Rudolph Heym
b. circa 1890, d. 23 August 1969
- Father: Rudolph Heym b. 1850, d. 1921
- Mother: Charlotte Waldheger b. 16 July 1864, d. 11 June 1933
- Rudolph Heym was born circa 1890.
- He married Mary Ruth DeWeese.
- The following appeared on 21 June 1914 in The Daily Herald: Dr. Rudolph Heym, Jr., of Cleveland, O., who has been out of medical school only a year and is now twenty-four years old, believes he has discovered a sure cure for heart disease. He is negotiating with a balloonist for the use of a large balloon, which he proposes to convert into a hospital and send up 2,000 or 3,000 feet in the air at night with the patients reclining on cots.
The beneficial effects of a rarefied atmosphere on weak hearts are recognized, but the result is not permanent, so Dr. Heym proposes to give a supplementary treatement when the hospital comes down in the morning, before the effect of the trip alone has been dissipated. - The following appeared on 12 May 1944 in The Otsego Farmer: Several of the country's leaders in the field of aeronautics came to Cooperstown to pay final tribute to A. Leo Stevens, American pioneer aeronaut, whose funeral took place Thursday afternoon at the Ingalls Funeral home. The Rev. T. P. Hurd, rector of St. Mary's Episcopal church of Springfield Center, officiated, and burial was made in the cemetery at Fly Creek . . . Miss Anna H. Stevens of Bardonia and Lawrence H. Stevens of Forest Hills, L. I., a niece and nephew of Mr. Stephens : Several of the country's leaders in the field of aeronautics came to Cooperstown to pay final tribute to A. Leo Stevens, American pioneer aeronaut, whose funeral took place Thursday afternoon at the Ingalls Funeral home. The Rev. T. P. Hurd, rector of St: Several of the country's leaders in the field of aeronautics came to Cooperstown to pay final tribute to A. Leo Stevens, American pioneer aeronaut, whose funeral took place Thursday afternoon at the Ingalls Funeral home. The Rev. T. P. Hurd, rector of St. Mary's Episcopal church of Springfield Center, officiated, and burial was made in the cemetery at Fly Creek . . . Miss Anna H. Stevens of Bardonia and Lawrence H. Stevens of Forest Hills, L. I., a niece and nephew of Mr. Stephens : Several of the countr[sic], also were present. His only brother, Frank Stevens, was unable to be here. Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Heym of Cleveland, O., first [sic] cousins, also were in attendance. . . [He] died peacefully in his sleep Sunday night at the home of his brother, Frank Stevens, at Bardonia. . . . Born in Cleveland, O., September 27, 1877, he was the son of Frank and Anna Stevens. . . . Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Laura Carter, Akron, O., whom he married July 6, 1925; the brother, Frank Stevens, at whose home his death occurred; one niece, Miss Anna Stevens, and three nephews, Lawrence, Leo and Vincent Stevens, the latter a member of the armed forces. . . .
- Rudolph Heym became a widower at the 22 October 1962 death of his wife Mary Ruth DeWeese.
- Rudolph Heym died on 23 August 1969 in Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
- The following appeared on 25 August 1969 in The Plain Dealer: Dr. Rudolph Heym, 78, general practitioner in Cleveland for 54 years, died Saturday night of an apparent heart attack suffered in his home at 2862 Scarborough Road, Cleveland Heights.
Dr. Heym was the first tenant in a medical building later supplanted by the Republic Building, 25 Prospect Avenue S.W., when he opened his offices in 1915.
A graduate of Ohio State University, he interned at City Hospital, now Metropolitan General. He was on the staffs of both Huron Road and Grace hospitals at the time of his death.
A Mason, he was a member of the Woodward Lodge, Order of the Eastern Star and the American Legion.
Surviving are sisters, Mrs. Pauline Rohrkaste, Mrs. Marie Howells, and Mrs. Charlotte H. Roberts.
Services will be tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. in St. Paul's Episcopal Church chapel, 15837 Euclid Avenue, East Cleveland.
- Last Edited: 24 Sep 2012