Frances R. Heiman

Frances R. Heiman, 93, Baileyville, died Monday, January 03, 2005, at Life Care Center in Seneca where she had been a resident since February of 2001.
     She was born November 15, 1911, on a farm a mile south of Seneca, the second youngest of nine children of Herman and Catharine Guenther Mueting. Frances attended Sts. Peter & Paul School and helped on the family farm.
     On November 7, 1933, she married Leo J. Heiman at Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Seneca. They lived on their farm 3 1/2 miles north of Baileyville following their marriage. Her husband, Leo, died January 4, 1958, and Frances continued to farm with her children. In 1970 she moved into Baileyville.
     She was a member of Sacred Heart Church in Baileyville, the Altar Society at the church and the Benedictine Oblates. Frances was always a loving mother and a kind person who did a lot of volunteer work. She enjoyed playing cards and was an astute player.
     Survivors are two sons, Gene Heiman and Gilbert Heiman, both of Baileyville; six daughters, Virginia Koelzer, Baileyville, Betty Lane, Albuquerque, NM, Edna Fangman, Topeka, Geraldine Beres, Clifton, VA, Thelma Bowhay, Netawaka, and Donna Broxterman, Harleysville, PA; 27 grandchildren; and 44 great grandchildren.
     Besides her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Barbara Koelzer, on March 16, 1975; two sisters, Anna Heiman and Marie Moynagh; and six brothers, Frank, Herman, Jr., John, Fred, Leo, and Lawrence Mueting.
     Mass of Christian burial will be 11 A.M. Friday at Sacred Heart Church, Baileyville. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The rosary will be prayed at 2 and 7 P.M Thursday at the Lauer Funeral Home, where she will lie in state after 8:30 A.M. Thursday.
     Memorials may be given for Sacred Heart Cemetery or for Sts. Peter & Paul School in Seneca and sent in care of the family.