Edward William Heintz (1907-1950)

HEINTZ, HANSON, ODONNELL, FITZGERALD, REA, ELSON, SCHOPP, NIELO, LOMAX, MERTZ, UPSTILL

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 5/17/2021 at 16:53:11

From Nevada Evening Journal March 16, 1950 (page 3)

Edward W. Heintz Laid to Rest On Tuesday Morning

St. Patrick's Catholic church in Nevada was filled to capacity Tuesday morning at 9:30 with sorrowing relatives and friends in attendance at the last rites for Edward W. Heintz, 42, beloved husband and father, who passed away at his home, 136 J avenue Saturday morning following a period of ill health which necessitated his leaving the farm and moving into Nevada November, 1948.

The Reverend Vern F. Cross officiated at the requiem mass and preached and funeral sermon in which he paid a fine tribute to the life of the deceased and brought spiritual words of comfort to the bereaved family.

The requiem mas was sung by a choir composed of Mrs. Lester Meimann, Mrs. Ernie Thoreson, Mrs. Reis Prati and Miss Helen Plavets.

Thirty-five members of the Nevada-Colo Council of Knights of Columbus attended in a body and served as honorary pall bearers.

The active pall bearers were nephews of the deceased: Don Fitzgerald, Gene Heintz, Marion Heintz, Merrill Heintz, Wayne Heintz and John O'Donnell.

Burial was in the Nevada Catholic cemetery.

Rosary Services

On Monday evening two rosary services were held at the Ryan Funeral Home where the body was lying in state, the one by the Knights of Columbus and the other attended by the St. Patrick's congregation.

The casket was surrounded by a very large number of beautiful floral offerings, an many spiritual bouquets were given, showing the very high esteem in which the deceased was held in the community in which he had practically lived his entire life.

Obituary

Edward W. Heintz was born Dec. 27, 1907 in McLean Co., Ill., the son of John and Mary Heintz. He had lived the most of his life in and near Nevada having come to Story county with his parents when one year of age. The family lived for a year near Ames when Mr. Heintz bought the farm north of Nevada which was home until 1920 when they went to Marshalltown for two year. They returned to the farm and it was while living here Edward attended and graduated from the Nevada high school with the class of 1926. When living in Marshalltown he attended St. Mary's high school. He attended Iowa State College following his high school graduation.

He was united in marriage with Minnie Hanson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Hanson of Nevada, on Dec. 18, 1929 and to this union were born five children, Ronald 17, Helen 15, Adrian 13, David Samuel 12, and Lois Ann, age six, who with the wife and mother survive him.

Mr. Heintz was engaged in farming until poor health caused him to retire and move to town Nov. 1948.

His death, which occurred March 11, brought great sorrow to his family, his other relatives and his many friends.

Besides the wife and five children he is survived by four brothers and three sisters: Minnie, Mrs. Roy F. O'Donnell of Colo, Lew F. Heintz, Nevada, Mrs. Marguerite Fitzgerald, Nevada, Harold of Cambridge, George and Fred of Colo and Mrs. Ann Rea of La Grange, Ill. He also leaves other relatives and hosts of friends. He is also survived by his wife's mother, Mrs. S. S. Hanson, who had been like a mother to him. He was preceded in death by his mother, July 1936, and his father, June 1941.

Relatives from Distance

Relatives here from a distance were his uncle, Joe Elson, his aunt, Mrs. Mary Schopp and cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Elson and Mrs. Harold Nielo, all of Chenoa, Ill.; Mrs. Margaret Lomax, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hanson of Des Moines; Mr. and Mrs. Newell Mertz of Ames and Mrs. Harold Upstill of Gilbert.

Other relatives and friends were present from Des Moines, Boone, Ames, Cambridge, Colo, Gilbert, Collins and many others from around Story county.