Mathew Heck, Jr

1916 - 1925  (8 years)

• Name	Mathew Heck  [1, 2]
  Suffix	Jr
  Born	29 Dec 1916	Douglas County, Nebraska, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1920	Omaha Ward 5, Douglas, Nebraska, USA   [1]
  Died	19 Jan 1925	Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA   [2, 3]
  Buried	21 Jan 1925	Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA   [2]
  	Event Description: Saint Mary Magdalene Cemetery - Find A Grave Memorial# 145662918
  Person ID	I6172	Lahodny
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2016

  
  

  Father	Matthew Heck,   b. Abt 1882, Budapest, Hungary ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Rosa (Heck),   b. 2 Sep 1888, Budapest, Hungary ,   d. 29 Jun 1970, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F2071	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S106] 1920 United States Federal Census, Bureau of the Census, (Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census), 1,6061::0., Year: 1920; Census Place: Omaha Ward 5, Douglas, Nebraska; Roll: T625_988; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 58; Image: 1160 (Reliability: 0). [S200] Omaha World-Herald, Scene at Funeral of Matthew Heck, Jr., Today (Reliability: 0), 21 Jan 1925 - Page 3. Through a double line of 3 hundred school mates, with six little fellows form his own room as honorary pallbearers, and classmates as a marching guard of honer, the body of Matthew Heck jr., 7, killed in an auto accident, was taken to St. Joseph's church this morning for funeral services. It was a tribute to the memory of a little boy, beloved by all who knew him. and in addition was an impressive ceremony calling home the need of constant vigilance to avoid traffic accidents. Children of St. Joseph's Catholic school, where Matthew was a pupil of the second grade, formed a line from Sixteenth to Seventeenth streets on Center and south to the entrance of the church at 1730 South Seventeenth street. Through this the procession proceeded to the church headed by the six little honorary pallbearers, all of the second grade of the school, and friends of Matthew. They were all of his age except Francis Fillbach who is 8. The others were Andrew Pollreiss, Joseph Schlinger, Joseph Saucler, Matthew Holzapfel and John Regner. Six of the bigger boys from the eighth grade served as active pallbearers. Children of the second grade marched beside the hearse to the church, followed by the automobiles. Before the entrance, the little casket was opened, and the children - grownups to the number of 2 hundred, including the teachers, friends, and of the dead boy, and Mr. and Mrs. Seidler, passed by into the edifice, pausing for an instant to look at the little fellow. Tears coursed sown the cheeks of A. J. Seidler, whose car had struck him. "I could grieve no more, if the boy were one of my own" he said. The funeral services consisted of requiem mass, conducted by Father Magnien. Many floral tributes were received. Following the service at the church burial took place in St. Mary Magadalene's cemetery. [S200] Omaha World-Herald, Matthew Heck Jr. Death (Reliability: 0), 20 Jan 1925 - Page 4. Matthew Heck, jr., 7, whose skull was fractured when a playmate is said to have pushed him in the pat of a care driven by A. J. Seidler, 2125 North Twenty-eighth steet, died at 11:30 Monday at Lord Lister hospital. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Heck, two brothers and two sisters, survive him. Sedler is under bond.