Nora M. Heater, age 78, of Troy died Friday, January 26, 2001. She is survived by her husband of 45 years, David D. Heater; daughter, Gloria Jean Davis; grandchildren, Teresa Helmick and Thomas Davis; greatgrandchildren, David, Derek, Dirke, Danah and Gordie; brother, Paul Carter and sisters, Geneva Dykes, Virginia Russell and Lillian Seipel. She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Gertrude Cassidy Carter and one brother and four sisters.