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County Council on Aging and Noble Transit
Noble County Council on Aging and Noble Transit
Be the first to share your
memories or express your condolences in the Guest Book for Mary Heitz.
 WATERLOO — Mary Ann Heitz, age 91, of Waterloo passed away on Monday, July 25, 2016, at Parkview Noble Hospital in Kendallville.
Mrs. Heitz was born on Aug. 2, 1924 in Ege to John and Mary (Green)
Lemish. She married Robert M. Heitz on April 27, 1946, in Ege. He
preceded her in death on Feb. 12, 1988.
Mrs. Heitz was a retired
registered nurse. She graduated from St. Joseph School of Nursing in
1945. She spent her nursing career at Garrett Hospital and McCray
Hospital in Kendallville. She retired from McCray only to return to work
until she was 78 years old.
She was an avid euchre and quidder
player. She played several times a week with friends that she cherished.
She spent a large portion of her life, supporting and following her
children and grandchildren's basketball careers. Traveling around the
United States and the world watching them play. She herself even played
basketball in high school. Not only was Mary Ann known for her caring
ways during her nursing career, she was also well known for her homemade
noodles and simmering potpourri.
Mrs. Heitz was a friend to
everyone. She was an active member of St. Michael's Catholic Church in
Waterloo as well as the St. Michael's Rosary Sodality. She was also a
member of Older Americans. Mary Ann enjoyed caring for a large vegetable
and flower garden. She loved hosting family dinners and spoiling each
one with their favorite dish.
Survivors include three sons and two
daughters-in-law, Philip of Arcadia, Florida, Michael and Janette Heitz
of Lexington, Kentucky, and Thomas and Carmen Heitz of Fort Lauderdale,
Florida; a daughter, Rosalyn Miller of Kendallville; six grandchildren,
Renee Hood, Bradley Miller, Cory Heitz, Jordan Hurd, Robert Heitz and
Thomas Heitz; and five great-grandchildren, Christopher Hood, Tristan
Hood, Kylee Hood, Anniston Miller and Hollis Hurd.
She was preceded
in death by her parents; her husband, Robert Heitz, one son, James
Heitz; four brothers, Joe Lemish, Bernard Lemish, Ed Lemish and Peter
Lemish; and one sister, Helen Bolton.
Visitation will be held on
Thursday, July 28, 2016, from 2-8 p.m. at Feller and Clark Funeral Home,
875 S. Wayne St. in Waterloo. A rosary will be held at 7:45 p.m. on
Thursday evening.
A funeral Mass will be held on Friday, July 29,
2016, at 11 a.m. at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Waterloo. Burial
will be in Cedar Creek Cemetery in Garrett.
Memorials may be directed to St. Michael's Catholic Church Restoration Program
or the Indian Village Food Bank in Auburn.
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Mary Ann Heitz, age 91, of Waterloo passed away on
Monday, July 25, 2016 at Parkview Noble Hospital in Kendallville.
Mrs. Heitz was born on August 2, 1924 in Ege to John and Mary (Green)
Lemish.
She married Robert M. Heitz on April 27, 1946 in Ege. He preceded
her in death on February 12, 1988.
Mrs. Heitz was a retired registered nurse. She graduated from St.
Joseph School of Nursing in 1945. She spent her nursing career at
Garrett Hospital and McCray Hospital in Kendallville. She retired
from McCray only to return to work until she was 78 years old.
She was an avid euchre and quidder player. She played several times
a week with friends that she cherished. She spent a large portion of
her life, supporting and following her children and grandchildren’s basketball
careers. Traveling around the United States and the World watching
them play. She herself even played basketball in high
school. Not only was Mary Ann known for her caring ways during her
nursing career, she was also well known for her homemade noodles and simmering
potpourri.
Mrs. Heitz was a friend to everyone. She was an active member of St.
Michael’s Catholic Church in Waterloo as well as the St. Michael’s Rosary
Sodality. She was also a member of Older Americans. Mary
Ann enjoyed caring for a large vegetable and flower garden. She
loved hosting family dinners and spoiling each one with their favorite
dish.
Survivors include:
Son; Philip of Arcadia, Florida.
Son and daughter-in-law; Michael and Janette Heitz of Lexington, Kentucky.
Son and daughter-in-law; Thomas and Carmen Heitz of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Daughter; Rosalyn Miller of Kendallville.
6 grandchildren; Renee Hood, Bradley Miller, Cory Heitz, Jordan Hurd, Robert
Heitz and Thomas Heitz.
5 great grandchildren; Christopher Hood, Tristan Hood, Kylee Hood, Anniston
Miller and Hollis Hurd.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband; Robert Heitz, one
son; James Heitz, 4 brothers; Joe Lemish, Bernard Lemish, Ed Lemish and Peter
Lemish and one sister; Helen Bolton.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, July 28, 2016 from 2:00 to 8:00 PM at
Feller and Clark Funeral Home, 875 South Wayne Street in Waterloo. A
rosary will be held at 7:45 PM on Thursday evening.
A funeral mass will be held on Friday, July 29, 2016 at 11:00 AM at St.
Michael’s Catholic Church in Waterloo.
Burial will be in Cedar Creek Cemetery in Garrett.
Memorials may be directed to St. Michael’s Catholic Church Restoration Program
or the Indian Village Food Bank.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.fellerandclark.com.
Garrett LLC’s big gift
By
Barry Rochford
brochford@kpcmedia.com | Posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 11:00 pm
Garrett’s
big gift
From left, Thomas
Pfaffenberger,
president of the Noble County Council on Aging board of directors, Cory Heitz
of Garrett LLC, Michael Heitz of Garrett LLC and Council on Aging Director
Gregg Parker stand outside the former Dalton Foundry office building, which
Garrett LLC donated to the Council on Aging, along with more than four acres.
