Rev. Paul W. O. Heist Rev. Dr. Paul W. O. Heist, 98, of Cadiz, OH formerly of Martins Ferry, OH and Quakertown, PA died, Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2003 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. He was born Jul. 8, 1904 in Scranton, PA a son of the late Rev. William S. and Carrie Ozias Heist. Rev. Heist was named Valedictorian of the class of 1922 at Muhlenburg College in Allentown, PA. He also graduated from the Philadelphia Seminary and received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Thiel College. He was first called as associate pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in Johnstown, PA. Rev Heist served the majority of his ministry at St. John's Lutheran Church in Martins Ferry where he was pastor for forty-one years. He served as chairman of the Ministerial Examining Committee of the former Pittsburgh Synod and was Parliamentarian and member of the Executive Committee of the Ohio Synod of the Lutheran Church in America. Following his retirement he returned to Eastern Pennsylvania where he was a visitation pastor for Trinity Lutheran Church in Perkasie and Trinity Lutheran Church in Quakertown, PA. In recent years he was an active participant in a Bible study group at the Presbyterian Church of Cadiz. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Virginia Snyder Heist in 1994. Surviving are his daughter Nancy and her husband Jonathan Kirkland and two grandchildren Andrew Wilson Kirkland and Carolyn Leigh Kirkland all of Cadiz. Friends will be received Fri. 2-4 & 6-8 PM at the Heslop Funeral Home, Walnut at Fifth, Martins Ferry, OH. Funeral services will be held Sat., Apr. 26, 2003 at 1:00 PM at St. John's Lutheran Church, Martins Ferry with Rev. Peter L. Pilger and Rev. Dr. William Hudson officiating. Burial follows in Riverview Cemetery, Martins Ferry. Memorial contributions may be made to St. John's Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 399, Martins Ferry, OH 43935 or to Harrison Community Hospital, 951 E. Market St., Cadiz, OH 43907.