Fifth Generation

64. Helen Arvilla Cherry was born on 21 Oct 1916 in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois. She died from a stroke on 6 May 1995 in Saint Joseph's Hospital, Breese, Clinton County, Illinois.^46,47 She was buried on 10 May 1995 in Hillcrest Memorial Park, Centralia, Marion County, Illinois.⁴⁶ She was educated Browns Business College in Centralia, Marion County, Illinois. She was a member of Eastern Star.
The text of Helen's obituary follows:
Helen Heinzmann
CARLYLE - Helen A. Heinzmann, 78, of Carlyle died at 7:45 p.m. Saturday, May 6, 1995, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Breese.
She was born Oct. 21, 1916, in Mt. Vernon, daughter of Frank C. and Hazel A. (Sargent) Cherry. She married Carl Heinzmann on Nov. 20, 1936, in Salem, and he survives in Carlyle.
Other survivors include one son, Frankie Heinzmann of Universal City, Texas; one daughter, Phyllis Ann Johnson of Ridgewood, N.J.; two brothers, Neil F. Cherry and J. Hall Cherry, both of Mt. Vernon; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Mrs. Heinzmann was former co-owner with her husband of Carl's DX-Sunoco Station in Carlyle and a retired bus driver for Carlyle Unit One Schools, for which she had worked 12 years. She was a graduate of Mt. Vernon Township High School and Brown's Business College in St. Louis [sic...actually, it was in Centralia]. She was a member of First United Methodist church in Carlyle, past worthy matron and secretary of the Order of the Eastern Star and former secretary for Modern Woodmen.
Services are 2 p.m. Wednesday at Frerker Funeral Home in Carlyle with the Rev. Mark Myers officiating. Interment will follow in Hillcrest Memorial Park in Centralia.
Friends may call 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. until time of services on Wednesday at the funeral home. Eastern Star service will be 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Visiting Nurse Association, Sunrise Regional Hospice, Alzheimer's Foundation, First United Methodist Church or a charity of the donor's choice and will be received at the funeral home.

Helen Arvilla Cherry and Carl Fred Heinzmann were married on 20 Nov 1936 in Salem, Marion County, Illinois. Marriage was conducted in the Methodist parsonage. Carl Fred Heinzmann⁴⁸ (son of Otto Fred Heinzmann and Isabelle Reynolds) was born on 22 Jan 1915 in Sandoval, Marion County, Illinois. He was educated in High School in Sandoval, Marion County, Illinois. He started at Carlyle high school and finished at Sandoval. He lived South 18th Street in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois in Nov 1936. He lived in a streetcar on 24th Street in Centralia, Marion County, Illinois in 1938. He lived in a 2 room apartment on North Poplar Street in Centralia, Marion County, Illinois in 1938. He lived on route 51 north of Dobbs on the opposite side of street in Central City, Marion County, Illinois in 1938. He lived in 100 block of West Kell in Central City, Marion County, Illinois in 1938. He was service station operator between Mar 1941 and 31 Jul 1976 in Carlyle, Clinton County, Illinois. He lived in John Peter's apartment on route 50 in Carlyle, Clinton County, Illinois in 1941. He lived at 730 Clinton Street in Carlyle, Clinton County, Illinois about 1942. He was a member of Scott Lodge #79 AFAM in Carlyle, Clinton County, Illinois. He was very proud of achieving 50 years of membership, not just as a Mason but in Eastern Star and the Shriners. He died on 21 Apr 2006 in Carlyle, Clinton County, Illinois.⁴⁶
Obituary from Frerker Funeral Home
Carl F. Heinzmann of Carlyle, Illinois died Friday April 21, 2006 at his home in Carlyle at the age of 91 years. Mr. Heinzmann was born in Shattuc, Illinois on January 22, 1915 the son of Otto and Isabelle Reynolds Heinzmann. He married Helen A. Cherry November 20, 1936 in Salem, Illinois and she preceded him in death on May 6, 1995.
Carl is survived by a daughter: Phyllis Ann Johnson and husband Douglas of Ridgewood, New Jersey; a son: Frankie Heinzmann and wife Terisa of Universal City, Texas; a sister: Maxine Cole and husband Wesley of Shattuc; 7 grandchildren; 7 great grandchildren; 3 step great grandchildren; and 1 step great great grandchild.
Carl formerly owned Carl's D.X. Service Station in Carlyle (later Carl's Sunoco Service Station), and after his retirement was a bus driver for Carlyle Unit 1 School System. Carl was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Carlyle, the Scott Masonic Lodge #79 A.F. & A.M. of Carlyle, the Centralia Shrine Club, Ainad Temple, Eastern Star and the Clinton County Historical Society.
Funeral services for Mr. Heinzmann were at the Frerker Funeral Home in Carlyle on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at 11:00 A.M. with Rev. Mark Myers officiating, with the interment following at Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery in Centralia.
Friends visited with the family at the Frerker Funeral Home on Tuesday from 5 to 8:00 P.M. or on Wednesday from 8:00 A.M. until the time of services. Masonic Services were held at the Frerker Funeral Home Tuesday at 7:00 P.M.
Expressions of sympathy may be made Carl's memory to Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children, Scott Masonic Lodge #79 A.F. & A.M., First United Methodist Church of Carlyle or to the charity of the donor's choice, and those will be received at the Frerker Funeral Home.
He was buried on 26 Apr 2006 in Hillcrest Memorial Park, Centralia, Marion County, Illinois.⁴⁶ Helen Arvilla Cherry and Carl Fred Heinzmann had the following children:

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