Carol J. Heckert, 65, died at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, at the Autumn Grove Care Center in Harrisville.

Born Jan. 29, 1942, she was the daughter of the late Albert E. and Myrtle M. Kennedy Heckert.

She was employed at the Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens most of her life.

Surviving are a sister, Ruth E. McIlvain of Butler; two brothers, Donald E. Heckert of Butler, and Albert L. Heckert of Hampton Bay, N.Y.; and by a number of nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by a brother and a sister.

<B>HECKERT</B> — Friends of Carol J. Heckert were to be received from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the <B>Thompson-Miller Funeral Home</B>, 124 E. North St.Services were to be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Sherry L. Cook of Buffalo Charge United Methodist Church officiating.Interment will be in Butler County Memorial Park.Information also is available at www.thompson-miller.com.