John E Heritage Jr (1912 - 1981)

Born 11 Mar 1912 in Indiana, United States

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Died 25 Oct 1981 at age 69 in Olathe, Johnson, Kansas, United States

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Biography

John was born in Indiana on 11 March 1912.^[1] He was the son of John Heritage and Emma Perry. On 20 October 1935 he married Lois Thurston in Alexandria, Indiana.^[1] After that marriage ended, probably in 1941, he married a second time, in May 1942, to Patricia Painter.^[2] John died in Olathe, Kansas, where he had moved about 1961, on 25 October 1981.^[3] His body was returned to Indiana and was buried in the IOOF Cemetery, Alexandria.^[4]

Research Notes

• Obituary from Times Tribune, extracted from OCR scan:

JOHN E. HERITAGE John E. Heritage, 69, a former resident of the Alexandria - Muncie area, died Sunday in Olathe, Kan. , after a brief illness. A native of Frankfort, he had spent the past 20 years in Gardner, Kan., and was plant manager of Delco Battery in Olathe from 1961 until his retirement in 1972. He was a member of the Olathe Rotary The Community Center [. . .], Olathe Hospital Board, Olathe Chamber of Commerce and Murat Shrine, the Masonic Lodge and the Scottish Rite, Valley of Indianapolis. Surviving are his wife, Patricia; a daughter, Kathy Laughlin, Olathe, Kan.; a son, John Heritage, Manhattan, Kan.; a brother, Victor Heritage, Cape Girardeau, Mo. ; a sister, Christine Miller, Mill Valley, Calif.; and two granddaughters. Services will be conducted today in Olathe. Cremation fill follow. A memorial service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday at the Karl M. Kyle Funeral Home with the Rev. Harry E. Thompson officiating. Interment will be at the IOOF Cemetery here. The family will receive friends Thursday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the funeral home.

• According to Social Security records on Ancestry, Lois Thurston had resumed her maiden name by June 1941; she married someone named Humphreys in 1971, and died on 24 August 2001. There appears to be an obituary from the Palm Beach Post on newspapers.com. Heritage-577 14:29, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4JBM-XP2M : 7 August 2020), John E Heritage, 1935.
2. ↑ "Patricia Painter and John Heritage Take Wedding Vows." Alexandria Times Tribune, 9 May 1942, p. 4. Accessed at newspapers.com, 20 November 2020.
3. ↑ Obituary. Alexandria Times Tribune, 28 October 1981, p. 4. OCR scan only accessed at newspapers.com, 20 November 2020.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 17 November 2020), memorial page for John E Heritage (11 Mar 1912–25 Oct 1981), Find A Grave: Memorial #40441011, citing IOOF Cemetery, Alexandria, Madison County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by sharon gamble ward (contributor 47097387) .

See Also

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFWF-S1H : accessed 17 November 2020), John Heritage, Jr in household of John Heritage, Alexandria Ward 1, Madison, Indiana, United States; citing ED 123, sheet 5B, line 58, family 124, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 449; FHL microfilm 1,820,449.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH9P-T8J : accessed 17 November 2020), John E Heritage in household of John Heritage, Alexandria, Madison, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 41, sheet 12A, line 22, family 321, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 605; FHL microfilm 2,340,340.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1YW-SFJ : 15 November 2019), John Heritage, Ward 2, Alexandria, Monroe Township, Madison, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 48-53, sheet 9B, line 73, family 208, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1073.
• "United States 1950 Census"
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  FamilySearch Record: 6XLZ-XQLC (accessed 16 December 2022)
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  John Heritage (38), married, Chemist, head of household in Center Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States. Born in Indiana.