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Helen Hart Heins
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[October
21, 2009]
Helen
Lucille Hart Heins, 87, of Lincoln, died Friday, Oct. 16, 2009, at
Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.
A memorial service for Mrs. Heins will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct.
24, at Lincoln Christian Village Congregate Building, with Chaplain
Ryan Edgecombe officiating. |
Burial will follow in Zion Cemetery. Holland Barry
& Bennett Funeral Home in Lincoln is handling
arrangements.
Mrs. Heins retired from the property appraiser's
office of Charlotte County, Fla., in 1983.
She was born Nov. 11, 1921, near Beason to Otto
P. and Eva Bateman. She moved to Detroit, Mich.,
after graduating from high school. She married
William Hart in 1943, and he preceded her in death
in 1949, leaving two small daughters. She moved back
to Lincoln, and in 1970 she married Arnold Heins. Shortly
thereafter they moved to Port Charlotte, Fla.
She is survived by two daughters, Beverly Lessen
(and her husband, Larry Joe) of Lincoln and Charlene
Lessen (and husband Ben) of Lincoln; six
grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; one sister,
Thelma Gilbert of Detroit, Mich.; a sister-in-law,
Andree' Bateman of Lincoln; and several nieces and
nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her
husband William Hart and her husband Arnold Heins,
two great-granddaughters, four brothers, and four
sisters.
She was a member of the First Christian Church of
Port Charlotte, Fla., and a member of the Sunday
school class. She was a charter member of the Peace
River Chapter of the American Businesswomen's
Association, past president and woman of the year.
She was also a member of the Disabled American
Veterans Auxiliary and N.W. Home Owner's
Association. She was a member of the Rebekah Lodge
in Lincoln. |
She graduated from Lincoln Community High School in
1939.
Memorial donations may be made to the First
Christian Church of Port Charlotte Prime Timers in
Florida, Memorial Home Hospice of Springfield or
Lincoln Christian Village Congregate Building.
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