FRANKFORT - Robert Dale Heaton, 76, of Frankfort, died Sept. 25, 2007, in St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Lafayette.
He was born April 23, 1931, in Frankfort, to Pearl F. and Mary E. Sheets Heaton. On Jan. 22, 1955, he married Carolyn Criswell, who died in 1987. On Dec. 11, 1987, he married Edith E. Black, who survives.
He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He formerly worked for Ingram-Richardson Inc., Frankfort, then owned and operated Heaton's Body Shop and Towing Service in Frankfort and Warsaw. After retiring, he returned to Frankfort and worked for American Body Shop and Wesley Manor.
Also surviving is a son, Rick Heaton, Indianapolis; a daughter, Mrs. Wayne (Cathy) Flynn, Frankfort; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and a brother, Donald Heaton, Bloomington. He was preceded in death by two sons and three sisters.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Archer-Weston Funeral Home, Frankfort. Burial with military honors will follow in Bunnell Cemetery.
Calling is from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorials to the Dialysis Dept. of St. Vincent Frankfort Hospital or Eagle Harvest Church.
