D. HEILMAN, RESTAURANT COORDINATOR: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Miami Herald, The (FL) - Wednesday, March 7, 1990
A service will be today for Dorothy Heilman of Boca Raton, the former vice president of Heilman's Restaurants Inc. in Fort Lauderdale.
Mrs. Heilman died Monday at Boca Raton Community Hospital. She was 74.
She moved to Boca Raton 10 years ago from Fort Lauderdale, where she had lived since 1958 when her family opened the restaurant, at 1701 E. Sunrise Blvd.
As well as being vice president, she was coordinator and kitchen manager in the Fort Lauderdale restaurant.
Mrs. Heilman would often come out of the kitchen to speak with her husband, Hubert Heilman, who ran the corporation and also worked in the restaurant. Soon after opening the restaurant, he gave his wife some tips.
"She would come out of the kitchen to tell me something but she would look quite somber and concerned," Hubert Heilman said. "I told her not to look so somber and concerned because everyone knew who she was, and it would cast a pall over the atmosphere. I told her to look bouncy and self-assured.
"Only three days later, she came bouncing out of the kitchen with a big, big forced smile and said to me: 'The kitchen is on fire.' "
The fire was brought under control and the restaurant continued serving food, but from then on Mrs. Heilman would chide her husband about his failure to take his own advice.
"I was unable to hold the expression I told her have," he said. "My face must have fallen a foot."
The family also formerly owned two restaurants in Lorain, Ohio. The Fort Lauderdale restaurant was sold in December 1975, he said.
Mrs. Heilman graduated from Wooster College in Ohio and was a schoolteacher before marrying Hubert Heilman in 1941 and dedicating herself to raising a family.
Besides her husband, she is survived by a son, Robert L. Heilman of Gainesville; two daughters, Elizabeth Ann Heilman of Pompano Beach and Lynne Louise Fayo of Clover, S.C.; and seven grandsons.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. today at St. Gregory's Episcopal Church in Boca Raton. Burial will be at St. Gregory's Episcopal Church Columbarium.
DOROTHY HEILMAN, RAN FAMILY EATERIES: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) - Wednesday, March 7, 1990
DOROTHY HEILMAN, RAN FAMILY EATERIES
Dorothy Heilman, who was equally adept at raising children, herding sheep while wearing a cocktail dress or running the kitchen at the family's Fort Lauderdale restaurant, has died. She was 74.
Mrs. Heilman, who died on Monday at Boca Raton Community Hospital, was vice president and kitchen manager of Heilman's Restaurant, 1701 E. Sunrise Blvd., from 1958 until 1980.
The restaurant was a popular gathering place, offering ''classic country cooking'' and the Heilman family's special Back to the Farm fried chicken.
Mrs. Heilman was born in Detroit and raised in Lorain, Ohio, the daughter of Elizabeth Bevan and Edwin Christopher Lane, a meat wholesaler.
After graduating first in her high school class, she majored in English at Wooster College. She later taught junior high students in Ohio schools.
Forty-eight years ago, she married Hubert Heilman, the son of a restaurateur with two outlets in Lorain, and began rearing a family.
Living on a 42-acre farm, she raised four children, bred sheep, and raised, showed and imported St. Bernard dogs. The farm also was home to turkeys, ducks, chickens, horses, a variety of other dogs, raccoons, ponies and a couple of steer that eventually found themselves on the Heilman Restaurant menu.
''I remember once that she was going to a (American Association of University Women) party and all the sheep got out of their pen and started eating her flowers,'' her husband said. ''She was in a party dress but got out and herded them all back into the pen before we left.''
When Hubert Heilman left Ohio in 1958 to open his Fort Lauderdale restaurant, Mrs. Heilman ran the two Lorain outlets for a year, then moved her family south.
For the next 10 years, the family operated the three restaurants, with Mrs. Heilman managing the kitchen at the Sunrise Boulevard site.
