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Memory of
Floyd Arthur Heidelberger Sr.
September 18th, 1927 - April 20th, 2022
In loving memory of Norma Mae and Floyd A Heidelberger - A loving couple
*********Norma & Floyd Heidelberger********** Let me mend your broken heart and wipe away your tears. Let me hold you to stop your violent shaking and warm your freezing hands. Look me in the eyes and watch the clouds roll back from your sky, let me calm your storm. I will stop the waves of pain and hold back the floods and pounding rain of tears. I will silence the thunder of anger and stop the constant flash of regret and sorrow. Let me end the mob of reminders that tell you you're alone. Talk to me and end the deafening silence and let my love end the blinding darkness. By Anna-Marie
In loving memory of Norma Mae and Floyd A Heidelberger - A loving couple
Norma Mae and Floyd A Heidelberger and grandchildren
Click to Listen To The Music!
Vince Gill - Go Rest High On That Mountain
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is part
of the
timeline!
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full effect
of the
timeline.
When Floyd Arthur Heidelberger was born on September 18, 1927, in Chippewa County Wisconsin, his father, Edward, was 36 and his mother, Elizabeth, was 37. He entered the Navy at the age of 16 on February 17, 1944. He stepped aboard the USS Essex on June 3rd, 1944 for the first time. He was discarged from the U.S. Navy on January 11, 1946 after the 2nd World War was over. He then married Marjorie Mary Russell and they had two children together. His 1st son was - Floyd Arthur Heidelberger Jr. born March 12th, 1948 (He legally changed his name to Floyd Arthur Ruggles in 1967 before entering the Marine Corps on December 7th, 1967.) Their 2nd son was Ronald Allen Heidelberger born April 24th, 1949. He passed away on September 24th, 1995 at the age of 46. Floyd Sr. married Norma Mae Tisdale on July 26, 1958, in Carlton, Minnesota. Floyd Sr. had six brothers and three sisters.
The La Crosse Tribune La Crosse, Wisconsin 21 Nov 1928, Wed • Page 6, The Republic Columbus, Indiana 22 Nov 1928, Thu • Page 9, The Bristol Herald Courier Bristol, Tennessee 25 Nov 1928, Sun • Page 18, The Daily Chronicle De Kalb, Illinois 26 Nov 1928, Mon • Page 18 & The Daily Times New Philadelphia, Ohio 30 Nov 1928, Fri • Page 13
The Times Herald Port Huron, Michigan 21 Dec 1928, Fri • Page 30
DEATH11 AUG 1941•Minnapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota
Great-grandparents
Jacob Heidelberger
1820–1901
BIRTH1820•Switzerland
DEATH11 DEC 1901•Plymouth, Minnesota
Grand
Father's
Parents
Father side
Susanna Shutz
1821–1873
BIRTH1821•Switzerland
DEATH16 MAR 1873•Plymouth, Minnesota
John Kranz
1830–
BIRTHABT 1830•Alsdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
DEATHUnknown
Grand
Father's
Parents
Mother side
Catherine Volk
1830–
BIRTHABT 1830•Alsdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
DEATHUnknown
Jacob Klaes
1833–1882
BIRTH1833•Hillesbeim, Rheinprovinz, Germany
DEATHAFT 1882•Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
Grand
Mother's
Parents
Mother side
Magdal Unknown
1844–
BIRTH1844•Hillesbeim, Rheinprovinz, Germany
DEATHUnknown
Great-great-grandparents
Henry Heidelberger
BIRTHSwitzerland
DEATHUnknown
Great Grand
Father's
Parents
Father side
Floyd's Blography
Image:
Facts from Ancestry.com
Thanks to all the hard work my sister Barb has done on Floyd Sr. family tree.
1927(AGE)
Birth
18 Sep 1927 • Chippewa County Wisconsin
1930
Birth of half-sister Florence Margaret Brown(1930–1989)
18 feb 1930 • Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
1930
Residence
1930 • Crystal, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
More photos
coming soon
Donald Ralph Heidelberger
BIRTH
DEATH
11 Jan 2003 (aged 87)
BURIAL
Fort Snelling National Cemetery
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
PLOT
Section C-23, Site 13081.
