Wahkiakum County Eagle-July 1996

Kenneth Heckard
          
  Long Beach resident, age 82, died in Bellevue.  He was born in Long 
Beach, the son of Edwin and Ruby (Phair) Heckard.  During his youth he 
played tuba with the Long Beach Boys Band and lettered in track at 
Ilwaco high school, graduating in 1931.
  While living in Cathlamet from 1936 until 1940 he met Agatha Malloy 
and they were married in 1938 in Centralia.  They returned to Long 
Beach in 1944 when Ken purchased the Richfield oil distributorship 
which he operated until retirement in 1976.
  He was a dedicated public servant, serving on the Long Beach city 
council from 1954 until 1976 when he was elected mayor, serving until 
1979.  He also served on the Ocean Beach school district board and was 
instrumental in the planning and construction of the present Long Beach 
elementary school.  Following his retirement he was appointed to the 
Lewis and Clark Trail Commission and during his tenure helped establish 
the Lewis & Clark Memorial Park in Long Beach.  He was an active 
participant in the US Supreme Court case (Stella Hughes) 1966, 
regarding accreted ocean front boundary settlement.
  He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Aggie; daughters and sons-in-
law Sue and Erich Giese of Richland, and Nancy and Roger Krause of 
Snohomish; son Ed Hechard of Seattle and son and daughter-in-law Bill 
and Marcia Heckard of Montrose, Co; brother, Cliff and wife Wini of 
Frederal Way; sister Lucile Re of Milwaukie, Ore.; sister-in-law June 
Heckard of Long Beach; grandchildren, Will, Andrew, Dan and Steve.  He 
was preceded in death by brothers, David, Richard and Lawrence.
 Family graveside services were Tuesday in Long Beach.
 Pentilla's Chapel by the Sea, Long Beach was in charge.

Lone Fir Cemetery-Long Beach, Wa.
22 Nov 1913-18 Jul 1996
(As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum)