Anna Hehenberger died 13 Jan 1929, at the home of her daughter, Theresa Theiss, in Balcom, aged 84 years, and was buried in Ebenezer Cemetery. Her funeral was at Ebenezer Church. She was born 20 June 1844, in Efferding, Austria, the daughter of John and Anna (Biesel) Ecker. She came with her parents to America in 1853 and settled near Jonesboro. She was christened in Austria and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church at Kornthal. She joined Ebenezer Evangelical Church at the beginning of the church about 65 years ago. She married on 31 Mar 1864, at Ebenezer Church, Michael Hehenberger, who died 23 years ago. She had six sons and six daughters. She had lived with her daughter for three years. She left two daughters, Mary Foehr and Theresia Theiss, both of Jonesboro; and one son, Fred E. Hehenberger, of Jonesboro; two sisters, Rosenna Drexler and Martha Bernhard; seven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
