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- HELEN M. "HECKY" BASTRESS, 84, passed away Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, at Heritage Park Health Care Center in Fort Wayne. Born in Fort Wayne, she and her two sisters lived at Pixley Home for three years. Hecky was a 1942 graduate of Central High School and a 1945 graduate of St. Joe Hospital School of Nursing. She was a Registered Nurse for Dr. Harry Harvey. Hecky was a volunteer at the Botanical Gardens, Fort Wayne Historical Society and Senior Citizen Center. She was a past member of the Alley Kats Dance Troupe and a member of Trinity English Lutheran Church. Survivors include her husband, Thomas G. Bastress of Fort Wayne; sons, Timothy J. (Jo) Bastress, Thomas G. Bastress and Todd J. (Cindy) Bastress, all of Fort Wayne; daughters, Candace A. (Rev. C. James) Cress and Cynthia Clark, both of Fort Wayne; 15 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
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