Re: Elenor H. Hecker, d.1960
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Re: Elenor H. Hecker, d.1960
mark evers 10/02/12
Mark,Here is the obit for Eleanor's mother.
The Milwaukee Journal-Feb. 17, 1947
Mrs. Eleanor Hecker, 68 died Sunday afternoon at St. Joseph's hospital, where she was taken after a heart attack suffered Friday at her home, 4272 N. Wilson Dr.Born in Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Hecker has been a Milwaukee resident for about 30 years.She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Eleanor Nohl, Milwaukee;three sons, Kenneth and William of Cleveland, Ohio, and Gordon of Milwaukee, and a sister, Miss Kathleen McDermott, Milwaukee.Services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Ritter funeral home, 5310 W. North Ave., with cremation at Valhalla cemetery.
Dec. 2, 1996
Milwaukee-J. Gordon Hecker, who worked for more than four decades as a travel writer, editor and columnist for the Milwaukee Journal, died Thursday ata nursing home in Oostburg.He was 94.Hecker joined the Journal staff in 1925 and spent the next 41 years telling readers about his travels and sharing anecdotes about the people he met working as a reporter.He is survived by his wife, Louise, and a son.
Good luck in your search.Kathryn