''She was a doer, an idealist who lived up to her ideals. There was no pretense. She would say 'Here's the job, let's do it,''' her husband said. ''She was one of those people that accomplishes a lot but gets little credit.''
Tragedy struck in 1978 when a son, Ross Heilman, 32, died of cardiac failure while spearfishing in the Everglades. Ross Heilman, who used the stage name Ross Kananga, performed the crocodile stunts in the James Bond movie Live and Let Die and in Papillon.
Two years later, the Heilmans retired to Boca Raton. The restaurant's site has been converted into a state probation office.
In Boca Raton, Mrs. Heilman began painting with oils and water colors. Her work was exhibited locally, and Hubert Heilman said many paintings are displayed at their home.
''I never realized how much of a treasure they'd be,'' he said.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Heilman is survived by a son, Robert of Gainesville; two daughters, Elizabeth Ann Heilman of Pompano Beach and Lynne Louise Fayo of Clover, S.C.; and seven grandsons.
Services are at 11 a.m. today at St. Gregory's Episcopal Church in Boca Raton.
Miami Herald, The (FL) - Wednesday, March 7, 1990
A service will be today for Dorothy Heilman of Boca Raton, the former vice president of Heilman's Restaurants Inc. in Fort Lauderdale.
Mrs. Heilman died Monday at Boca Raton Community Hospital. She was 74.
She moved to Boca Raton 10 years ago from Fort Lauderdale, where she had lived since 1958 when her family opened the restaurant, at 1701 E. Sunrise Blvd.
As well as being vice president, she was coordinator and kitchen manager in the Fort Lauderdale restaurant.
Mrs. Heilman would often come out of the kitchen to speak with her husband, Hubert Heilman, who ran the corporation and also worked in the restaurant. Soon after opening the restaurant, he gave his wife some tips.
"She would come out of the kitchen to tell me something but she would look quite somber and concerned," Hubert Heilman said. "I told her not to look so somber and concerned because everyone knew who she was, and it would cast a pall over the atmosphere. I told her to look bouncy and self-assured.
"Only three days later, she came bouncing out of the kitchen with a big, big forced smile and said to me: 'The kitchen is on fire.' "
The fire was brought under control and the restaurant continued serving food, but from then on Mrs. Heilman would chide her husband about his failure to take his own advice.
"I was unable to hold the expression I told her have," he said. "My face must have fallen a foot."
The family also formerly owned two restaurants in Lorain, Ohio. The Fort Lauderdale restaurant was sold in December 1975, he said.
Mrs. Heilman graduated from Wooster College in Ohio and was a schoolteacher before marrying Hubert Heilman in 1941 and dedicating herself to raising a family.
Besides her husband, she is survived by a son, Robert L. Heilman of Gainesville; two daughters, Elizabeth Ann Heilman of Pompano Beach and Lynne Louise Fayo of Clover, S.C.; and seven grandsons.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. today at St. Gregory's Episcopal Church in Boca Raton. Burial will be at St. Gregory's Episcopal Church Columbarium.
DOROTHY HEILMAN, RAN FAMILY EATERIES: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) - Wednesday, March 7, 1990
DOROTHY HEILMAN, RAN FAMILY EATERIES
Dorothy Heilman, who was equally adept at raising children, herding sheep while wearing a cocktail dress or running the kitchen at the family's Fort Lauderdale restaurant, has died. She was 74.
Mrs. Heilman, who died on Monday at Boca Raton Community Hospital, was vice president and kitchen manager of Heilman's Restaurant, 1701 E. Sunrise Blvd., from 1958 until 1980.
The restaurant was a popular gathering place, offering ''classic country cooking'' and the Heilman family's special Back to the Farm fried chicken.
Mrs. Heilman was born in Detroit and raised in Lorain, Ohio, the daughter of Elizabeth Bevan and Edwin Christopher Lane, a meat wholesaler.
After graduating first in her high school class, she majored in English at Wooster College. She later taught junior high students in Ohio schools.
