Heaton, Sheila Marie (Pike)

Subject

BIRTH 18 May 1949
Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan, USA

DEATH 9 Jun 1972 (aged 23)
Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA

BURIAL
Lakeside Cemetery
Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan, USA

Description

Sheila Marie Pike was born May 13, 1949 in Michigan to Oscar Pike and Impi Unknown Pike, they moved when she was an infant to Birmingham Michigan, where she attended Baldwin School. In 1062 the family returned to Hancock where Shiela was Valedictorian of the class of 1967. She attended Michigan Technical University for three years in medical technology. She as a member of Theta Chi Epsilon Sorority.

She was married to 2nd Lt Kent Heaton September 6, 1960 at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Houghton. The couple lived in Houghton until Kent graduated from Michigan Technical University in April of 1971. Kent is a Lt in the United States Air Force and the couple lived in Georgia, and California before they moved to Rapid City in November of 1971 .

They lived in Jackson Park in West Rapid at the time of the flood.

Besides her husband she is survived by mother in Hancock MI, four sisters Ruth Kurti of Detroit, Joan Suddquist of Eau Clair WS, Janice Enzor of Walled Lake MI and Vivien Rice of Warren MI. Two brothers Marvin Pike of Fenton MI and Gerald Pike of Warren MI.

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Citation

“Heaton, Sheila Marie (Pike),” Flood of 1972, accessed April 26, 2024, https://1972flood.omeka.net/items/show/333.