Emmet Heikes, 79, Luverne, died Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2002, at Luverne Community Hospital.
Services were Saturday, Dec. 21, at Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne. The Rev. Maurice E. Hagen officiated. Burial was in Grand Prairie Cemetery, Ellsworth.
Emmet Heikes was born to Peter and Grace (Brommer) Heikes on Jan. 12, 1923, in rural Ellsworth. He attended country school in rural Ellsworth.
He married Helen Bohnart on June 30, 1942, in Viola Township, Osceola County, Iowa. He was drafted into the service in 1944. He served in the Merchant Marines in the Philippines. After the war, he worked as a mechanic at Heikes Motors in Ellsworth. He later began farming in different locations in Rock and Nobles County. He retired from farming in 1985 and moved to Luverne for three years. They moved to Sibley, Iowa, in 1988 and later moved to Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne in 2000.
Mr. Heikes was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne. He enjoyed fishing and small carpentry projects.
Survivors include his wife, Helen Heikes, Luverne; four children and their spouses, Liela (Bill) Jackson, Mitchell, S.D.; Sharon (Neil) Dohlmann, Magnolia, Gary (Sue) Heikes, Montevideo, and Ronald (Gloria) Heikes, Parkston, S.D.; 11 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Melvin (Leona) Heikes and Lawrence (Mildred) Heikes, all of Luverne; and three sisters, Arlene (George) Groen, Rock Rapids, Iowa, Mildred (Ralph) Lais, Magnolia, and Ruth Weirtzsma, Bird Island Mission, Ky.
Mr. Heikes was preceded in death by his parents, five brothers, Marvin, Raymond, Clarence, Elmer and Glen, and one sister, Margaret.
Dingmann Funeral Home, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.