Melba Freda Heft

1913 - 2003  (89 years)

• Name	Melba Freda Heft
  Born	29 Aug 1913	Summit Township, Monroe County, Ohio, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	11 Apr 2003	Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio, USA
  Buried	Oaklawn Cemetery, Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I56665	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	Lewis Heft,   b. 16 Jun 1878, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA ,   d. 13 Jul 1963, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Minnie Salomea Christman,   b. 3 May 1883, Lewisville, Monroe County, Ohio, USA ,   d. 0Mar 1981, Lewisville, Monroe County, Ohio, USA  (Age 97 years)
  Married	6 May 1906	Ohio, USA
  Family ID	F17117	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Clarence W. Reich,   b. 14 Jul 1911, Center Township, Monroe County, Ohio, USA ,   d. 24 Jan 2009, Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio, USA  (Age 97 years)
  Children	1. Paul Reich   2. Merle L. Reich,   b. 28 Aug 1948,   d. 10 Apr 2017  (Age 68 years)   3. Mary Elizabeth Reich
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F25833	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S24] 1920 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com). Name: Melba F Heft Home in 1920: Summit, Monroe, Ohio Age: 6 years Estimated birth year: abt 1914 Birthplace: Ohio Relation to Head of House: Daughter Father's name: Louis Father's Birth Place: Ohio Mother's name: Minnie S Mother's Birth Place: Ohio Marital Status: Single Race: White Sex: Female Image: 868 [S25] 1930 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com). Name: Melba F Heft Home in 1930: Summit, Monroe, Ohio Age: 16 Estimated birth year: abt 1914 Relation to Head of House: Daughter Father's name: Lewis Mother's name: Minnie [S927] Obituary. OBIT: Melba F. (Heft) Reich (1913 - 2003) Posted: 15 Apr 2003 2:09AM GMT Classification: Obituary Surnames: Reich, Christman, Heft, Bartilson, Sutherland SOURCE: Marietta Times . . . Marietta, OH . . . 12 Apr 03 . . . COURTESY POST ONLYJERUSALEM, Ohio - Melba F. Reich, 89, of Jerusalem died Friday (April 11, 2003) at Barnesville Hospital. She was born Aug. 29, 1913, to Lewis and Minnie Christman Heft. She had been an active member of St. Paul's United Church of Christ at Woodsfield, and was actively involved with the church's Junior Women's Guild for more than 50 years. She was also a member of Woodsfield Chapter 268, Order of Eastern Star; Monroe County Bureau; and Farm Bureau Council for more than 60 years. She was also active with the Monroe County Agricultural Extension Committee, Jerusalem Homemakers, and Ruritan fund-raising events. She loved family farm life and travel.She is survived by her husband of 67 years, Clarence W. Reich; one daughter, Mary Elizabeth Bartilson and her husband, Matt, of Hilliard, Ohio; two sons, Paul Reich and his wife, Darla, of Middletown, Ohio, and Merle Reich of Gahanna, Ohio; two brothers, Stanley Heft and his wife, Ethel, of Woodsfield and William Heft and his wife, Martha, of Clearwater, Fla.; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.She was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Theodore, Francis, Paul and Charles Heft; and one sister, Bessie Heft Sutherland.Services were to be at 11 a.m. today at Bauer-Turner Funeral Home, 100 S. Paul St., Woodsfield, with the Rev. Richard Wilson and the Rev. Clifton Garris officiating. Burial is in Oaklawn Cemetery in Woodsfield.Memorial contributions may be made to St. Paul's United Church of Christ, 301 S. Main St., Woodsfield, Ohio 43793.