Marjorie "Peggy" Smarty Hecko, 65, of Grand Island, N.Y., died September 25, 1998, in New York. Mrs. Hecko was a graduate of Bentleyville High School and had attended Somerset Grade School in Vanceville. She moved to the Eighty Four area at the age of 5. Surviving are her husband of 43 years, Albert H. Hecko; a son, Randall P. Hecko of Grand Island; three daughters, Cheryl Wilcox, Janice Marie Hecko and Patricia Stapley, all of Grand Island; 10 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; her stepfather, Louis J. Copechal of Eighty Four; five sisters, Margaret Stouch of Grants Pass, Ore., Violet Hyson of Portland, Ore., Matlida Thompson of Eighty Four, Helen Louise Ogden of Dallas, Texas, and Gertrude Paxton of New Stanton; and two brothers, Louis J. Copechal of Bentleyville and Robert L. Copechal of Canonsburg. Deceased, in addition to her mother, is a brother, John "Pete" Smarty; and a sister, Mary Meredith. Burial was at the Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Tonawanda, N.Y. Copyright ©1998 Observer Publishing Co.Last updated Wednesday, October 21, 1998Marjorie Smarty Hecko
Graduate of Bentleyville High School
She was born August 29, 1933, in Todd, a daughter of Helen C. Copechal.