Western Champion (Parkes, NSW : 1898 - 1934) Fri 5 Jan 1934116885

OBITUARY
EBERHARD, HEINZEL.
Another old and respected resident
of the Parkes district, in the person
of Mr. Eberhard Heinzel, of Tich-
borne, passed away on December 24,
after having been in ailing health
for two years.
The late Mr. Heinzel, who was 61
years of age, was born in Silesia and
came to South Autralia at the age of
eight years, his father, the late Gott-
lob Heinzel, being a parochial teach-
er in the Lutheran Church of South
Australia. Deceased was married in
1894 to Miss Anna Marie Schulz, and
of the marriage the issue was five
sons and two daughters. They are
Mrs. Fedeler (Forbes), and Mrs.
Gray (Coonamble), Victor (Sydney)
Arthur, Roy and Cedric (Forbes)
and Elmore.
Prior to coming to Parkes in 1912,
deceased was engaged in business in
South Australia. He then engaged
in farming pursuits at Parkes, later
going to Tomingley and again return-
ing to Parkes. He was one of the
first farmers to demonstrate the
possibilities of power farming in the
Parkes district. He was a well-read
man and was keenly interested in the
economic conditions of the world, a
subject on which his advice was often
sought.
He was one of the foundation mem-
bers of the Lutheran Church, Par-
kes.
A service was conducted in West's
Hall by the Rev. W. P. Lehmann, of
Gilgandra, at which there was a
large attendance. Many floral tributes
were sent by his large circle of
friends. The funeral arrangements
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were in the hands of Messrs. T. K.
Shakepeare and Co.