Biography: Josephine Heiskell Harrison Hollenberg, 96, died in Little Rock, Arkansas, on July 17, 2011. Known as ?Deanie?, she was the oldest daughter of Georgia Royston Heiskell and Fred Heiskell. She was predeceased by her husband, John M. Harrison, in 1965, her second husband, Henry G. Hollenberg, M.D., in 1994, her step-daughter, Mary Hollenberg White, and her brother-in-law, Walter B. Terry. She is survived by her sister, Mrs. Walter B. Terry, of Peapack, New Jersey, her son, Fred Heiskell Harrison (Helen) of Little Rock, her daughter, Ellen H. Dickins, of Little Rock, and her stepchildren, Henry G. ?Fritz? Hollenberg (Connie) of Little Rock, and Elizabeth Power (Joe), of Fort Smith. She is also survived by two granddaughters, Katherine Wyrick (Charles) of Little Rock, and Josie Dickins of Tuxedo, North Carolina, two grandsons, John Dickins (Kirsten) of Little Rock, and Heiskell Dickins of Little Rock, and by her step-grandchildren, Tannen Hollenberg (Jan) of Little Rock, Joe Hollenberg, M.D. (Elizabeth) of Monroe, Louisiana, Howison Hollenberg (Shannon) of Atlanta, Georgia, Stacy Reid (John) of Charlottesville, Virginia, John Powers, of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Blue Gilton (Rev. Michael) of Houston, Texas, Rebecca White, of Portland, Oregon, Elizabeth White of Hood River, Oregan, Kyle White (Kelly) of Burke, Virginia and Rachel Powell (Brannan) of Arlington, Tennessee. She is also survived by five great-grandchildren, Harrison Wyrick, Helen Wyrick, Jack Dickins, Sawyer Dickins, Amalie Dickins, all of Little Rock, and thirteen step-great-grandchildren. Finally, she is survived by her nephew, Walter B. Terry, Jr. of Los Angeles, California, and her niece Georgia Terry Schley (Reeve, III) of Whitehouse, New Jersey, and her children, Reeve Schley, IV and Marie Morton (Nick) and their children, Georgia and Waller all of Los Angeles, California. Deanie?s father, Fred Heiskell, was managing editor of the Arkansas Gazette from 1903 when he, his brother Ned, and other members of the family bought the paper, until his death in 1931, a few days after Deanie returned home for Easter vacation from the Shipley School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Deanie graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1936 and worked for Vogue Magazine in New York after graduation, having won its prestigious Prix de Paris award. She was married in 1939 to John M. Harrison, and following his death in 1965, she married Henry G. Hollenberg, M.D. in 1974. Deanie was proud of her pioneer Arkansas roots, and she was descended from Isaac and Maria Toncre Watkins, among Little Rock?s earliest settlers arriving in 1821, and Grandison Delaney Royston of Old Washington, Arkansas, who was the chairman of the 1874 Constitutional Convention. Deanie was a board member of Mt. Holly Cemetery and was the Vice Regent from Arkansas on the board of The Ladies Association of Mt. Vernon, President Washington?s home. She was a member of the Little Rock Junior League, the Aesthetic Club, the Colonial Dames, and the Country Club of Little Rock. Deanie had a keen mind and curious intellect, loved books and newspapers, was fiercely loyal to her principles, family and friends, and loved dogs. A special thanks should be noted for her many caregivers when she lived at home, among whom were Georgia Heard and Pearl Camp, and her special caregiver, Lakeisha Barnhum, both at home and later years at Presbyterian Village, and to the compassionate nurses and physicians at Arkansas Hospice. A graveside service will be held at Mt. Holly Cemetery at a later date to be announced. The family requests in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to the Pioneer Washington Restoration Foundation, P. O. Box 127, Washington, AR, 71862, Mt. Holly Cemetery, P. O. Box 250118, Little Rock, AR 72225, Historic Arkansas Museum, 200 E. 3rd St., Little Rock, AR 72201-9784, or to a favorite charity. Arrangements by Ruebel Funeral Home, www.reubelfuneralhome.com.
What a remarkable lady your mother was. We are thinking of you and all the family with deepest sympathy.
Ellen and Tom