Adele D. Heckman

Adele Dorothy Heckman , age 64, of Portland, IN, died on Wednesday, September 21, 2016, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater, Ohio . She was born December 16, 1951, in Coldwater to the late Edward & Bernadine (Otte) Stammen. On July 11, 1975, she married James Robert Heckman and he survives. She is also survived by children: Krista & James Buschur of North Star, Daniel & Anne Heckman of Walton, KY, Lisa Heckman of Cassella, Michael & Krista Heckman of St. Henry, Matthew & Amy Heckman of St. Henry, Mark Heckman of Cassella and Andrew Heckman of Cassella; 11 grandchildren; siblings, Sharon & Virgil Winner of Beavercreek, Yvonne & Kenneth Abell of Corydon, IN, Terrence and Marcia Stammen of New Weston, Cynthia & Mark Henderson of Springboro and Pamela & Donald Stolzner of Arlington Heights, IL; and in laws: Jerome Barhorst of Ft. Loramie, Rita & Stephen Monnin of Botkins, John & Maruja Heckman of Clifton, VA, Ann & Michael Kreitzer of Arcanum, Mary & Jerome Siegrist of Sidney, Marjorie & Donald Eilerman of Ft. Loramie, Joseph & Joyce Heckman of Ringoes, NJ, William & Mary Beth Heckman of Yorkshire, Kathleen & John Geise of Sidney, and David & Karen Heckman of Minster. She is preceded in death by sister-in-law Martha Barhorst. She was a member of the quilter guild of St. Augustine Church in Minster. Adele was a homemaker, a pioneer of the home school movement home-schooling her seven children, a gardener, a seamstress, a former Home Economics teacher, baked whole grain organic breads and loved to plan family get-togethers . Latin Requiem Mass will be held at 10:30 AM on Tues day, September 27, 2016, at St. Rose Catholic Church, Maria Stein, Ohio, with Fr. George Gabet, officiating . Burial will follow in St. Bernard Cemetery , Burkettsville, Ohio. Friends may call at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home in St. Henry from 2 to 8 PM on Monday and from 9 to 9:45 AM on Tuesday. Condolences may be left at hogenkampfh.com.