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Note: OBITUARY: Howard D. Heckman, Sr. OBITUARY: JASPER--Howard D. Heckman, Sr., 98, died shortly after arrival at St.
James Mercy Hospital in Hornell on Wednesdsay [sic] (Dec. 25, 1996. OBITUARY: He was born Nov. 25, 1898, in Jasper and was the son of Seymour D. and Jennie McMindes Heckman. On Nov. 24, 1924, in the town of Woodhull he married Ruth E. Grist who died May 31, 1994.
OBITUARY: Howard was a dairy farmer in the town of Jasper where he had lived since 1917. He was a member of the United Church of Jasper; a member and Past Master of Robinson Lodge #895 F&A.M. of Jasper; served as Supervisor of the town of Jasper for 10 years from 1954 until 1964; was a former member of the Jasper Grange; had been a member of the Jasper School Board of Education for 5 years where he served as president and was a former member of the Board of Directors of the Addison Milk Producers Co-op. He was also a Jasper Central School bus driver for several years.
OBITUARY: He is survived by four sons, George (Shirley) Heckman of North Port, Fla., James (Barbara) Heckman and Howard (Carolyn) Heckman, Jr., all of Jasper and Seymour (Paddy) Heckman of Greenwood; two brothers Lawrence Heckman of of Camas, Wash. and Lyle (Cora) Heckman of Canisteo; two sisters, Blanche Foster and Maude McCraig both of Jasper; 15 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
OBITUARY: the family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the H.P. Smith and Son, Inc. Funeral Home in Canisteo where there will be a masonic Memorial Service at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday. Funeral and Committal services will be held at the funeral home on Sunday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Mary Richardson officiating and burial will be in Jasper Cemetery, Jasper, N.Y.
OBITUARY: Memorials in the name of Howard D. Heckman, Sr. may be made to the Jasper Ambulance Corps. c/o Judy Friends, Jasper, N.Y. 14855.
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