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Descendants of Emma Koppelman
Emma Elizabeth Koppelman (b. October 5, 1885, Baltimore Co., Maryland; d. February 17,1961[1]) 25 June 1906 at Jerusalem Ev. Luth. Church, Gardenville, m. Walter R. Hedeman (b. June 1878, Baltimore, Maryland; d.1974). They are buried in Parkwood Cemetery, Parkville, MD. The Hedemans and the Koppelmans came from neighboring villages in Germany: Grothe and Badbergen. The 1900 census lists Walter as a farm laborer boarding in the household of Henry and Herman Radecke, close to the Koppelman farm. Walter came from a more educated, urban background than Emma. According to Hedeman family lore, says Jody Hedeman Couser, "Walter Rider Hedeman first saw Emma Elizabeth Koppelman at a Catechism Class public final test at the Old Jersusalem Lutheran Church and told his companion, 'I want to meet that girl, she's very smart.' " By 1910, he was working as a draftsman in a railroad office[2]; in 1920, he had become a mechanical engineer.[3] Among their neighbors on Echodale Avenue in the city of Baltimore were Macy and Elizabeth Koppelman and their sister Margaret Koppelman Gleitsman: women who either worked at city jobs or, in MargaretŐs case, had married a successful furniture dealer. Emma and Walter Hedeman had four children, William, Ruth, Walter, and John, all of whom either earned college degrees or pursued professions like engineering, medicine, and law:
1. William Norman Hedeman (b. June 7,1909, Baltimore Co., Maryland; d. March 1987[4]) m. Mary Corson (b. February 6, 1909; d. January 1, 2003, Baltimore, Maryland[5]) They are buried in Parkwood Cemetery, Parkville, MD. The 1930 census lists W.N. HedemanŐs occupation as apprentice in the same engineering office as his father. Mary and William HedemanŐs children were Robert and William:
a. Robert Hedeman (b. 1946, Cincinnati, Ohio; d. September 9, 1998, Towson, Maryland) m. Cynthia Medeiros; divorced; no children) Robert Hedeman was a highly respected attorney and CPA in Towson; with Kathleen OŐFerrall Friedman, now a Baltimore City Circuit judge, he practiced business and tax law for over 20 years. He earned a bachelorŐs degree from Gettysburg College in 1967, a law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1973, and a masterŐs degree in taxation from Georgetown University Law Center in 1982.[6]
b. William Norman Hedeman, Jr. (b. 15 Oct 1942, Cincinnati, OH; d. 3 Sept 1992, Sliver Spring, MD) m. Madeleine Gutekunst. William received his BA from Gettysburg College, his JD from the University of Maryland, and his LLM in Environmental Law, with Highest Honors, from George Washington University. In 1968, he worked as an attorney with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Baltimore. He moved to the Environmental Protection Agency in 1979, holding various positions including Director of the Office of Federal Activities, Director of the Superfund Program, and Deputy Assistant Administrator for Water. After seven years, he joined the law firm of Beveridge and Diamond, P.C., in Washington, DC, where he specialized in water issues and in matters relating to the clean-up of hazardous waste sites. He also taught law at George Washington UniversityŐs National Law Center for 14 years.[7] He and Madeleine had three children, Eric, Cynthia, and David:
1. Eric William Hedeman (b. 10 June 1968, MD) on 5 June 2004 m. Jennifer Sampson (b. 28 May 1973) Eric Hedeman graduated from Western Maryland College in 1990. Their daughter is:
a. Gwen Bernadette Hedeman (b. 13 Sept 2005, MD)
2. Cynthia Ann Hedeman (b. 10 Aug 1971, MD) on 14 Sept 1996 m. Neal Watson Bonner (b. 8 Sept 1970) Cynthia graduated from Gettysburg College in 1993. They have two daughters, Julianna and Ashlyn:
a. Julianna Marie Bonner (b. 13 Feb 2001, MD)
b. Ashlyn Melissa Bonner (b. 23 Sept 2003, MD)
3. David Frederick Hedeman (b. 2 July 1974, MD) on 4 Oct 2003 m. Adrienne Shea Brown (b. 17 Sept 1973) David graduated from James Madison University in 1996. Their daughter is:
a. Eliza Mae Hedeman-Brown (b. 18 Apr 2006, FL)
2. Emma Ruth Hedeman (b. November 25, 1910, Baltimore Co., MD; d. January 25, 2006, Annapolis, MD) She is buried in Parkwood Cemetery, Parkville, MD.
After taking a B.A. from Goucher College in Baltimore in 1931, Emma Ruth Hedeman earned an M.A. in Mathematics from Duke University in 1936. She began her career as a math teacher at Eastern High School in Baltimore, until 1942, when she joined the Navy WAVES. She was trained in aerology (known today as atmospheric science) and was appointed aerological officer at the Naval Air Station, Klamath Falls, Oregon. She mustered out of the Navy in 1946 with the rank of Lieutenant, Senior Grade. She won a Dean Van Meter Fellowship to pursue graduate studies in astronomy at the University of Michigan, and was awarded an M.S. in 1948. In the 1950s and 1960s she taught astronomy methods and did research in solar astronomy at the McMath-Hulbert Observatory, which was at that time affiliated with the university. Among her many publications, her 1968 paper co-written with Helen W. Dodson, ŇA Re-evaluation of Solar Flares, 1964-1966,Ó set forth a way to measure solar flares, the Comprehensive Flare Index. An avid genealogist and world traveler, she retired in 1987.[8]
3. Walter Hedeman, Jr. (b. July 18, 1914, Baltimore, Maryland; d. April 1985, Annapolis, Maryland) m. Elise Thomas (b. December 8, 1913, Baltimore Co., Maryland; d. November 1985, Redlands, California[9]) They had five children, William, Elise, Susan, Walter, and Paul:
a. William Hedeman
b. Elise Hedeman m. Jerry Conser:
1. Scott Conser
2. Mark Conser
3. Michael Conser
c. Susan Hedeman, m. John Matthews
d. Walter Hedeman, III m. Katheryn Helyn Lomasney:
1. Keith Hedeman
2. Walter Hedeman IV
3. John Hedeman
e. Paul Hedeman
4. Dr. John Louis Hedeman, M.D. (b. 7 Nov 1921, Baltimore, MD; d. 29 July 2010, Salisbury, Wicomico Co., MD[10]) John L. Hedeman took a B.A. at St. JohnŐs College before joining the army during World War II. He served as a bombsight mechanic in the U.S. Army Air Corps, stationed in Italy. After the war, he spent two years teaching freshman mathematics at Gettysburg College while completing his pre-med requirements. He earned his M.D. from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He married twice: 1) Ellen Sack, of the well-to-do Baltimore Sacks who owned a lumber business; 2) Joanne Brickey. Dr. Hedeman had two daughers with Ellen Sack:
a. Cara Hedeman m. Clifford
b. Leslie Hedeman m. Don Spring
With Joanne Brickey:
c. Jody Hedeman, m. Chad Couser. They have two daughters:
1. Emma Margaret Couser (b. 14 Nov 2006, MD) 2. Lilah Couser (b. July 2009, MD)
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[1] Social Security Death Index
[2] 1910 Federal Census of Baltimore County
[3] 1920 Federal Census of Baltimore County
[4] Social Security Death Index
[5] Social Security Death Index
[6] Obituary, Baltimore Sun, 9 Sept 1998
[7] Obituary, Washington Post, 5 Sept 1992.
[8] Obituary, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan 2006
[9] Social Security Death Index
[10] Obitury, Baltimore SUN, 1 Aug 2010
