Heyo Heyen Obit - TX
HEYO HEYEN
Medina County lost one of her oldest and most highly esteemed citizens - one whose life bound the present with the past history of the county - when Heyo Heyen fell asleep at the home of his son, Louis Heyen, at New Fountain, last Saturday.
Deceased was born May 8, 1848 in Grosenfehn Ostfriesland, Germany, and came to America with his parents when but seven years old, landing at New Fountain in 1858, and he had made his home in that section ever since.In 1869 he was united in marriage with Miss Trientje Bohmfalk; nine children were born to this union, six boys and three girls, all of whom, together with twenty-nine grandchildren, survive to mourn his departure.His aged consort preceded him to the grave by only a few weeks.
Sixty-seven years - more that the average span of life vouchsafed to man - deceased had lived among the people of Medina County, and by his upright life had endeared himself to all who knew him, and will long be held in affectionate memory by his neighbors and friends.
His funeral occurred Sunday afternoon, his mortal remains being interred in Oakwood cemetery, a large assemblage of friends being present to pay a last tribute of respect to one they had loved in life.
To the grief-stricken loved ones left behind, the sympathy of our people go out in unstinted measure, but the thought that he has gone to receive the reward beyond the skies for a life well lived in this world should reconcile them to their loss.