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- Grandma Dolores was born November 13th, 1928 in Little Chute. She was the second of five children. She grew up on the corner of Buchanan St. and Lincoln Ave. She talks about when she was a young girl her and her older brother had to walk to Heesakker farm and get milk for the family every morning.
She attended St. John Grade school and High school. After graduating, she got a job at Montgomery Ward in downtown Appleton. Every day she used the bus to get to and from work.
She married Jerome Heiting on July 1st 1948 at St. John's at Little Chute. She quit her job to raise four boys Tom, Jeff, Scott, and Dave.
Grandma is known for her great cooking and baking. She always had a garden and every year canned her begetables. She was in a women's and a couple's league in golf. After she raised her four boys, she became a crossing guard for Kaukauna, for 13 years. She loved going to the family cottage that her husband Jerry built on Crane Lake. She went on walks, picked berries, went golding, and water-skied at least once a year until she was 68. In 2006, she joined the Holy Cross Choir and help sing at many masses and funerals.
Grandma Dolores is enjoying her retirement at her apartment at the St. Paul Villa. She also plays cards with her friends, is in the Villa Voices Choir, and is currently making a Christmas CD and when I asked her where they sant she said, "We sing at other nursing homes to the old people" (She thinks she is a young 81).
Jackson Heiting, 2010
- Dolores A. Heiting, Kaukauna, age 88, died Thursday, February 2, 2017 at St. Paul Home. She was born in Little Chute on November 13, 1928 to the late Ted and Linda (Ariens) DeKoch. Dolores graduated from St. John High School. She married Jerome "Romy" Heiting on July 1, 1948 at St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church. Dolores worked at Montgomery Ward and was a crossing guard over the years. She was a member of the Fox Valley Golf Club and the Nicolet Country Club. Following retirement, Jerry and Dolores had the pleasure of wintering in Florida for many years. Dolores was an active member of Holy Cross Parish where she sang in the choir and volunteered in the school kitchen. She also sang with the St. Paul Villa Voices. Dolores enjoyed watching the Packers and Brewers and loved to cook and bake.
Dolores is survived by her sons: Tom (Ann) of Punta Gorda, FL; Jeff (Debbie) of Appleton; Scott (Mary Kay) of Kaukauna; and Dave (Mary) of Little Chute; grandchildren: Ryan (special friend Nicole Cornelius), Kevin, Justin (Amber), Jarrett (Jess), Travis (Nikki), Andrea (Isaac) Zimmermann, Amanda (special friend Andy Wickland) and Jackson; great grandchildren: Brenda, Lucy, Simon and Hannah; sister: Lorraine (Bill) Lom; and sisters and brothers-in-law: Mary DeKoch, Eleanor DeKoch, Agnes Heiting, Jane Heiting and Dave Andres. She is further survived by nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
In addition to her parents, Dolores was preceded in death by her husband, Jerome, in 2006; grandson, Alan Scott Heiting; Jerry's parents, Henry and Josephine (Vanderloop) Heiting; brothers: Ted (Ruth), Charles and Al DeKoch; and brothers and sisters-in-law: Eugene, Richard and Melvin (Frances) Heiting, Eunice Wilcox and Shirley Andres.
Visitation will be held on Monday, February 6, 2017 at HOLY CROSS PARISH (309 Desnoyer St. Kaukauna) beginning at 2:00 p.m. until the time of Mass at 4:00 p.m. The Rev. Thomas Pomeroy will officiate with Deacon Bruce Corey assisting. Committal Holy Cross Cemetery. To sign the guest book, please visit oconnellfh.com.
The Heiting's would like to thank the staff at St. Paul Elder Services for the exceptional love and care Dolores received.
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1928 - 2017 (88 years)
