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Adapted from The Baton Rouge Advocate 3/10/2002 & The Vidette Times 3/11/2002
CHESTER HERMAN HEIDEL, died at 5 a.m. Saturday, March 9, 2002, at Baton Rouge General
Medical Center-Mid City, LA. He was 93, a resident of Kouts, IN, since 1984. A native of
Natrona, PA, he was born January 9, 1909. Mr. Heidel retired in 1971 from Pittsburgh Plate
Glass Co. in Creighton, PA, after 40 years of service as a millwright. Visitation at
Greenoaks Funeral Home, 9595 Florida Blvd., Baton Rouge, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday,
March 10, 2002. Mr. Heidel is survived by two daughters, Jean Audrey (Mrs. Joseph Albert)
Derringer Sr. of Kouts and Dorthy Joan Beisinger of Hobart, IN; a son, Chester Arthur
Heidel (wife Georgia) of Livingston, LA; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Ethel Sabina (Sarah) Best Heidel, who died December
22, 1985. He was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Kouts. He graduated from Natrona
Public High School in Natrona. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. at the
Kosanke Funeral Hom!
e, Kouts. Interment in St. Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery, Kouts, Wednesday, March 13,
2002.