Frank J. Heaton,1868-1938

HEATON, SHRADER, ROBESON, BUSH, TUCKER, MCCAFFERTY, ANDREWS, WOOD, PIERCE, HICKS, SNETHEN

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Date: 3/24/2012 at 17:52:22

Adams County Free Press, Corning, Iowa
Monday, December 15, 1938, Page 20

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR FRANK HEATON
Lived in community 63 years
Sixty-three years in a community is a record of which to feel proud, and one which binds the memory of pioneers to the very heart of a community. Such was the record of Frank J. Heaton, whose gradual decline his family and friends have watched with anxiety the past few months. A trip to Omaha recently faled to offer any hope of relief and he came home a few weeks ago to be cared for in his own home untl the end. The kindness and devotion of family and friends has comforted his last days and the period of patience in suffering and cheerfulness in the face of death, was a fitting climax to a life well spent in a community which was always better for his influence and progressive because of his inspiration.
Frank J. son of O.R. and Annie E. Shrader Heaton, was born on January 25, 1868, near Bushnell, Illinois, the second eldest of a family of seven children. He passed away at his home in Brooks at 4:45 a.m. on December 9, 1938, aged 70 years, 10 months and 14 days. When he was three years of age, the family came to Iowa and settled on a farm near Iveyville where the family lived for many years and where a younger brother, Lew Heaton, still resides. When a young man he became affiliated with the Methodist Church at Iveyville and has held his membership in the Brooks- Iveyville charge since that time.
On March 18, 1891, he was united in marriage to Ara Adna Robeson and they located at New Market, Iowa, later returning to Iveyville one year, where he was employed in the Ben Ivey store. When the Ivey store was moved to Corning, Mr. and Mrs. Heaton also moved there, where he continued in his employment with Mr. Ivey. About the year 1896, O.R. Heaton opened an implement business in Corning and was assisted y both sons, Frank J. and W. Elmer for a number of years. After that Mr. Heaton was associated for a time with Jake Arthur in the real estate business.
During their residence at Corning their only child, Ivan M., was born. In the year of 1905, the family moved to Brooks, where Mr. Heaton engaged in the banking and insurance business, and this has been the family home since that time. Ara Adna Heaton passed away on August 28, 1926. On September 19th,1927, he was united in marriage to Eva R. Bush of the Stringtown vicinity.
He leaves to mourn his passing his wife, Eva R. Heaton; his son and daughter-in-law,Ivan M. and Wilma E. Heaton; two grandsons, Allen Lee and Henry Rae Heaton; two step daughters, Edith L. McCafferty and Bernice E. Tucker; and three step sons, Howard,Harold and Lowell Bush; also five step grandchildren; three brothers and one sister, namely, L.O. Heaton of Iveyville; W. Elmer of Council Bluffs; Granville O. of Corning; and Millie Andrews of Omaha; three step brothers, John Wood of California; James Wood of Colorado; and Charles Wood of near Nodaway; also nieces and nephews and other relatives and a host of friends who will miss him greatly. Preceding him in death were two sisters and one half sister, namely, Mrs. Florence Pierce, Mrs. Lulu Hicks and Mrs. Hazel Snethen.
He was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Corning since 1904 and for many years a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.
Funeral services were conducted in the Brooks Church Sunday afternoon by Rev. Z.M. Bressler. A quartet composed of Mrs. Harold Hefling, Mrs. Floyd Neill, Martin Taylor and Leon Rider brought two beautiful numbers, "Good Night and Good Morning" and " It is Well With My Soul" in song. Charles Chalmers sang "The Old Rugged Cross" as a solo. Mrs. Avery Lincoln acted as pianist . Pall bearers were D.T. Odell, C.O.Tucker, A.L. White, J.J. Spring, E.L. Stillinger and J.M. Mitchell. A group of young ladies from the Sunday School carried the beautiful floral offerings. Intermemt was made in the Prairie Rose Cemetery on the family lot.