MEMORIAL ID
37776921· View Source
1931
03/13/1931 • Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
Birth of half-brother Rodney Gale Brown(1931–2001)
1933
Birth of half-sister Mary Ann Minnie Brown(1933–1992)
10 Jul 1933 • Minnesota
1934
Death of brother Ray N HEIDELBERGER age 8 (1926–1934)
4 Mar 1934 • Hennepin, Minnesota
1935
Birth of half-brother Clifford Lloyd Brown(1935–2009)
14 Oct 1935 • Minnesota
1935
Residence
1935 • Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
1940
Residence
1 Apr 1940 • Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States
Age: 14; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Stepson
1944
Military
17 Feb 1944 • Minneapolis Hennepin, Minnesota
Enlisted in US Navy at the age of 16
1944
Military
3 Jun 1944 • USS Essex
Mustered aboard the USS Essex at age 16. his mother lied about his age so he could join and forever after is listed as being born in 1926 instead of 1927
1944
Military
30 Jun 1944
1945
Military
1 May 1945
1946
Military
1 Jan 1946
1946
Residence
1946 • New Auburn (Sampson), Chippewa, Wisconsin, USA
Relative Relation to Head: Mother
1947
Marriage
13 Jun 1947 • Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
Marjorie Mary Russell - Heidelberger
(May 31, 1931 – August 18, 2009)
1948
Birth of son Floyd Arthur Heidelberger Jr
12 Mar 1948 • Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
1949
Birth of son Ronald Allen Heidelberger(1949–1995)
24 Apr 1949 • Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
1958
Marriage
July 26, 1958 • Carlton, Minnesota, USA
Norma Mae Tisdale
(1919–2008)
1963
Death of mother Elizabeth "Lizzie" Kranz(1889–1963)
18 Aug 1963 • Bloo, Wisconsin
1976
Death of father Edward William Heidelberger(1889–1976)
22 May 1976 • Anoka County, Minnesota
1986
Residence
1986 • Zimmerman, MN
1989
Death of half-sister Florence Margaret Brown(1930–1989)
15 Nov 1989 • Anoka, Minnesota
1992
Death of half-sister Mary Ann Minnie Brown(1933–1992)
18 March 1992 • Hennepin, Minnesota
1994
Death of sister Alice May Heidelberger(1923–1994)
26 January 1994 • Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
1994
Death of brother William Edward Heidelberger(1913–1994)
10 Nov 1994 • Fort Ripley, Crow Wing, Minnesota
1995
Death of son Ronald Allen Heidelberger(1949–1995)
24 Sep 1995 • Hennepin, Minnesota
2001
Death of half-brother Rodney Gale Brown(1931–2001)
27 Sep 2001 • Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota
2001
Residence
2001 2002 • Zimmerman, Minnesota, USA
2003
Death of brother Donald R. Heidelberger(1915–2003)
11 Jan 2003 • Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
2008
Death of wife Norma Mae Tisdale(1919–2008)
2-14-2008 • Princeton, Mille Lacs, Minnesota, USA
2008
Death of brother Cecil Clyde Heidelberger(1920–2008)
1 Sep 2008 • Aitkin, Aitkin, Minnesota
2009
Death of half-brother Clifford Lloyd Brown(1935–2009)
31 Dec 2009 • Circle Pines, Anoka, Minnesota, USA
2022
Death
20 Apr 2022 • Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA
June 2021
Elizabeth Brown with Floyd Heidelberger - Now You are at Peace Uncle Floyd Soon You will be laid to Rest with Your Beloved Norma Love Always Niece ElizaBeth Ann Brown. at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. 6/2021
Rodney G Brown Born: March 13, 1931 Died: September 27, 2001at the age of 70 BURIAL: Calvary Cemetery Saint Paul, MN Spouse: Audrey Ann Goering Brown Passed Away June 3rd, 2016 at the aged of 85
Floyd Arthur Heidelberger Sr.
My father's Celebration of Life,
Was held Sunday October 23rd, 2022 in North St Paul, MN
at the American Legion Post 39
There was plenty of things to see. Display plus a slideshow playing throughout that period of time before and after lunch.
Lunch will be served at 1:00 pm
Following lunch there was a special 30-minute slideshow on my father's timeline through life. There was over 40 family and friends that attended that day.
My father's Burial will be at
Fort Snelling National Cemetery
April 20th, 2023 at 2 pm
We will be meeting inside the main gate at Fort Snelling National Cemetery at 7601 34th Ave South Minneapolis, MN 55450 around 1:15-1:30 pm April 20th, 2023. We have been assigned assembly area 2 please arrive 15 minutes prior to the start of the service in that assembly area. Our Cemetery Representative will meet us in Assembly Area 2. From the Assembly Area, we will follow (driving) behind our Cemetery Representative to the shelter area, where Floyd Sr's service will take place. Shelters have roofs, but no walls; please dress accordingly. It will be cold and possibly raining. The National Cemetery asks that we arrive 15 minutes early (1:45pm), please do not pull into the Assembly Area more than 20 minutes early. We do not want you to get mixed in with another service. If you're running late and you need a shortcut to Assembly Area 2: please drive past the Main Gate and enter through GATE 2. Once you’ve entered the cemetery, you will see Assembly Area signs on your left-hand side. Floyd Sr's service with honors will be at 2pm so don't be late. Looks like it will rain so bring your umbrellas and dress warm. If you’re using navigation to travel to Fort Snelling National Cemetery, please ensure that you search Fort Snelling National Cemetery. If you only search Fort Snelling, you may be directed to a different location. Once we wrap up Floyd Sr's service we'll make our way over to the gravesite in section 26 grave number 1385 . I will be placing the balance of the flowers on Floyd and Norma's grave. Once we wrap up at the cemetery you're all welcome to join us at Carbone's Pizzeria Bar & Grill at 55 Wentworth Ave E in West St. Paul, MN 55118 about 10 miles from the cemetery.
