Newport
Miner,
Newport, Washington Nov. 27, 2002
ETHEL IONE “SUSIE”
HEISER Ethel Ione “Susie”
HEISER, a longtime resident of the
Newport area passed away Nov. 23 at a Spirit Lake care home. She was 91 years old. She was born Jan. 1, 1911, in Ione to Leon and Lura
Sykes. On her birthday in 1927 she married Ralph
Cannon in
Newport. This union ended in divorce and she married William “Bill”
HEISER in Coeur d’Alene on Feb. 4, 1950. They made their home at
Idaho Hill where she lived for 50 years. Bill preceded her in death in 1993.
During the late 30s and early 40s she worked at a toy factory in
Newport. She was later a housekeeper for the Great Northern
Motel and was a waitress in area restaurants including Mac’s and the Ponderosa.
She was a member of the United Church of
Christ for several years and later attended the First Baptist Church. She was also a charter member of the
Newport Eagles.
Her hobbies were bowling, painting and crocheting.
Survivors include one daughter, Margie (and Jim)
Sowers of Spirit Lake, one son, Jack (and Mae)
Cannon of Blanchard, two stepdaughters, Dolores (and Jack)
McLean of Othello, Wash. And Loretta (and Tom) Wilson of Portland,
Ore., and one stepson, Floyd (and Anita)
HEISER of Milwaukee,
Ore. She also leaves 13 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren and two great -great grandchildren. Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by one brother, Floyd
Sykes of Minnesota in 1990, a half brother, Roy
Sykes of Fort Worth,
Texas in 1999, a stepdaughter, Idella
McPhail and a granddaughter, Jill
McPhail.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Nov. 27, at 11 a. m. at Sherman-Knapp funeral Home in
Newport. Interment will follow at the
Newport Cemetery.
The family suggests memorial contributions in her name to Hospice of Northern
Idaho, 9493 Government Way, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83835, or to Open Arms Pregnancy Care Center, 290 W. Sunset Ave #20, Coeur d’Alene, ID, 83815.
Newport
Miner Feb. 1993
WILLIAM “BILL”
HEISERNEWPORT---William “Bill”
HEISER, 86, a resident of
Newport since 1939, died on Feb. 17 at the Pend Oreille Pines Nursing Home.
He was a charter member and past president of the
Newport Eagles for 20 years, a past member of the
Odd Fellows Lodge, and a member of the local union at Diamond National Lumber, where he worked as a mechanic for over 27 years. He retired in 1968.
He was born on Dec. 19, 1906 in
Mound City, S.D. to Jacob and Dorothea
HEISER, and was the fourth of 12 children. His grandparents had imigrated from Southern Russia in the early 1800s. On Feb. 4, 1950, he married Ethel Owen in Coeur d’Alene,
Idaho.
Survivors include his wife, Ethel, at home in Newport; two daughters, Dolores
McLean of Othello, and Loretta
HEISER of Portland, Ore.; a son, floyd
HEISER, of Milwaukie,
Ore., as well as a stepson, Jack
Cannon of Coeur d’Alene, and a step-daughter, Margie
Sowers, of Spirit Lake.
Also surviving are his sisters, Anna Merritt of Omaha, Neb., Ida Beecholz, of Eureka, S.D.; and Pauline
Weitz, Albena and Ella Klingman, all of Aberdeen, S.D.; and two brothers, Ed
HEISER of Longview, Wash., and Milbert
HEISER of Concord, Calif. Other survivors include 13 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Idella
McPhail in 1972; a brother, Edwin
HEISER of Sacramento in 1978; two sisters, Martha
Holtzworth, and Irma
Stadel.
The family suggests that memorials be made to the Alzheimers Association, Great Spokane Chapter #189, North 5125 Market, Spokane, 99207.
Funeral services were held on Saturday, Feb. 20, at Sherman-Knapp Funeral Home in
Newport, with interment following at the
Newport Cemetery.
Idaho Hill is in Oldtown,
Idaho. Oldtown, ID and
Newport, WA are side by side. Hope this helps.