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Adam George Hecker • 1914 - 2003 Adam George Hecker, 88, 305 8th Ave. NE, Minot, died, Thursday, April 17, 2003 in a Minot Nursing Home. Adam was born on April 26, 1914, in Mandan, ND, the last son of Frank and Veronica (Brucker) Hecker. Adam was a third generation German from Russia. He was raised in Mandan and attended school there until the end of his sophomore year when he began employment of a bottler at the Mandan Beverage Co. During his years of employment there he married Lily Aster Peterson on March 13, 1937. They had three children by the time Adam was required to work in a defense plant. He went to work at the Everett, Washington Shipyard in the fall of 1943. Adam and family stayed in Everett until late in 1944 when they returned to North Dakota to live at Devils Lake. Adam worked in a succession of jobs for the Nash Finch Company, a wholesale food distribution corporation, as a warehouseman, city deliverer, truck driver and salesman. He worked much of the North Central part of the state. During this time the family had grown to five children. They all attended St. Mary's Academy. In 1957, Adam was transferred to Minot, ND, with The Nash Finch Company. Several years later, Adam finished his working years as a custodian for the Minot Public School System. He was lifetime supporter of unionization of employment for workers. He enjoyed hunting upland game birds, duck, geese, and deer. He fished throughout his active life and was particularly fond of walleye. Dancing and listening to Lawrence Welk was also a lifetime pastime. Adam was a member of the International Brotherhood of Boiler Makers, Iron Ship Builders and Helpers of America and North Dakota Public Employees Union. Memorials are preferred to Trinity Homes Auxiliary. Adam is survived by sons, David Alan Hecker and his wife, Helen, Seattle, WA, and John Duane Hecker and his wife, Allison, Havre, MT.; daughters, Patricia Marie Teschner and husband, Richard, Tucson, AZ, Carol Ann Eaton and her husband, Larry, Fessenden, ND, and Nancy Kay Manske and her husband, Marvin, LaCrosse, WI; 14 grandchildren, Michael, Tom, Jim, Cheryl, Jon Teschner, Jeffery Hecker, Michelle Coddington, Brady Eaton, Sarah Vetter, Paul, Chad, Jared Manske, Laef and Eric Hecker; 13 great-grandchildren, Matthew, Makayla, Mariah, Breanna Teschner; Christian Parent, Brook Daley. Coleman and Katelin Coddington, Kelly, Savannah and Kesha Eaton. Johnathan and Delainey Hecker; sister, Eva Brown, Sacramento, California. He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Veronica Hecker, brothers, Frank Hecker, Jr., and Stanley Hecker; sisters, Katherine, Anna, Frances, Marian, Angeline, Helen and Eva. Funeral: Saturday, April 26, 2003 at 10 a.m. at Trinity Nursing Home Chapel, Minot, ND Burial: Rosehill Memorial Park, Minot, ND Visitation: Friday, April 25, 2003 from noon until 7 p.m. at the Thompson-Larson Funeral Home, Minot, ND. Celebrant of the Liturgies:Father Gene Lindemann, pastor, Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church Music: The Lawrence Welk Orchestra Honorary Bearers: All of Adam's family and friends Active Bearers: Albert Fix, David Hecker, Richard Teschner,
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