Dorothy Heise

Dorothy J. Daume Heise, 97, of Oak Ridge passed away Thursday, June 24, 2021, at the Monticello House in Jackson.

She was born Sept. 23, 1923, in Cape Girardeau County, daughter of John W. and Meta Engelmann Daume. She and Lawrence Calvin Heise were married on Feb. 7, 1942, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Egypt Mills. They were married 70 years, when Lawrence passed away March 6, 2012.

Dorothy was a member of the St. John's United Church of Christ in Fruitland. She loved to sing in the church choir along with doing special music performances. She was a Sunday school teacher for many years.

Dorothy was a 1942 graduate of Oak Ridge High School. She served many years as a 4-H leader. She was a member of a Oak Ridge Community Homemakers Club. She enjoyed working many years as an election official at the polls. Dorothy enjoyed helping on the family farm, working with the cows and in her garden.

Loving survivors include two daughters, Jeannie Dianne (Ron) Lohmann of Perryville, Missouri, and Margaret Ann Heise (Craig Vitters) of Los Angeles, California; and son, Jon Calvin (Scarlett) Heise of Baxter, Tennessee; and son-in-law, John Bochantin of Murphysboro, Illinois.

Also surviving are five grandchildren, Dennis and Larry Hennecke, Joshua Heise, Jennifer and Josephine Lohmann; and three great-grandchildren, Zachary, Connor and Grace Heise.

Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband; parents; daughter, Marietta Jo Bochantin; and four siblings, Louise (Lloyd) Schoenebeck, Martha (Elmer) Kamp, John J. Delores) Daume and Mary Meta Daume.

Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Friday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with Dr. Rodney Pensel officiating. Interment will follow at St. John's Cemetery in Fruitland.

The family suggests that contributions be made to St. John's United Church of Christ Memorial Fund, St. John's United Church of Christ Cemetery in Fruitland or Crown Hospice.

Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.mccombsfuneralhome.com.