Evelyn Anna Heft

1925 - 2012  (87 years)

• Name	Evelyn Anna Heft
  Born	22 Aug 1925	Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	26 Nov 2012	Chester, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA   [1]
  Buried	Fountain Hill Cemetery, Deep River, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I25271	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	John Arthur Heft,   b. 4 Mar 1893, New York, USA ,   d. 4 Feb 1988, Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA  (Age 94 years)
  Mother	Edith May Sypher,   b. 22 May 1898, New York, USA ,   d. 23 Mar 1994, Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA  (Age 95 years)
  Married	15 Jun 1920	Chester, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
  Family ID	F12681	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nelson Roy Messier,   b. 6 May 1928, Danville, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA ,   d. 5 Feb 1997, Windham County, Connecticut, USA  (Age 68 years)
  Children	1. Messier   2. Messier
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F12685	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com). [S927] Obituary. Evelyn Heft Messier BORN: August 22, 1925 DIED: November 26, 2012 LOCATION: Killingworth, Connecticut Evelyn (Heft) Messier of Killingworth passed away Monday afternoon November 26th at the Aaron Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Chester after complications from post polio syndrome, she was 87. Evelyn was born in Middletown on August 22, 1925 the daughter of John and Edith (Sypher) Heft of Killingworth. Evelyn contracted polio at the age of six, and spent most of the next ten years of her life at the Newington Children's Hospital. She graduated from Hand High School in Madison in 1944. After two years of training at the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven she worked at Yale Labs as a lab technician in hematology. While living in New Haven, Evelyn enjoyed attending classical concerts, which nurtured a life-long love of opera. Loving mother and proud homemaker Evelyn could always be counted on to share her knowledge of medicine and nature. She enjoyed tending her flower gardens, and was an avid bird watcher. She acquired a large natural history library and enjoyed talking with friends and family about wildlife and gardening. Evelyn was predeceased by her husband, Nelson Messier, with whom she raised a family on land from her parents. Evelyn leaves two children, son Steven Messier and his wife Mary of Unionville, and daughter Michelle and her husband Dan Labriolla, of Old Lyme, and two grandchildren, Miles Messier and Alyssa Harrington. She also leaves a sister, Doris Kurze of Deep River, and a brother, Louis Heft, of Chester. She was predeceased by two brothers, John and George, and a sister Helen Wettish. Visitation will be held at the Robinson, Wright & Weymer Funeral Home, 34 Main Street in Centerbrook on Friday, November 30th from 6:00PM to 8:00PM. Private burial will take place in the Fountain Hill Cemetery in Deep River. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made in Evelyn's name to the Killingworth Library Association, Inc., P.O. Box 725, Killingworth, CT 06419. To share a memory of Evelyn or send a condolence to her family please visit www.rwwfh.com