The Vidette-Messenger Indiana April 22, 1952 Thomas HEISER, 81, well-known in South Porter county, died Monday in the Porter Memorial hospital, after an illness of serveral months. The decedent came to live on the old Fred HELMBERG farm in 1896 and made his home there until shorty after the death of Frieda HELMBERG in 1946, at which time he came to live in the homes of Ed and Reine KLEINZ of RFD 3, Valparaiso, and with Ardella HAMANN in New Carlisle, Ind.. He was born in Niles, Ill., Jan. 8, 1871, and is survived by two sisters and three brothers, all residing in Chicago. For many years he was a member of the St. Paul Lutheran church in Kouts. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at Kosanke Brothers funeral home, Kouts. Dr. Luther Koepke of the Immanuel Lutheran church, Valparaiso, will officiate. Burial will be in North Judson.