John R. Heckert

John R. Heckert, 67, of Middlesex Township, Valencia, died Wednesday morning at the Sunnyview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Butler.

Born Dec. 27, 1949, in Pittsburgh, he was the son of Margaret Burrows Heckert and the late Robert L. Heckert Jr.

John had worked as a laborer for James Austin Co. and was a member of the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Gibsonia.

Surviving are his mother, Margaret Heckert, and his brother, Thomas Heckert, both of Valencia.

HECKERT — Arrangements for John R. Heckert, who died Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, are private and under the direction of the McDonald-Aeberli Funeral Home, 238 Crowe Ave., Mars. John will be buried at the Mars Cemetery.Memorials may be made to the Butler County Humane Society, 1015 Evans City Road, Renfrew, PA 16053, your local ASPCA or the Shriner's Hospital for Children, 1645 W. 8th St., Erie, PA 16505.Condolences are available at www.mcdonald-aeberli.com.