Forty-eight years ago, she married Hubert Heilman, the son of a restaurateur with two outlets in Lorain, and began rearing a family.
Living on a 42-acre farm, she raised four children, bred sheep, and raised, showed and imported St. Bernard dogs. The farm also was home to turkeys, ducks, chickens, horses, a variety of other dogs, raccoons, ponies and a couple of steer that eventually found themselves on the Heilman Restaurant menu.
''I remember once that she was going to a (American Association of University Women) party and all the sheep got out of their pen and started eating her flowers,'' her husband said. ''She was in a party dress but got out and herded them all back into the pen before we left.''
When Hubert Heilman left Ohio in 1958 to open his Fort Lauderdale restaurant, Mrs. Heilman ran the two Lorain outlets for a year, then moved her family south.
For the next 10 years, the family operated the three restaurants, with Mrs. Heilman managing the kitchen at the Sunrise Boulevard site.
''She was a doer, an idealist who lived up to her ideals. There was no pretense. She would say 'Here's the job, let's do it,''' her husband said. ''She was one of those people that accomplishes a lot but gets little credit.''
Tragedy struck in 1978 when a son, Ross Heilman, 32, died of cardiac failure while spearfishing in the Everglades. Ross Heilman, who used the stage name Ross Kananga, performed the crocodile stunts in the James Bond movie Live and Let Die and in Papillon.
Two years later, the Heilmans retired to Boca Raton. The restaurant's site has been converted into a state probation office.
In Boca Raton, Mrs. Heilman began painting with oils and water colors. Her work was exhibited locally, and Hubert Heilman said many paintings are displayed at their home.
''I never realized how much of a treasure they'd be,'' he said.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Heilman is survived by a son, Robert of Gainesville; two daughters, Elizabeth Ann Heilman of Pompano Beach and Lynne Louise Fayo of Clover, S.C.; and seven grandsons.
Services are at 11 a.m. today at St. Gregory's Episcopal Church in Boca Raton.
D. HEILMAN, RESTAURANT COORDINATOR: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Miami Herald, The (FL) - Wednesday, March 7, 1990
A service will be today for Dorothy Heilman of Boca Raton, the former vice president of Heilman's Restaurants Inc. in Fort Lauderdale.
Mrs. Heilman died Monday at Boca Raton Community Hospital. She was 74.
She moved to Boca Raton 10 years ago from Fort Lauderdale, where she had lived since 1958 when her family opened the restaurant, at 1701 E. Sunrise Blvd.
As well as being vice president, she was coordinator and kitchen manager in the Fort Lauderdale restaurant.
Mrs. Heilman would often come out of the kitchen to speak with her husband, Hubert Heilman, who ran the corporation and also worked in the restaurant. Soon after opening the restaurant, he gave his wife some tips.
"She would come out of the kitchen to tell me something but she would look quite somber and concerned," Hubert Heilman said. "I told her not to look so somber and concerned because everyone knew who she was, and it would cast a pall over the atmosphere. I told her to look bouncy and self-assured.
"Only three days later, she came bouncing out of the kitchen with a big, big forced smile and said to me: 'The kitchen is on fire.' "
The fire was brought under control and the restaurant continued serving food, but from then on Mrs. Heilman would chide her husband about his failure to take his own advice.
"I was unable to hold the expression I told her have," he said. "My face must have fallen a foot."
The family also formerly owned two restaurants in Lorain, Ohio. The Fort Lauderdale restaurant was sold in December 1975, he said.
Mrs. Heilman graduated from Wooster College in Ohio and was a schoolteacher before marrying Hubert Heilman in 1941 and dedicating herself to raising a family.
Besides her husband, she is survived by a son, Robert L. Heilman of Gainesville; two daughters, Elizabeth Ann Heilman of Pompano Beach and Lynne Louise Fayo of Clover, S.C.; and seven grandsons.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. today at St. Gregory's Episcopal Church in Boca Raton. Burial will be at St. Gregory's Episcopal Church Columbarium.
