Edna Jo Heindl age 91 of Kettering, passed away Sunday, May 7, 2006 at Crestview Manor Nursing Home. Edna was born September 29, 1914, the daughter of Joseph and Verna Forlines. She was a Registered Nurse for 50 years working for Miami Valley Hospital, St. Elizabeth Hospital, Montgomery County Nursing Home and Stillwater Health Center. She was an active member of New Lebanon Brethren Church. She also served in various organizations including the Women's Missionary Society and the Retiring Nurses Committee. Edna is survived by her children, Dan and Mary Lou Gordon of Kettering, David and Linda Gordon of Peoria, AZ and Linda and Bob Wise of Edge Water, FL; sisters, June Eaton of Lebanon, OH, Barbara Cordier of West Carrollton, OH, Eleanor Dinsmore of Tipp City, OH, and (Dolly Murphy of Barberton, OH; )brother, David and Joyce Forlines of Canal Fulton, OH; 11 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren and 3 more on the way; and a host of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; first husband, Chester H. Gordon (1952); second husband, John W. Heindl (1988); siblings, Joe Forlines, II, Marjorie Burks, Patricia McAlpin, Lena Schelcher and Don Forlines. Family will receive friends 5:00-8:00 p.m. Thursday, May 11, 2006 at Newcomer Funeral Home, 3940 Kettering Blvd. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Interment will follow in Bearcreek Cemetery. The family wishes to express their gratitude to Dorothy Jeffries and Kathy Schamel for their unconditional love and support.



Edna Jo Forlines Heindl was a Bramwell High School Class 1933 graduate and will be fondly remembered by her  fellow BHS alumni. Photograph is from the BHS Class of '51's dinner at The Oaks Supper Club in Pipestem, WV on June 27, 2001.  (Photo by Shirley Jarrett , BHS Class '51)