KENDALLVILLE
— Five years ago, when
Gregg Parker was interviewing with the board of directors of the Noble County
Council on Aging to become the nonprofit organization’s next director, he was
asked what his biggest long-term goal would be.
The
answer was straightforward: find
a new home for the Council on Aging’s senior center.
“I
didn’t really think that it was
ever going to happen or that I was going to live to see it happen,” he said
Tuesday.
Financially,
the Council on Aging
wasn’t in a position to relocate or renovate its senior center at 111 Cedar St.
in Kendallville. The organization had purchased the building in 1997. It was a
former home that had been converted into offices, but accessibility within the
two-story structure sometimes presented challenges for seniors who came there
for events, activities or services.
Funny
thing about timing, though.
Just when you think something can’t happen, all of a sudden it does.
That
was evident Tuesday when
Garrett LLC, the Lexington, Kentucky-based company that has torn down the
Dalton and Kendallville foundries and is working to clear and redevelop the two
sites, donated the former Dalton Foundry office building and more than four
acres to the Council on Aging.
And
now Parker, who didn’t think he
would ever see a new senior center, all of a sudden has one.
“I
can’t believe it. It just fell
into our laps,” he said. “It’s like providence working or something, because
it’s just uncanny how it’s worked out so far.
But
it wasn’t providence. It was
actually Mary Ann Heitz, the mother of Garrett LLC founder Michael Heitz and
grandmother to her son’s son and business partner, Cory Heitz.
There
came a day when father and son
were showing Mary Ann Heitz the progress that was being made at clearing the
67-acre Dalton Foundry site.
“We
were driving her around the
site, giving her a tour,” Cory Heitz said of his grandmother at an event
Tuesday celebrating the company’s donation to the Council on Aging. “And she
goes, ‘What are you going to do with this building?’
“And
we said, ‘Probably tear it
down.’ And she said, ‘Well, you know, that’d probably be a great senior
center.’ And we said, ‘Well, actually it would be.’”
Mary
Ann Heitz, 91, knew it had
potential as a senior center because she was familiar with the existing
facility and its limitations. So Michael Heitz approached Parker about donating
the 8,200-square-foot former Dalton Foundry office building and surrounding
property at 200 W. Ohio St.
At
Tuesday’s event that was held
inside the office building, Thomas Pfaffenberger, president of the Council on
Aging’s board of directors, recalled that board members were meeting one day
and talking about what could be done with the senior center that was slowly
deteriorating.
“As
we were discussing this in our
board meeting, Gregg pops up and said, ‘Hey, I had a gentleman come in and give
us a building.’”
The
news elicited a collective
“What?!” Pfaffenberger recalled, drawing laughs.
The
news also immediately changed
the organization’s focus. Fort Wayne-based MKM Architecture + Design, which is
conducting a space needs study for the Council on Aging, already has been in
the former Dalton Foundry office building to look around as it works to come up
with its recommendations, and Parker plans to move quickly on building a garage
on the property for Noble Transit System vehicles. The Council on Aging
operates the Noble County public transportation service.
The
donation also helps the Council
on Aging with its $15,000 grant application to the Indiana Office of Community
and Rural Affairs. OCRA favors awarding the grant to senior center projects
that involve renovating an existing facility rather than new construction,
Parker said. If his organization wins the grant, he plans on applying it toward
converting the office building into a senior center.
Parker
envisions being able to
expand offerings at the senior center’s future home, including more activity
space — pool tables seem to be a popular request — and an exercise area inside
the facility, and gardens outside.
Kendallville
Mayor Suzanne Handshoe
said the donation of the property represented another gift that Garrett LLC has
given to the community. Less than a year ago, a similar event was held in the
same building to mark the start of demolition work at the Dalton Foundry site.
“To
see the foundry coming down, and
to see that this building can be repurposed not only for our past generations
but our future, it all ties in together perfectly,” she said.
Michael
Heitz said the long-vacant
office building — Dalton Foundry shut down in 2009 — represents a lot of potential.
“This will be one of the premier
senior centers in the state of Indiana,” he said. 
video of the beginning of the new Senior Center
DaVita Teammates Give Back to the Community
Posted:
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 11:00
pm
DaVita
Teammates Give Back to the Community
DaVita Kidney
Care employees
recently presented a check for $1,000 to Noble Transit System. Participating,
from left, were Jessica Springer, Trina Gross-Pfafman, Pam Garretson, Hillary
Hathaway, Noble Transit director Gregg Parker, Christina Helmer, Kim Henkle and
Leslie Melson.
KENDALLVILLE
— DaVita Kidney Care, a
division of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., recently made a $1,000
contribution to the Noble Transit System.
DaVita
presented the check as part
of the “DaVitaŽ Way of Giving,” the company’s locally focused charitable giving
initiative that helps nonprofit organizations throughout the United States grow
and thrive.
Noble
Transit System is a 501(c)(3)
nonprofit organization that provides transportation services that originate in
Noble County. DaVita teammates from the Kendallville Renal Center chose to
donate to Noble Transit System because of the service it provides to the
community.
“During
the terrible winter weather,
Noble Transit System ensured their dedication to getting patients to and from
health care treatments safely,” said Hillary Hathaway, a DaVita facility
administrator.
Gregg
Parker of Noble Transit System
said the DaVita contribution will go a long way to support its mission.
“We
will put these funds right back
into the transportation of our riders, as most of them are transported on
donation only,” Parker said.
DaVita Kidney Care is a leading
provider of kidney care services and committed to improving the quality of life
for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease.
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