DOROTHY HEILMAN, RAN FAMILY EATERIES: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) - Wednesday, March 7, 1990
DOROTHY HEILMAN, RAN FAMILY EATERIES
Dorothy Heilman, who was equally adept at raising children, herding sheep while wearing a cocktail dress or running the kitchen at the family's Fort Lauderdale restaurant, has died. She was 74.
Mrs. Heilman, who died on Monday at Boca Raton Community Hospital, was vice president and kitchen manager of Heilman's Restaurant, 1701 E. Sunrise Blvd., from 1958 until 1980.
The restaurant was a popular gathering place, offering ''classic country cooking'' and the Heilman family's special Back to the Farm fried chicken.
Mrs. Heilman was born in Detroit and raised in Lorain, Ohio, the daughter of Elizabeth Bevan and Edwin Christopher Lane, a meat wholesaler.
After graduating first in her high school class, she majored in English at Wooster College. She later taught junior high students in Ohio schools.
Forty-eight years ago, she married Hubert Heilman, the son of a restaurateur with two outlets in Lorain, and began rearing a family.
Living on a 42-acre farm, she raised four children, bred sheep, and raised, showed and imported St. Bernard dogs. The farm also was home to turkeys, ducks, chickens, horses, a variety of other dogs, raccoons, ponies and a couple of steer that eventually found themselves on the Heilman Restaurant menu.
''I remember once that she was going to a (American Association of University Women) party and all the sheep got out of their pen and started eating her flowers,'' her husband said. ''She was in a party dress but got out and herded them all back into the pen before we left.''
When Hubert Heilman left Ohio in 1958 to open his Fort Lauderdale restaurant, Mrs. Heilman ran the two Lorain outlets for a year, then moved her family south.
For the next 10 years, the family operated the three restaurants, with Mrs. Heilman managing the kitchen at the Sunrise Boulevard site.
''She was a doer, an idealist who lived up to her ideals. There was no pretense. She would say 'Here's the job, let's do it,''' her husband said. ''She was one of those people that accomplishes a lot but gets little credit.''
Tragedy struck in 1978 when a son, Ross Heilman, 32, died of cardiac failure while spearfishing in the Everglades. Ross Heilman, who used the stage name Ross Kananga, performed the crocodile stunts in the James Bond movie Live and Let Die and in Papillon.
Two years later, the Heilmans retired to Boca Raton. The restaurant's site has been converted into a state probation office.
In Boca Raton, Mrs. Heilman began painting with oils and water colors. Her work was exhibited locally, and Hubert Heilman said many paintings are displayed at their home.
''I never realized how much of a treasure they'd be,'' he said.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Heilman is survived by a son, Robert of Gainesville; two daughters, Elizabeth Ann Heilman of Pompano Beach and Lynne Louise Fayo of Clover, S.C.; and seven grandsons.
Services are at 11 a.m. today at St. Gregory's Episcopal Church in Boca Raton.
Miami Herald, The (FL) - Wednesday, March 7, 1990
A service will be today for Dorothy Heilman of Boca Raton, the former vice president of Heilman's Restaurants Inc. in Fort Lauderdale.
Mrs. Heilman died Monday at Boca Raton Community Hospital. She was 74.
She moved to Boca Raton 10 years ago from Fort Lauderdale, where she had lived since 1958 when her family opened the restaurant, at 1701 E. Sunrise Blvd.
As well as being vice president, she was coordinator and kitchen manager in the Fort Lauderdale restaurant.
Mrs. Heilman would often come out of the kitchen to speak with her husband, Hubert Heilman, who ran the corporation and also worked in the restaurant. Soon after opening the restaurant, he gave his wife some tips.
"She would come out of the kitchen to tell me something but she would look quite somber and concerned," Hubert Heilman said. "I told her not to look so somber and concerned because everyone knew who she was, and it would cast a pall over the atmosphere. I told her to look bouncy and self-assured.
