By Mrs. Pearl Becherl Heinze
Math Heinze and I were married, May 10, 1938 at Jessie by Reverend George Miller. We lived in Jessie on the school hill (Rose Clemmens House) until the fall of 1938. Then we moved to the Jensen Farm (Michael Heinz lives there now, 1975). Our first child, Robert, was born May 5, 1939. We lived on that farm until the fall of 1939 when we moved south of Jessie on the Bill DeSmet (now Frank Fiebiger) farm. In 1942 we had a girl, Lucille who was born at Mrs. Cort Bonnewell's in Cooperstown. In June we moved on a farm west of the hill of DeSmet's. In 1947, our son Lawrence was born at Mrs. Frank Borchert's in Cooperstown. We farmed there until the year Punch and Mary bought our farm. The children went to Clearfield School about two miles south and one mile west of the farm.
In 1956, we moved to Ogema, Minnesota where we stayed two years before moving back to Jessie, where we have lived since. We started a beer Bar and Gas Service in what had been the locker plant until the fall of 1970, then we sold out, moved in a home from Binford and Math has been carpentering since.
Our daughter Lucille was married to Oriss Reinhart at Jessie, in 1960 by Father Joseph Heubsch, and have lived in Cooperstown since. They have five children:
Wayne, Kevin and Keith (twins), Kathy and Lori. They have the 66 Service Station.
Robert was married to Veronica Kraft at St. Michael in 1969. They had two girls, Susie and Penny. Robert passed away in 1973. He had worked for the Griggs County Telephone Company for 10 years before his death.
Lawrence was married to Patty Knapp in 1970 at Jessie. Father Adam Hasey was the priest. They live in Cooperstown. Lawrence works for Ricky Reiten, and Patty works at Wakefield Clinic. They have no children.
Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 455