Heiser, Cynthia Gay (1959-1959)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1960 Jan 7 p. 8

Birth date: 1959 May 26

text of obituary:

CYNTHIA GAY HEISER

Cynthia Gay, daughter of Raymond and Hilda (Schertz) Heiser, was born May 26, 1959 at Burnham City hospital, Champaign, Ill.

On Nov. 14 Cindy was being returned to her home near Dewey, Ill. after a two-week stay with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Birkey of Foosland, during which time her mother had undergone surgery, when the car in which she was riding with her father and sister Sharilyn collided with another car at an unmarked intersection. She died of a neck fracture at the age of five months and 19 days.

She leaves, beside her parents, two brothers, Lowell and Lennie, and three sisters, Sharilyn, Suzette and Arlys; and her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Heiser, all of Dewey, Ill. She was preceded in death by one infant sister and brother.

Memorial services were held at th [sic] East Bend Mennonite church near Fisher, Ill. on Nov. 16, 1959 in charge of J. Alton Horst.