Heberle M.D., James P. 	

1921 - 2003	

James P. Heberle, M.D., 82, a retired physician, died Monday, Nov. 3, 2003, at his residence. 
Funeral: 10 a.m. Thursday, First United Methodist Church of Burleson. Burial: Laurel Land Memorial Park, Fort Worth. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. 
Pallbearers: Dr. Frank Jircik, Ron Gieser, Byron Black, Terry Ford, Dick Foster, Buford McCauley, Hank Hoaldridge and Toby Ford. Honorary bearers: Dr. Tom Meyers, Dr. George Boswell, Dr. Sam Sylva, Dr. James Herd, C.N. Guinn, Dick Thomas, Gene Harris and Ted Whitley. 
Memorials: The family would appreciate memorials in Dr. Heberle's honor to the Co-Worker's Class of First United Methodist Church of Burleson, P.O. Box 399, Burleson, Texas 76097; or to the Texas Lions Camp for Handicapped Children, P.O. Box 290247, Kerrville, Texas 78029. 
Dr. Heberle was born July 16, 1921, in Joshua, where his father was a dentist. After graduating from high school, he attended Texas Wesleyan College as a pre-medical student, where he met his wife, Analois "Ann" Beauchamp. He was a member of Alpha Chi, listed in Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges, and graduated in 1941. 
Three weeks after graduation, Pearl Harbor was attacked. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps and completed meteorology cadet training at the University of Chicago Institute of Meteorology. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant and spent the next two and a half years of active duty in the Alaska-Aleutians area of operations as a weather officer. He was base weather officer at Amchika when the nearby island of Kiska was invaded. For this invasion, he prepared the weather forecast. 
He was relieved of active duty on March 13, 1946, as a captain and was later promoted to the rank of major. 
After completing his tour of duty with the military, he resumed his work toward the profession of which he always intended to become a part - the medical profession. He graduated from the University of Texas Medical School in 1950 and was a member of the Phi Chi medical fraternity. 
After graduation, he served a one-year internship at John Peter Smith Hospital, house physician at Cook's Memorial Hospital, and a three-year residency in surgery and pathology at Harris Hospital. 
He began practicing in Burleson in 1956. Burleson was home to Dr. Heberle's practice until his retirement in 1990. His membership in professional organizations include a life member of the Texas Medical Association through the Tarrant County Medical Society, The American Academy of Family Physicians, and he was a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Practice. 
The local organizations include Tarrant County Medical Society, active member of the Harris medical staff from 1950 until his retirement in 1990, and a charter member of the Huguley Memorial Hospital staff. Since retirement, he was an honorary member of the Huguley medical staff. 
He was a Master Mason in Burleson Lodge #649, and a member of the Burleson Lions, Burleson Beautification Council and First United Methodist Church. 
A quiet, humble Christian man, devoted to his family and his patients, he will be missed by many. 
Survivors: His wife of 60 years, Ann Heberle; son, Paul Heberle; daughter and son-in-law, Suzanne and Michael Brian; daughter, Kay; grandchildren, Rob and Rachel Heberle, Amber, Aaron, Laura and Steve Brian, and Annalisa Jamalainen. 
Published in the Star-Telegram on 11/4/2003