Person:Laura Bowen (6)

Laura L. Heberling, 78, a native of Visalia, died Monday in a Visalia hospital.

  She worked for the Tulare County Health Department as a technician prior to her retirement in 1968.  In addition, she worked for Williams Jewelers for seven years.
  The former Laura Bowen was a great-granddaughter of the late Elizabeth Wingfield Tatman, an early settler in this area.  Her father owned a livery stable in Visalia.
  She attended school in Visalia and married Floyd Heberling on February 4, 1922, in Merced.
  She was a charter member of the Keanage Club, The Native Daughers of the Golden West and the Sequoia Genealogical Society.  She was a gold star mother of the American Legion Auxillary.
  In addition to her husband, she is survived by one son, William Burton Heberling of Visalia; four grandchildren.
  Graveside services will be at 2 p.m., Thursday at the Visalia Cemetery with the Rev. B. Gates officiating.  Hadley Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Visalia Times Delta (Visalia, Tulare, California) 3 February 1983, page 3.