin, Ia., and moved to Clark County in 1919.  They farmed in the Town of Levis a few years before moving onto their farm in the Town of Weston. 

She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and its St. Anthony’s Circle of the Christian Mother’s Society.

She is survived by her husband and the following children: Mrs. Russell (Fredoline) Tangman, Waukesha; Edward Heiman, Phoenix, Ariz.; Mrs. Mike (Adelaide) Gruber, Warren, Ariz.; Mrs. M. C. (Eleanore) Piper, Duluth, Minn.; Mrs. l. P. (Rita) Strachota, Elm Grove; Mrs. Mel (Virginia) Holl, Milwaukee; and Francis Heiman, Neillsville.  Twenty grandchildren and three great-grandchildren also survive, as well as the following brothers and sisters: John Uhlenhake, and Mrs. Mary Wiltgen, of Ossian, Ia.; Clem Uhlenhake, Waterloo, Ia.; Mrs. Elizabeth Beckman, Chicago, Ill.; and Mrs. Sophia Heiman, Warsaw, Ind.

The Christian Mother’s Society held a rosary service Monday afternoon at 3 p.m. at the Bergemann Funeral Home, and a general Rosary service was said Monday evening at 8 p.m.

Pallbearers were: Arnold Hoppa, Andrew Turczyn and four grandsons: James Piper, Richard Schmidt, Jerry and Robert Strachota.

The Christian Mother’s Society attended the services in a group.

Out of town people here for the services were:  Mr. and Mrs. Russell Tangman, Waukesha; Mr. and Mrs. Mike Gruber, Warren, Ariz.; Mrs. M. C. Piper and Judy, and James Piper Duluth, Minn.; Fred Schmidt and family, Wind Lake; Mrs. L. P. Strachota and family, Elm Grove; Mr. and Mrs. Mel Holl and family, and Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Patoha, Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. John Uhlenhake, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Uhlenhake, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wiltgen, and Mrs. Delbert O’Shaughnessy, Ossian, Ia.; Mrs. Arthur Einch, Mr. and Mrs. Greg Lechtenberg, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lechtenberg, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Fieskoetler, and Mr. and Mrs. John Schmidt, Ossian, Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. Tony Heiman, Warsaw, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. Franki Beckman, Des Plaines, Ill.; Mrs. Alice Uhlenhake, Harpers Ferry, Ia.; Mrs. Linus Elsbernd, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Thuente, Mrs. Leander Cremer, and Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hemesath, Calmer, Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. Francis Wiltgen, and Mrs. Mary Wiltgen, Decorah, Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Huber and Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Reich, Lawler, Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. Bodensteiner, New Hampton, Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Hinker and family, Mrs. Frances Hinker and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Laken, Greenwood; and Kenneth Patterson, Pewaukee.