Margaret Heckert

Margaret Heckert, 93, of Middlesex Township, Valencia, passed away in the comfort of her home on Sunday evening.

Born Jan. 17, 1925, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, she was the daughter of the late John McConnell and Hilme Vahters Burrows.

A graduate of the Guelph General Hospital School of Nursing, she was a registered nurse, beginning her career at Monongahela Hospital, then at West Penn Hospital, the former St. John's Convalescent Unit in Valencia, before retiring in 1975 from St. Barnabas Home in Gibsonia.

She was a member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Gibsonia.

An avid collector of antique dolls, she was a member of the Butler and Pittsburgh Doll Collectors Club. She also enjoyed collecting buttons and was a member of the Western Pennsylvania Button Society.

Surviving are a son, Thomas Heckert, with whom she made her home; and three brothers and their families, William Burrows, John Burrows and James Burrows, all of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert L. Heckert, whom she married on March 24, 1949, and who died on Dec. 12, 1989; and by a son, John R. Heckert.

HECKERT — Arrangements for Margaret Heckert, who died Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018, are private and are under the direction of McDonald-Aeberli Funeral Home, 238 Crowe Ave., Mars.Memorials may be made to Good Samaritan Hospice, 116 Browns Hill Road, Valencia, PA 16059, or to Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 3832 Gibsonia Road, Gibsonia, PA 15044.Condolences are available at www.mcdonald-aeberli.com.