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Personal data Forrest Merle Heitland 


Household of Forrest Merle Heitland

He is married to Alberta Mae Westendorf.

They got married on December 3, 1988 at Zion Luth. Chr., Oelwein, Fayette Co., IA, he was 64 years old.

Forrest Merle Heitland oo Alberta Mae Westendorf

Marriage sources: Author: Liebrand, Ruth, et. al, Title: «u»Celebrate a Century Buffalo Center IA 1892-1992«/u», (Publication place: Buffalo Ctr., IA, Publishedr: Buffalo Ctr. Centennial Book Committee, Publication date: MCMXCII). pg. 299, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.

Buffalo Ctr (Ia) Trib., vol 110, # 30, 11 Oct 2001, pg 5 col 1

"Forrest M. Heitland, 77 ... Forrest Merle Heitland ... married Alberta Mae Westendorf Baker on December 3, 1988 at Zion Lutheran Church in Oelwein. ..."
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Forrest Merle Heitland

Source: Liebrand, Ruth, et. al, Celebrate a Century Buffalo Center IA 1892-1992, (Publication place unknown, Publisher: Buffalo Ctr. Centennial Book Committee, Publication date: MCMXCII). pg. 299, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.

"Forrest [10th] spent from November 1944 to June 1946 in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Trenton, a light cruiser. Most of his time was spent in the Aleutian Islands area and after the war was over he completed his time in Shanghai, China.After the service he worked as a linotype operator for the Rochester Post Bulletin, Rochester, Minnesota, and the Oelwein Daily Register. He married Alberta Baker on December 4, 1988; they now reside in Oelwein."

2 Feb 1995 - "of Oelwein;"

1925 Grant Twp Winnebago Co IA census, 41 File 14 Drawer 5, LDS Reel 1429598

"56 Heitland, Forest M, son, male, white, 1, single, b. IA, Fath=Heitland, George, b. Ger, 40; Moth=Pastor, Harmka, b. Ger, 41; parents marr IA; Protestant"

Age 0 was never used. Children marked age 1 might be any age up to age 2.

6 Apr 2000 - "of Oelwein"

Buffalo Ctr (Ia) Trib., vol 110, # 30, 11 Oct 2001, pg 5 col 1

"Forrest M. Heitland, 77

Funeral servicesfor Forrest M. Heitland, 77, of Oelwein were held Wednesday, October 10 at the Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home in Oelwein at 10:00 am.m Rev. Charis Combs-Lay officiated. Inurnment was in the Olena Mound Cemetery in BuffaloCenter. Forrest passed away Saturday, October 6, 2001 at the Trinity Medical Center at Rock Island, Illinois from a sudden illness. Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Forrest Merle Heitland was born July 13, 1924 at Buffalo Center, son of George and Harmka (Pastern) Heitland. He married Alberta Mae Westendorf Baker on December 3, 1988 at Zion Lutheran Church in Oelwein. He was a newspaper printer formany years at Rolfe, Nevada, Rochester, Minnesota and at the Oelwein Daily Register in Oelwein. From 1978 until his retirement in 1987 he worked at United Farm Tools in Oelwein. After retirement he was also a crossing guard at ParksideSchool in Oelwein and also shuttled cars for Southern Cross Auto of Hazleton. He was a veteran of World War II serving in the Navy.

Forrest is survived by his wife, Alberta, of Oelwein, two stepsons: Charles Baker and his wife, Susan, of Alliance, Nebraska; Steve Baker and his wife, Pat, of Helena, Alabama; three stepdaughters: Kathy Gordish and her husband, Matt, ofOelwein; Diane McCann and her husband, Matt, of Hazleton; Karla Vandersee, and her husband, Chris, of Weatherford, Oklahoma; many step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren; one brother, Joe Heitland, and his wife, Ruth, of BuffaloCenter. He was preceded in death by his parents; five brothers: Edward, Norman, Harold, Huxley and Alfred; four sisters: Grace, Margaret, Esther and Mildred."

"The Conflux of Crosses," Buffalo Center (Iowa) Tribune, Vol. 123 # 21, 21 May 2014, pg. 6 cols. 2 & 3

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"World War II, 1941 - 1946"

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Forrest Merle Heitland

Hinderk Heitland
1850-1924
Grietje Harms Nordman
1850-1935
Hinderk A. Pastour
1850-1928
Magreta (Margareta) Alberdina Sleper
1847-< 1885

Forrest Merle Heitland
1924-2001

1988

Alberta Mae Westendorf
1922-2014


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    Birthday July 13, 1924

    • The temperature on July 13, 1924 was between 15.7 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
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    Day of marriage December 3, 1988

    • The temperature on December 3, 1988 was between 0.4 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
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    Day of death October 6, 2001

    • The temperature on October 6, 2001 was between 11.6 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
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