Maj.
George
Frank
Heckel
Born in Cheyenne, Wyoming
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Glenrose E. (Hileman) Heckel
— married
1933 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 95
in Denver, Colorado
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Mar 2017
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Biography
He had a wonderful sense of adventure and owned an open cockpit bi-plane before he owned his first car. He would barnstrom small towns to gather a crowd and take people for rides to earn money. He excelled at ice hockey and taught riflemanship at the University of Wyoming. He married Glenrose Hileman in 1933 and celebrated 62 years of marriage before she died in 1995. He served in the Air Corps in the South Pacific during WWII.
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