Irene Heckman

Obituaries

July 26, 2012 - 12:00 AM

Iolan Irene Rose Heckman, 94, died Wednesday, July 25, 2012. 

She was born Jan. 4, 1918, in Catoosa, Okla., the daughter of Willis Grant Black and Elizabeth Marie (McClellan) Black. 

She moved to Kansas as a young lady and married Charles Elmo Heckman July 19, 1940, in Sterling. 

Her work career included stints as a waitress, bus driver, at the Key overall factory in Fort Scott, telephone operator, grocery manager, cook and clerk before, during and after her husband served in World War II.

The Heckmans lived in Uniontown, Bronson and Moran before settling at Fountain Villa Residential Care Center in Iola in 1997.

She was a member of the Moran United Methodist Church and a member and past president of the Moran American Legion Auxiliary, Jones-Hardy Post No. 385. She organized the Moran Girl Scouts, serving as leader for seven years. Irene also was a member of the Ladies Letter Carriers Auxiliary. 

Her husband of 61 years died on Sept. 25, 2001. She also was preceded in death by two sisters, Grace Griggs and Rachel Daniels, and a brother, Scott Black.

Irene is survived by her daughter, Meredith Rogers; two grandsons, Mike D. Rogers and Diane Greenawalt and Chuck Rogers and Susie McKarnin; and great-grandchildren, Kane Rogers, Kole Rogers, Charles Rogers and Darius Greenawalt.

Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday at the Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, Moran. The family will greet friends following the service. Irene will be cremated following the funeral and laid to rest at the Fort Scott National Cemetery at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to the Lions Eye Research Foundation and sent in care of the funeral home, 344 N. Cedar, Moran, KS 66755. 

Condolences may be left at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.


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