Obituary
			   Mrs. L. K. Heger

   Margaret MAdeline Heger, brief mention of whose death on January
2nd, was made in these columns last week, was born at Bernetzreith,
Austria, on February 5, 1881, the daughter of Joseph and Agnes Blaha.
When a young woman she came to America and, after a short stay in New
York, came west and located at St. James, Minnesota.
   On July 7, 1908, Margaret Blaha was married at St. James to Ludwig
Heger of that city, and to their union were born three sons and one
daughter.  The sons are: Joseph of LaSalle; John, of St. James, and
Ludwig, in the U.S. navy.  The daughter, Mrs. P.B. Nicklaus (Agnes)
died at her home at Parkerberg, Ia., last spring.  Besides her three
sons, Mrs. Heger is survived by two brothers, John Blaha of Madelia
and Andrew Blaha of Pomona, Calif.; and by one sister, Mrs. Anna
Buschow, of Waseca, Minn.
   Mrs. Heger was a devout member of Mater Dolorosa Catholic church of
Madelia.  She was also a member of St. Mary's Society.  She was
possessed of a cheerful disposition and a kind and sympathetic nature
which endeared her to every acquaintance.
   Funeral services, which had been set for Monday, January 8, were
postponed until 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 9, when a message was
received from her son, Ludwig, stating that he was on his way home
from Hawaii and could not reach Madelia until early Tuesday morning.
Father Allen McShane celebrated requiem high mass after which the
remains were laid to rest in Calvary cemetery.  Casket bearers were:
Joseph Marturano, P.H. Hodapp, L.E. Sullvan, Henry Kunz, Jacob Kunz
and Clarence Cohorst.
   Relatives and other friends, from a distance, who attended the
funeral are: Ludwig Hager, from Hawaii; P.B. Nicklaus, Parkersberg,
Ia.; Mrs. Anna Buschow Waseca; Mrs. Delmer Peach, Waterville; Mrs.
Frank Lunz, Mrs. Henry Lunz, Mrs. Martin Kohn, Mrs. John Blaha, Mr.
and Mrs.  Oscar Larsen and Mr. and Mrs. John Flalau all of St. James;
Mrs. Chas.  Giese, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Bathke and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J.
Schmidt, all of Wells, and Hilda and Bess Schmidt, of Searles, Minn.

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From a copy of a newspaper clipping send to D. Nicklaus by Edith
Luther in 1995.  Edith underlined the names Mrs. Chas. Giese, Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar Bathke, and Mrs. and Mrs. Wm. J. Schmidt and noted that
these were her half sisters and their husbands.  The birth year of
1881 which they printed conflicts with all the other sources I have
which indicate 1882.  But then they misspelled Hager and Parkersburg
two different ways.