The Topeka Daily Capital Friday February 26, 1954 William Heers. Funeral services for William HEERS, 81, who died Monday at his home near Netawaka, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Mercer Funeral Home in Holton. Burial will be in Netawaka Cemetery. He was born November 22, 1872 in Germany and had lived in the Netawaka community since 1884. he is survived by a sister, Mrs. Mary STRUBE of Powhattan and several nieces and nephews.