GRACE VERA HEETER obituary

Grace Vera Heeter, 101, died of natural causes at Northern Montana Health Care Center Dec. 5, 2009.

A memorial service will be held at the Ark Church at 325 2nd St. Saturday at 11 a.m. Grace was born in Denver, Colo., March 15, 1908, to Alice and Clarence Tooley. She moved to Hastings, Neb. She worked in a defense factory as a "Rosie the Riveter." She married Earl Johnston, and they moved to Mountain View, Mo., where they farmed. Their daughter, Shirley Ann, was born there before they moved to Havre in the early '40s to work on a farm. Their son, Earl Jr., was born in Havre, followed by anothe...