Theresa F. Heideman

Theresa F. Heideman, 94, Seneca, died Thursday, April 21, 2005, at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca. She was transferred there from Life Care Center in Seneca where she had been a resident since June 2004.
     She was born March 9, 1911, on a farm south of Marysville, KS, the daughter of Bernard “Barney” and Cecelia Andres Cohorst. When she was 7 years old, the family moved to a farm southeast of Home City, KS, where she attended a country school. When she was 11 the family moved to a farm west of St. Benedict in Nemaha County and then to a farm south of Baileyville. She attended Sacred Heart School at Baileyville. Theresa helped with the children at the Cliff Jerome home and later worked at a restaurant in Seneca.
     On November 20, 1929, she married Carl Heideman at Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Seneca. They lived and farmed on the Joseph Heideman homestead south of Seneca, and took care of Grandma Agnes Heideman. In 1953 they moved to Seneca. Her husband, Carl, died December 22, 1978.
     Theresa cleaned Dr. Hash’s office and worked as a clerk at Harsh Drug Store for 5 years. In 1957 she worked at the Mid-Continent Egg Plant at Hiawatha for 9 months before starting work for Emmett McGinty at ABC Cleaners in Seneca. She waited on customers and pressed clothes. She also worked the late afternoon shift at the Nemaha County Convalescent Home until it closed in December of 1976.
     She was a member of Sts. Peter & Paul Church, St. Ann’s Altar Society, and the LCBA. Theresa made quilts for the family and she also did crocheting and embroidery.
     Survivors are two sons, Donald and Kenneth Heideman, both of Seneca; three daughters, Marjorie Engelken and Waunita Allen, both of Seneca, and Lois Burns of Topeka; 22 grandchildren; 56 great-grandchildren and 15 great-great-grandchildren.
     She was preceded in death by two brothers, Leo and Ferdinand Cohorst; two sisters, Leona Bentsen and Mary Ann Young; and a great-granddaughter, Jennifer Stallbaumer.
     Mass of Christian burial will be 10:30 A.M. Saturday at Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Seneca. The burial will be in the church cemetery. Rosary will be prayed at 2 and 7 P.M. Friday at Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca.
     Memorials may be given for Sts Peter & Paul Cemetery or Sts. Peter & Paul School and sent in care of the family.