The Twenty-Third Psalm 

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul;
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness
for His name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through
the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil for thou art with me;
Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me
in the presence of mine enemies.
Thou anointest my head with oil;
My cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy
shall follow me all the days of my life
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
for ever.

      Dorothy Heilwagen, 74, of Mexico, died at 2:05 p.m. Feb. 27, 2003, at Audrain Medical Center.

Funeral services will be held on Sunday, March 2, 2003, at 1 p.m. at Pickering Funeral Home with Father Henry Reichert officiating. Visitation will be on Saturday from 4 until 6 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. Brendan Cemetery.

Mrs. Heilwagen was born on March 22, 1928, in Maywood, Mo., the daughter of Forrest and Nellie Arlene Enlow Jackson. On Nov. 3, 1946, in Hannibal, she married Ray Heilwagen, who survives at the home. Mrs. Heilwagen had been a licensed practical nurse at Audrain Medical Center until her retirement in 1986. She was an avid reader, loved to fish with her husband and enjoyed music. She was a member of St. Brendan Catholic Church.

In addition to her husband, survivors include four daughters, Kristen Sudbrock, Columbia, Dee Dee Stratman, Jefferson City, Tammy Lederle, Mexico, and Judy Pursifull and husband Mike, Fulton; and six grandchildren, Leslie and Lance Stratman, Jake Lederle, Stephen Scharti, Raeanna Pursifull and Kayla Sudbrock who resides in the home.

Three sons, Gary Ray, Don Wayne and Jeffrey Lee Heilwagen, three sisters and one brother preceded her in death.

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