HESTON, Lorenzo R.

HESTON, CARMAN, LARSON, BRYAN, SMITH

Posted By: Joey Stark - Jefferson Co. Volunteer
Date: 3/20/2006 at 08:52:01

"Fairfield Ledger", Tues., June 6, 1944, Pg. 2, Col. 5

Lorenzo R. HESTON, prominent local business man and civic leader, died suddenly this morning in the University Hospital at Iowa City. Heart attack. A partner in the firm of Heston & Anderson, manufacturers of wood working machines, one of Fairfield's leading industries. The factory was established in 1921. Prior to the founding of this business, Mr. HESTON was a draftsman at the Louden Machinery Co....

Born Mar. 30, 1893, on a farm near Cross Lanes, son of Absalom and Emma CARMAN HESTON. Educated in the Cross Lanes and Fairfield schools. In 1912 he was employed at the local C.B. & Q. freight house, and in 1913 went to the Louden Machinery Co., where he learned drafting.

Married Oct. 10, 1917, Miss Ruth LARSON, who survives; also three children: Emma Lou, John L., and Mary Jane all at home; his mother, Mrs. Emma HESTON, Fairfield; one brother, Albert of Portland, Ore.; a half-brother, W.E. HESTON, Fairfield; and two half-sisters, Mrs. May BRYAN, Independence, Kansas, and Mrs. Pearl SMITH, Benedict, Minn.. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery.

[Also posted to the Jefferson County Obituaries board]

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s).