John Donald Heckert, b: 1922 - Jackson Township,

^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}
^{1969 Armstrong first person on the moon}
^{1973 US launches Skylab space station}
^{1981 Columbia is first space shuttle}
^{1991 Persian Gulf War}

^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}

^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}
^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}


			^{Benjamin Franklin Heckert}^{b.1872 Upper Paxton Township, d.1950}

		^{John F. Heckert}^{b.1898 d.1936 Lower Mahanoy Townshi}	^{Clara E. Yeager}^{b.1875 d.1937}

	^{John Donald Heckert}^{b.1922 Jackson Township, d.1983}

^{Karen Eileen Heckert}^b.1952 d.		^{Leah Charlotte Witmer}^{b.1900 Lower Mahanoy Townshi d.2000 Mansion Nursing Home,}

^{John Donald Heckert}^b.1954 d.

^{Elaine Mary Heckert}^b.1958 d.

	^{Katherine Mary Kessler}^b.1926 d.