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Marianne Florence Heikkinen, 69, of 5181 Co. Road SAI, Cornell, Michigan passed away Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, at Marquette General Hospital in Marquette, Michigan. She was born June 16, 1942, in Chicago, Ill., and was the daughter of John and Florence (Wilinski) Bieschke. Marianne attended Catholic grade school and graduated from Carl Schurz high school in Chicago. She moved to California and returned to Watson in 1986.
Marianne worked at the Knotty Pine Bar, Vandamme and DeBaker's Potato Farms and did office work for Michigan Works. Marianne was a former member of the first response team in Watson, a Girl Scout leader when she lived in California and loved stock car racing. She raced in a powder puff race while living in California. Marianne loved the outdoors, hunting, fishing, feeding the birds and was a huge Elvis Presley fan.
Marianne Florence Heikkinen is survived by: daughter, Tammy Charles of Watson; son, Rich Heikkinen of Watson; three grandchildren; former husband, Kenneth Heikkinen of Watson; brother, Bill (Judy) Bieschke of Fox Lake, Ill.; several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents he was preceded in death by two brothers, Rich and John Bieschke. Burial will take place in the Forest Home Cemetery in Watson, Mich. A luncheon will be served following the burial at the Wells Township Hall.
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Rita Hinz (Willing)
Marianne and I were best friends throughout grade school and high school. We walked to school together every day. I was her maid of honor at her wedding. We kept in touch over the years but didn't see each other very often. We double dated as teenagers and managed to enjoy ourselves all thru school. I am sorry to hear that she passed away, I still have the fun memories of our good times together. We never did get caught when we cut some classes to spend the day at the lake.