Maude Heckler, 81, Liberty Center, died Thursday evening in Fulton County Health Center, Wauseon. She had been a resident of Fairlawn Haven Nursing Home, Archbold, for nine years.

She was born in Henry County on May 2, 1897, to George and Clara (Pontious) Shoemaker. On June 2, 1918, she married Merlin Heckler, and he died in September, 1968.

The deceased was a member of Liberty Chapel United Methodist Church and was a former Sunday School teacher.