HEGINGER, LuVerne LeRoy (1935-2009)

HEGINGER, HARMS, GREEN, COLLIER, ECKHOFF, VANGERPEN, SCOTT, REYSACK, WARD

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 6/28/2013 at 11:01:54

LuVerne L. Heginger, age 74, of Belmond, formerly of Klemme, Lakota and Callendar, Iowa, died on Wednesday, December 16, 2009, at the Hancock County Memorial Hospital in Britt.

Funeral services were held on Monday, December 21, 2009, at the Klemme United Methodist Church, Klemme. The Rev. Paddy Druhl officiated. Burial, with full military honors provided by the Klemme Military Unit, was in the Ell Township
Cemetery, Klemme. The Andrews Funeral Home of Klemme was in charge of the arrangements.

Lu Verne LeRoy Heginger, the son of Carl John Heginger, Sr. and Edna (Harms) Heginger, was born on January 13, 1935 at Klemme, Iowa. He attended the Klemme Schools. LuVerne served in the United States Army from September 1, 1954 through August 20, 1957. He was honorably discharged as an SP3 (T). Following his return from the service, LuVerne was united in marriage to Shirley Ann Green, on a farm near Otho, Iowa on August 31, 1957. The couple's union was blessed with 7 children, Ronald, Joanne, Roger, Gordon, Marilynn,
David and Gary.

Throughout his career, LuVerne worked in the manufacturing industries, including more than 26 years at Winnebago Industries. He was employed with the New Idea Corporation in Fort Dodge for 13 and 1/2 years. He retired from Winnebago in 1997. LuVerne had also assisted with various demolitions of farm buildings over the years. He had been a gravedigger and assistant caretaker of
the city cemetery in Callendar. He also did some farm work for area farmers where he lived. LuVerne was a jack of all trades. He raised beautiful and plentiful gardens, loved to plant flowers and enjoyed barbeques and fishing.
He cherished times spent with his children and grandchildren. LuVerne and Shirley had also enjoyed doing some traveling over the years. He was a long time member of the Klemme United Methodist Church.

LuVerne is survived by his wife of nearly 53 years, Shirley Heginger of Belmond; sons, Ronald Heginger of Kanawha, Roger Heginger of Belmond, Gordon (Sara) Heginger of Kanawha, David (Tammy) Heginger of Klemme and Gary Heginger and fiancée, Jennifer Collier of Council Bluffs; daughters, Joanne (Larry) Eckhoff of Belmond and Marilyn Heginger of Corwith; 15 grandchildren; 3
great-grandchildren; his siblings, Carl (Darlene) Heginger of Klemme, Lyle (Sue) Heginger of Belmond, Anthony (Liz) Heginger of Klemme, Rick Heginger of Klemme, Edna (John) VanGerpen of Marion, Zelda (Jerry) Scott of Clear Lake and
Sharon Reysack of Garner; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Lois Ward; brothers, William and Duane Heginger; and a granddaughter, Rhonda Heginger.