Published in The Rochester News-Sentinel
Monday, February 8, 1954
Dorwin Heeter
[Dorwin D.] HEETER, 53, well-known mechanic of Rochester and Athens, died of a self-inflicted wound in his right wrist sometime late Sunday at his room in Hertha GRAEBER'S Rooming House, 716 Madison street, this city.
His body was found around 10:30 a.m. this morning. Coroner Dr. D. K. STINSON, pronounced death was caused from a self-inflicted wound, a screw driver being used to puncture an artery in his wrist. Mr. Heeter had been in failing health for the past few months and despondency is believed to have caused him to take his life.
He was born on July 16, 1900, on a farm northeast of Athens to Warren and Mary HEETER. He was married to Edythe CLEVENGER in 1921. For several years Mr. Heeter owned and operated a garage and repair shop in Athens and more recently was employed as a mechanic by the Deeds Equipment Company of this city.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Edythe HEETER, Rochester; five daughters, Mrs. Wayne ATKINSON, Mrs. Robert LANE, Mrs. Marjory HOUSE, Mrs. William SAYGERS, all of Rochester, Mrs. Rex GROVES, of Kentucky; three sons, [Dorwin] HEETER, Jr., Dotham, Ala; Charles and Alan HEETER, at home; three sisters, Mrs. Elva HUTCHINSON, Athens, Mrs. Clarence ADAMSON, Detroit, and Mrs. Ellis RILEY, Athens.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later. The body was taken to the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1954
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Monday, February 8, 1954
Dorwin Heeter
[Dorwin D.] HEETER, 53, well-known mechanic of Rochester and Athens, died of a self-inflicted wound in his right wrist sometime late Sunday at his room in Hertha GRAEBER'S Rooming House, 716 Madison street, this city.
His body was found around 10:30 a.m. this morning. Coroner Dr. D. K. STINSON, pronounced death was caused from a self-inflicted wound, a screw driver being used to puncture an artery in his wrist. Mr. Heeter had been in failing health for the past few months and despondency is believed to have caused him to take his life.
He was born on July 16, 1900, on a farm northeast of Athens to Warren and Mary HEETER. He was married to Edythe CLEVENGER in 1921. For several years Mr. Heeter owned and operated a garage and repair shop in Athens and more recently was employed as a mechanic by the Deeds Equipment Company of this city.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Edythe HEETER, Rochester; five daughters, Mrs. Wayne ATKINSON, Mrs. Robert LANE, Mrs. Marjory HOUSE, Mrs. William SAYGERS, all of Rochester, Mrs. Rex GROVES, of Kentucky; three sons, [Dorwin] HEETER, Jr., Dotham, Ala; Charles and Alan HEETER, at home; three sisters, Mrs. Elva HUTCHINSON, Athens, Mrs. Clarence ADAMSON, Detroit, and Mrs. Ellis RILEY, Athens.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later. The body was taken to the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1954
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Published in The Rochester News-Sentinel
Monday, February 8, 1954
Dorwin Heeter
[Dorwin D.] HEETER, 53, well-known mechanic of Rochester and Athens, died of a self-inflicted wound in his right wrist sometime late Sunday at his room in Hertha GRAEBER'S Rooming House, 716 Madison street, this city.
His body was found around 10:30 a.m. this morning. Coroner Dr. D. K. STINSON, pronounced death was caused from a self-inflicted wound, a screw driver being used to puncture an artery in his wrist. Mr. Heeter had been in failing health for the past few months and despondency is believed to have caused him to take his life.
He was born on July 16, 1900, on a farm northeast of Athens to Warren and Mary HEETER. He was married to Edythe CLEVENGER in 1921. For several years Mr. Heeter owned and operated a garage and repair shop in Athens and more recently was employed as a mechanic by the Deeds Equipment Company of this city.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Edythe HEETER, Rochester; five daughters, Mrs. Wayne ATKINSON, Mrs. Robert LANE, Mrs. Marjory HOUSE, Mrs. William SAYGERS, all of Rochester, Mrs. Rex GROVES, of Kentucky; three sons, [Dorwin] HEETER, Jr., Dotham, Ala; Charles and Alan HEETER, at home; three sisters, Mrs. Elva HUTCHINSON, Athens, Mrs. Clarence ADAMSON, Detroit, and Mrs. Ellis RILEY, Athens.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later. The body was taken to the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1954
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Monday, February 8, 1954
Dorwin Heeter
[Dorwin D.] HEETER, 53, well-known mechanic of Rochester and Athens, died of a self-inflicted wound in his right wrist sometime late Sunday at his room in Hertha GRAEBER'S Rooming House, 716 Madison street, this city.
His body was found around 10:30 a.m. this morning. Coroner Dr. D. K. STINSON, pronounced death was caused from a self-inflicted wound, a screw driver being used to puncture an artery in his wrist. Mr. Heeter had been in failing health for the past few months and despondency is believed to have caused him to take his life.
He was born on July 16, 1900, on a farm northeast of Athens to Warren and Mary HEETER. He was married to Edythe CLEVENGER in 1921. For several years Mr. Heeter owned and operated a garage and repair shop in Athens and more recently was employed as a mechanic by the Deeds Equipment Company of this city.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Edythe HEETER, Rochester; five daughters, Mrs. Wayne ATKINSON, Mrs. Robert LANE, Mrs. Marjory HOUSE, Mrs. William SAYGERS, all of Rochester, Mrs. Rex GROVES, of Kentucky; three sons, [Dorwin] HEETER, Jr., Dotham, Ala; Charles and Alan HEETER, at home; three sisters, Mrs. Elva HUTCHINSON, Athens, Mrs. Clarence ADAMSON, Detroit, and Mrs. Ellis RILEY, Athens.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later. The body was taken to the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1954
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
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