Dennis Henry Heeke (September 9, 1927 – August 14, 2009) was an American farmer and politician.
Heeke was born in
Dubois, Indiana
Dubois is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Dubois County, Indiana, United States. Its population at the 2010 census was 488.
History
Dubois was platted in 1885. It took its name from Dubois County. The Dubois post ...
. He was a farmer and helped organized the Dubois Volunteer Fire Department. Heeke also was involved with the
Patoka Lake
Patoka Lake is the second-largest reservoir in the U.S. state of Indiana (after Lake Monroe) and is spread across Dubois, Crawford, and Orange counties in southern Indiana.
Lake
Created as a joint effort between the US Army Corps of Engineers a ...
Regional Water and Sewer District. Heeke served in the
Indiana House of Representatives
The Indiana House of Representatives is the lower house of the Indiana General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Indiana. The House is composed of 100 members representing an equal number of constituent districts. House memb ...
from 1964 to 1998 and was a
Democrat
Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to:
Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
**Democratic ...
. Heeke died at the Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in
Jasper, Indiana
Jasper is a city in, and the county seat of, Dubois County, Indiana, United States, located along the Patoka River. The population was 16,703 at the 2020 census making it the 48th largest city in Indiana. On November 4, 2007, Dubois County returne ...
.
['Heeke, longtime ex-state rep., dies,' ''Clarion News'' (Indiana), Lee Cable, August 19, 2009]
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1927 births
2009 deaths
People from Dubois County, Indiana
Farmers from Indiana
20th-century American firefighters
Democratic Party members of the Indiana House of Representatives
20th-century American politicians
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