HEIMER, Melvin P. 1926-2004

HEIMER, GOERGEN, BROWN

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/21/2009 at 14:20:08

MELVIN P. HEIMER

STACYVILLE, IOWA — Melvin P. Heimer, 78, of Stacyville, died Thursday (Nov. 25, 2004) at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Minnesoita.

Melvin was born Sept. 29, 1926, on the family farm near Stacyville, the son of Anton and Julia (Goergen) Heimer. He attended grade school at Johnsburg and graduated from Visitation High School in Stacyville. He entered the U.S. Army and served in the Philippines and the occupation of Japan.

Melvin was united in marriage to Shirley Brown on Sept. 8, 1948, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Osage. They farmed 2 ½ miles north of Stacyville until retiring in 1991 and moving to Stacyville. He was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church at Johnsburg, the Catholic Order of Foresters and the Stacyville American Legion Post 569.

Memorial Mass will be 10 a.m. Saturday at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Johnsburg, Minn, with the Rev. James Seitz officiating. There will be no visitation. Inurnment will be in St. John’s Catholic Cemetery in Johnsburg.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage, in charge of arrangements.

He is survived by his wife, Shirley of Stacyville; one daughter, Mary (Dennis) Hanson of St. Ansgar; four sons, Tom (Sandra) Heimer of Forest City, Jim (Tess Sierzant) Heimer of Minne-apolis, Minn., Larry D. (Theresa Becker) Heimer of St. Ansgar, and Mark (Penny) Heimer of Stacyville; two sisters, Betty (Roger) Walsh of Austin, Minn., and Mary M. (Ben) Thome of Adams, Minn.; three brothers, Robert (Agnes) Heimer of Osage, Herbert (Jeanette) Heimer of Minneapolis, Minn., and Dennis (Karen) Heimer of Mazeppa, Minn.; 10 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Hazel Heimer; and brother-in-law, Harry Hemann.

He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant son, Michael Heimer; a sister, Helen Hemann; and two brothers, William and Clem Heimer.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, (641) 732-3706.

[Mason City Globe Gazette - Nov. 25, 2004]