Adele Dorothy Heckman, age 64, of Portland, IN, died on Wednesday, September 21, 2016, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater, Ohio.

She was born December 16, 1951, in Coldwater to the late Edward & Bernadine (Otte) Stammen. On July 11, 1975, she married James Robert Heckman and he survives.

She is also survived by children: Krista & James Buschur of North Star, Daniel & Anne Heckman of Walton, KY, Lisa Heckman of Cassella, Michael & Krista Heckman of St. Henry, Matthew & Amy Heckman of St. Henry, Mark Heckman of Cassella and Andrew Heckman of Cassella; 11 grandchildren; siblings, Sharon & Virgil Winner of Beavercreek, Yvonne & Kenneth Abell of Corydon, IN, Terrence and Marcia Stammen of New Weston, Cynthia & Mark Henderson of Springboro and Pamela & Donald Stolzner of Arlington Heights, IL; and in laws: Jerome Barhorst of Ft. Loramie, Rita & Stephen Monnin of Botkins, John & Maruja Heckman of Clifton, VA, Ann & Michael Kreitzer of Arcanum, Mary & Jerome Siegrist of Sidney, Marjorie & Donald Eilerman of Ft. Loramie, Joseph & Joyce Heckman of Ringoes, NJ, William & Mary Beth Heckman of Yorkshire, Kathleen & John Geise of Sidney, and David & Karen Heckman of Minster.

She is preceded in death by sister-in-law Martha Barhorst.

She was a member of the quilter guild of St. Augustine Church in Minster. Adele was a homemaker, a pioneer of the home school movement home-schooling her seven children, a gardener, a seamstress, a former Home Economics teacher, baked whole grain organic breads and loved to plan family get-togethers.

Latin Requiem Mass will be held at 10:30 AM on Tuesday, September 27, 2016, at St. Rose Catholic Church, Maria Stein, Ohio, with Fr. George Gabet, officiating. Burial will follow in St. Bernard Cemetery, Burkettsville, Ohio.

Friends may call at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home in St. Henry from 2 to 8 PM on Monday and from 9 to 9:45 AM on Tuesday. Condolences may be left at hogenkampfh.com.