Susan (Ambrose) Heishman
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Title
Susan (Ambrose) Heishman
Subject
Heishman, Mary Susan Ambrose (1922-1966)
Description
Portrait photograph of Mary Susan (Ambrose) Heishman as a young woman.
Her parents were James Keller and Lottie Virginia (Emerson) Ambrose and she was from Woodstock.
She worked as a bookkeeper in 1945 when she married for the first time. Her husband was First Lieutenant Gilbert Kiefer Coffman, Jr., who had served overseas in the Army in the two years before the wedding.
Both of them graduated from Woodstock High School. Susan also received a certificate from Massanutten Academy's Business School.
Gilbert was the son of Gilbert Kiefer Coffman and Lenore (Kolbe) Coffman.
In the 1950 census, she lived on Fairground Road in Woodstock with him. She worked as a secretary in an accounting office while Gilbert was listed as a clerk in a post office. A year later, the couple divorced.
She moved to Fairfax County and married again. Her second husband was Robert Franklin Heishman.
When she died, the couple lived in Fort Belvoir, Fairfax County, Virginia.
Her parents were James Keller and Lottie Virginia (Emerson) Ambrose and she was from Woodstock.
She worked as a bookkeeper in 1945 when she married for the first time. Her husband was First Lieutenant Gilbert Kiefer Coffman, Jr., who had served overseas in the Army in the two years before the wedding.
Both of them graduated from Woodstock High School. Susan also received a certificate from Massanutten Academy's Business School.
Gilbert was the son of Gilbert Kiefer Coffman and Lenore (Kolbe) Coffman.
In the 1950 census, she lived on Fairground Road in Woodstock with him. She worked as a secretary in an accounting office while Gilbert was listed as a clerk in a post office. A year later, the couple divorced.
She moved to Fairfax County and married again. Her second husband was Robert Franklin Heishman.
When she died, the couple lived in Fort Belvoir, Fairfax County, Virginia.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Dec 1945".
Contributor
Identified in 2012 by Danny Hottel.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
M. Susan (Ambrose) Heishman appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 024987 and 025771.
Identifier
024987
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Susan (Ambrose) Heishman,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/54646.
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