This is a link to his obituary and guest book: Click Here
1928
Newspapers across the country articles
The Minneapolis Star Minneapolis, Minnesota 17 Nov 1928, Sat • Page 3
Lincoln Journal Star Lincoln, Nebraska 20 Nov 1928, Tue • Page 15
The Browns and the Heidelbergers
Posted 22 Sept 2011bybgraen
Expect Court to Untangle Homes near New Auburn
Two husbands and Wives Involved in Domestic Mix-up – Children, Too.
Two divorce cases will prove of more than ordinary interest to people of northern Chippewa county and southern Barron county when they are heard in the Circuit Court here in Chippewa Falls.
The cases are those of Mrs. William Brown against William Brown and Edward Heidelberger against Mrs. Lizzie Heidelberger. The cases will be of unusual interest because they are expected to help straighten out the involved domestic relations of the two families.
For the last six or seven weeks, Mrs. Brown has been keeping house for Mr. Heidelberger and Mrs. Heidelberger has been keeping house for Mr. Brown. Not only that, but when Mrs. Brown moved into the Heidelberger home, she took her three boys and most of her furniture with her. One girl, Mary is working in New Auburn, and another, Bessie, is married.
And when Mrs. Heidelberger moved into the Brown home, she took all six of her children and most of her furniture with her. The exchange took place about six weeks ago and all appear satisfied, including the children.
The engagement ring Brown gave Mrs. Brown 20 years ago now adorns Mrs. Heidelberger’s finger. Mrs. Brown says her husband gave her $5 for it, but she would have sold it to him for ten cents. Mrs. Brown wears no ring but Mrs. Heidelberger says she gave hers back to her husband. The Brown home is eight miles east of New Auburn and the Heidelberger home is three miles from the Brown’s.
Both Brown and Mrs. Brown were born in Chippewa County and have lived in this county all their lives. The Heidelberger’s moved from Minnesota about five years ago.
Brown, in addition to his duties around the farm, collects milk and delivers it at Bloomer twice a week.
Mrs. Brown says her husband told her one morning about six weeks ago that Mrs. Heidelberger was going to keep house for him and he wished she would go away. She went to see Mr. Heidelberger, she says, and he told her she might as well keep house for him.
Both families still maintain amicable relations, it is said, and during the furniture moving, the two men pitched in and helped load the “heavier stuff”. None of the four principals will say what their plans are in the event the divorces are granted. In the meantime, Brown has been ordered to pay Mrs. Brown $25 a month to help take care of the children.
An article taken from The Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin).
Author’s note: Local versions of this story tell that Mr. Heidelberger also gave Mr. Brown a cow to offset the difference in the number of children.
"Mr. Heidelberger also gave Mr. Brown a cow to offset the difference in the number of children."
"Mr. Heidelberger also gave Mr. Brown a cow to offset the difference in the number of children."
1930 Chippewa County Wisconsin
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Kranz - Heidelberger - Brown
1889–1963
BIRTHJUN 1889•Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
DEATH18 AUG 1963•Bloo, Wisconsin
Children
With Mr. Heidelberger
With Mr. Brown
William Edward (1913–1994)
Donald R. (1915–2003)
Roy R, (1917-1921) age 4
Cecil Clyde (1920–2008)
Alice May (1923–1994)
Ray N (1926–1934) age 8
Floyd Arthur (1927–2022)
Florence Margaret Brown (1930–1989)
Rodney Gale Brown (1931–2001)
Mary Ann Minnie Brown (1933–1992)
Clifford Lloyd Brown (1935–2009)
Chippewe County Wisconsin
William Brown's first Wife
Bessie Belle McCracken - Brown
1889–1981
Childred
of William & Bessie Brown
Ethel B Brown (1910–1998)
Edith L Brown (1914–1969)
Charles DeWitt Brown (1914–1993)
Richard E Brown (1916–1992)
William Floyd Brown (1921–1987)
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