Mavis Vera Heath

1927 - 2002  (74 years)

• Name	Mavis Vera Heath  [1, 2]
  Birth	19 Jul 1927	Osseo, Trempealeau, Wisconsin   [1, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Death	2 Jun 2002  [1, 4]
  Burial	Kern River Valley Cemetery, Wofford Heights, Kern, California   [2]
  Person ID	I54515	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	Kenneth Sylvester Heath,   b. 28 Apr 1896, Whitehall, Trempealeau, Wisconsin d. 18 Sep 1958, La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Julia Nelson,   b. 7 Jan 1897, Fairchild, ..., Wisconsin d. 20 Mar 1965, Galesville, Trempealeau, Wisconsin (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	18 Nov 1916  [1, 6]
  Family ID	F26363	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Fredrick L. Merrick,   b. 28 Jun 1914   d. 20 Jul 1996 (Age 82 years)
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living   5. Living   6. Living   7. Julia Lu Merrick,   b. 24 Jan 1966, ..., Los Angeles, California d. 7 Sep 1985, ..., Los Angeles, California (Age 19 years)
  Family ID	F26371	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Kern Valley Sun (Lake Isabella, CA) June 11, 2002 Graveside services were held June 6, 2002 at Kern River Valley Cemetery for Mavis Merrick, who passed away on June 2, 2002. Officiating was Pastor Gene Bush of Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Lake Isabella. Maris Vera Heath was born to Kenneth and Julia Heath on July 19, 1917 in Osseo, Wisc. She moved to California at age 16 to be close to her dear sister Doris and then they moved to Inglewood where she met and married her husband Fred. Mavis stayed home while Fred worked and she raised seven children. She loved camping, fishing and gardening. She also went back to school in 1968 at El Camino College. She loved to write and wrote for the Reader's Digest at times. Mavis was a very gentle and loving person and her family was the most important thing to her. She was always giving of herself. She was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Fred, and her daughter Julia. Mavis is survived by her daughter Betty and husband Mark Beasley; daughter Patti and husband Danny Rabitoy; daughter Diana Keck; daughter Susan Blair; son Fred and wife Debbie Merrick; son Larry and wife Janyse Merrick; 17 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; brother Harold Heath; and two sisters, Mattie Thomason and Shirley Heath.

  
  

• Sources

  [S22707] Descendants of Joseph Hascall and Catherine Green, (provided by Richard K. Hascall to the Haskell Family Association). [S9745] Cemetery index, Kern River Valley Cemetery, Wofford Heights, Kern, California, (Find-a-Grave). [S45349] 1930 census, Wisconsin, Eau Claire county. [S53585] SSDI: Social Security Death Index. [S37086] Obituary, Kern Valley Sun (Lake Isabella, CA), Mavis Vera Merrick, (June 11, 2002). [S41821] Obituary, Winona Daily News, Kenneth Heath, (September 19, 1958).