"Only three days later, she came bouncing out of the kitchen with a big, big forced smile and said to me: 'The kitchen is on fire.' "
The fire was brought under control and the restaurant continued serving food, but from then on Mrs. Heilman would chide her husband about his failure to take his own advice.
"I was unable to hold the expression I told her have," he said. "My face must have fallen a foot."
The family also formerly owned two restaurants in Lorain, Ohio. The Fort Lauderdale restaurant was sold in December 1975, he said.
Mrs. Heilman graduated from Wooster College in Ohio and was a schoolteacher before marrying Hubert Heilman in 1941 and dedicating herself to raising a family.
Besides her husband, she is survived by a son, Robert L. Heilman of Gainesville; two daughters, Elizabeth Ann Heilman of Pompano Beach and Lynne Louise Fayo of Clover, S.C.; and seven grandsons.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. today at St. Gregory's Episcopal Church in Boca Raton. Burial will be at St. Gregory's Episcopal Church Columbarium.
DOROTHY HEILMAN, RAN FAMILY EATERIES: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) - Wednesday, March 7, 1990
DOROTHY HEILMAN, RAN FAMILY EATERIES
Dorothy Heilman, who was equally adept at raising children, herding sheep while wearing a cocktail dress or running the kitchen at the family's Fort Lauderdale restaurant, has died. She was 74.
Mrs. Heilman, who died on Monday at Boca Raton Community Hospital, was vice president and kitchen manager of Heilman's Restaurant, 1701 E. Sunrise Blvd., from 1958 until 1980.
The restaurant was a popular gathering place, offering ''classic country cooking'' and the Heilman family's special Back to the Farm fried chicken.
Mrs. Heilman was born in Detroit and raised in Lorain, Ohio, the daughter of Elizabeth Bevan and Edwin Christopher Lane, a meat wholesaler.
After graduating first in her high school class, she majored in English at Wooster College. She later taught junior high students in Ohio schools.
Forty-eight years ago, she married Hubert Heilman, the son of a restaurateur with two outlets in Lorain, and began rearing a family.
Living on a 42-acre farm, she raised four children, bred sheep, and raised, showed and imported St. Bernard dogs. The farm also was home to turkeys, ducks, chickens, horses, a variety of other dogs, raccoons, ponies and a couple of steer that eventually found themselves on the Heilman Restaurant menu.
''I remember once that she was going to a (American Association of University Women) party and all the sheep got out of their pen and started eating her flowers,'' her husband said. ''She was in a party dress but got out and herded them all back into the pen before we left.''
When Hubert Heilman left Ohio in 1958 to open his Fort Lauderdale restaurant, Mrs. Heilman ran the two Lorain outlets for a year, then moved her family south.
For the next 10 years, the family operated the three restaurants, with Mrs. Heilman managing the kitchen at the Sunrise Boulevard site.
''She was a doer, an idealist who lived up to her ideals. There was no pretense. She would say 'Here's the job, let's do it,''' her husband said. ''She was one of those people that accomplishes a lot but gets little credit.''
Tragedy struck in 1978 when a son, Ross Heilman, 32, died of cardiac failure while spearfishing in the Everglades. Ross Heilman, who used the stage name Ross Kananga, performed the crocodile stunts in the James Bond movie Live and Let Die and in Papillon.
Two years later, the Heilmans retired to Boca Raton. The restaurant's site has been converted into a state probation office.
In Boca Raton, Mrs. Heilman began painting with oils and water colors. Her work was exhibited locally, and Hubert Heilman said many paintings are displayed at their home.
''I never realized how much of a treasure they'd be,'' he said.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Heilman is survived by a son, Robert of Gainesville; two daughters, Elizabeth Ann Heilman of Pompano Beach and Lynne Louise Fayo of Clover, S.C.; and seven grandsons.
Services are at 11 a.m. today at St. Gregory's Episcopal Church in Boca Raton.
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