Herman Heesch

HEESCH, KEEBLER

Posted By: Rebecca Foster (email)
Date: 7/7/2014 at 15:12:41

HEESCH,
Ex-Realty Man, Dies

Herman Heesch, 96, formerly engaged in the real estate business with the firm of Heesch, Carstens & Tallman, died at 5:45 a.m. Tuesday in the Forest Park Nursing Home after an extended illness. He formerly resided at 224 E. 6th St., Davenport.

He was born July 4, 1860, in Davenport and had been a life resident of the city. He married Mary Whiteson. Later he married Mary Lund. She died in 1947. He was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church; Trinity Lodge, No. 208, AF & AM; Zarephath Consistory; Mohassan Grotto; the White Shrine of Jerusalem and the Order of the Eastern Star, Chapter No. 178.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Veda Keebler, of Pasadena, Calif.; two sons, Alva, of Davenport, and Raymond, of Sioux City; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a brother and a sister.

Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. in the Hill & Fredericks Chapel. Burial will be in Oakdale Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 1 p.m. today.