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Alice Heffele

Alice J. Heffele, 75, Adrian, died Saturday, March 8, 2003, at her daughter’s home in Randolph, Neb.
Services were Tuesday, March 11, at St. Adrian Catholic Church in Adrian. The Rev. Gerald Kosse officiated. Burial was in the Parish Cemetery.

Alice Johannes was born to Jake P. and Mary (Seivert) Johannes on Jan. 3, 1928, in rural Ashton, Iowa. She graduated from St. Joseph’s School in Ashton. She later attended the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

She married Alban Heffele on Sept. 24, 1946, in Ashton. After their marriage, the couple lived in Adrian. She did bookkeeping for Becker Lumber Co., Adrian Lumber Co., and Ellsworth Lumber Mart. She also worked 26 years at Adrian Co-op Oil. She and her husband also owned and operated Adrian Variety from 1960 to 1980.

Mrs. Heffele was a member of St. Adrian Catholic Church, Catholic Daughters of America, the Council of Catholic Women and Christian Mothers.

Survivors include three children and their spouses, Mary Jo (James) Kilburn, Randolph, James Heffele, Oaks, N.D., and Ann (Steve) Schiedel, Yankton, S.D.; three grandchildren, Jeremy Kilburn, Julie (Josh) Schreiber and Jennifer Kilburn; one great-grandchild, Joelie Schreiber; one brother, Laurence (Joan) Johannes, Sibley, Iowa; and three sisters, Zita Thiele, Sibley, Iowa, Helen Swanson, Minneapolis, and Rosemary Seivert, Sheldon, Iowa.

Mrs. Heffele was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Alban, in 2002, two brothers, Martin and John Johannes, and two sisters, Viola Trei and Laura Jungers.

Dingmann Funeral Home, Adrian, was in charge of arrangements.

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