----Source: Greenwood Gleaner 4/16/1929

NORBERT HECKER PASSES AWAY SATURDAY

Norbert Hecker, the 15 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hecker, farmers residing east of Greenwood, Clark County, passed away at the hospital at Marshfield Saturday evening, April 13, 1929.

Deceased was taken to the hospital on Tuesday of last week to submit to an operation for the removal of a ruptured appendix.

He is survived by his parents and a twin brother, Robert, besides three younger brothers and three sisters, also younger. They are Harold, Peter, Leonard, Lorraine, Mildred and Florence. He also leaves many other relatives and a host of friends, as he was well and favorably known throughout this vicinity.

The funeral was held from St. Balthasar's Catholic Church at Loyal Tuesday forenoon, Rev. Jos. Stenz officiating. Burial was made in the Catholic Cemetery at Greenwood, where another child of the family is interred.