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EDWARD J. HEILMAN  Requiem high mass will be celebrated at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning in St. Peter and Paul's church for Edward J. Heilman who died in hi home, 1142 Portland street, Monday night. Burial will be in Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Mr. Heilman was the son of Mrs. Elizabeth Heilman and the late John Heilman. He was a World war veteran and an employe of the Pittsburgh Railways Company for the last quarter century. He was prominent in local singing societies, having been a charter member of the Pittsburgh Opera Company, the Orphreus Singing Society and St. Richard's Catholic church choir. Besides his mother, he leaves three brothers, John, Joseph and Francis Heilman and six sisters, Rose, Catherine, Elizabeth, Margaret, Genevieve and Mrs. J. D. D'Bryon.  [Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 4, 1939,Transcribed by C. Anthony]

MRS. ESTHER E. HEXTER On Wednesday, November 29th, 1911, at 6 A. M., Mrs. Esther E. Hexter, aged 54 years, at the Hotel Brantwood, 41st and Parkside Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa., after a lingering illness.  Mrs. Hexter is survived by three daughters, Miss Grace Hexter of Philadelphia and Mrs. Samuel B. Weiler and Mrs. Joseph M. Jackson, of Pittsburgh. [Source:Jewish Criterion, December 1, 1911,Transcribed by C. Anthony]

FUNERAL OF M. F. HIPPLE Remains Arrived and Services Will Be Held This Afternoon. The remains of the late Marion F. Hipple, the well-known real estate broker of Fourth avenue, whose death in Arizona was reported in The Dispatch last Monday, arrived in Pittsburgh from the West at 6:40 o'clock last night. They were accompanied by Mrs. Hipple and the two children, who had been with Mr. Hipple during his trip through the west. The body was taken to the home of Mrs. Hipple's brother, Howard H. Parker, of 208 Shady avenue, and the funeral will be held from there this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The interment will take place in Homewood Cemetery immediately following the services. [Source: December 1899, Submitted by Sara Hemp]

ELEANOR HUGHES GIRL WITH NEEDLE IN HEART PASSES - PITTSBURGH, Sept. 28, (AP) Three-year-old Eleanor Hughes, who had lived for two weeks with a sewing machine needle imbedded in a muscle of her heart, died late yesterday, the Children's hospital reported today. A physician said the needle apparently had torn a hole in the heart muscle, causing death. The needle was driven into the girl's chest when she fell while playing at home In Clinton, Pa. An attempt to recover the needle by surgery 10 days ago was unsuccessful, Surgeons had been awaiting improvement in her condition before making a second attempt. [The Tucson Daily Citizen September 28, 1942, Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer]

 

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