Last Rites Held for Joe Heider

The people of Manning and vicinity were shocked last Wednesday evening when the report came that Joseph Heider had passed away suddenly late that afternoon at his home on Main Street. Mr. Heider was stricken about a year ago but recovered completely and was able to perform his daily duties at the Farmers Union Service Association where he was employed.

Mr. Heider complained of not feeling well about 11:00 o'clock on Wednesday morning and was removed to his home. He recovered rapidly and this attack was apparently not of a serious nature He made arrangements with his son Maurice to take his place while he was resting and decided to stay home for the day. About 5:00 in the afternoon he was suddenly stricken with the attack which proved fatal. He passed away soon after.

Joseph Heider, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Heider, prominent Carroll County pioneer, was born on September 30, 1877, at Mendota, Illinois. At the age of 11 years he came with his parents to Carroll county, settling on a farm in Arcadia township, where he spent his boyhood days, attended school and grew to young manhood. On November 27, 1901, he was united in marriage to Miss Alvina Eckholdt, to which union three children were born, a son having passed away in infancy.

After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Heider settled on a farm north of Manning where they lived for 5 years. For 7 years he worked for the Standard Oil Company. Later he purchased a farm south of Manning where they resided until 1924, when they moved to Manning. Mr. Heider then worked for two years at the W. B. Parrott Feed Co. after which he affiliated with the Farmers Union Service Association, under the management of Albert Puck, where he has been employed since.

Those surviving are his bereaved widow, one son Maurice of Manning and a daughter Loleta, at home. He also leaves three brothers, J. W. Heider and Lewis Heider of Carroll, and Oscar Heider of Halbur; two sisters, Emma, Mrs. J. V. Hamilton and Laura of Omaha besides many other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Mrs. Ed. Kileen, who passed away on Christmas day in 1910, and one brother who died on March 4th, 1924.

Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon, January 23, 1937 at 2:00 o'clock. Rev. George E. Steele, pastor of the Presbyterian church officiating. Interment was made at the Manning Cemetery.

As pallbearers acted E. P. Jentsch, Albert Puck, J. A. Bruck, Emil Dammann, Julius Molter, and Henry Brendt.