Heying, Dennis Henry 1934 - 2015
HEYING, BOHR, BODENSTEINER, BUTIKOFER, COOLEY, BOUSKA, BRAINERD, HAGEMAN, BOUSKA, TREWIN, BRUESS, KAPPAS, FOREMAN
Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 7/24/2015 at 13:28:41
Dennis Henry Heying, 80, of Hawkeye, Iowa passed away on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at the Rochester Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota with his loving family by his side.
Dennis was born at home in Festina, Iowa on August 3, 1934 to Joe and Rose (Bohr) Heying. He proudly served in the United States Army from November 1953 to November 1955.
On October 25, 1955, Dennis was united in marriage to the love of his life, Marion Bodensteiner, at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in St. Lucas, Iowa. Nine children were born to this union. Dennis farmed for 44 years, starting off outside of Lawler and then moving near Hawkeye in 1971 where he raised his family. After retiring from farming in 1998, Dennis was employed as a transit van driver for Northeast Iowa Community Action in Postville for 10 years. He was an active member of Holy Name Catholic Church in West Union, Knights of Columbus, and Hawkeye American Legion Post 312.
Dennis was a diehard St. Louis Cardinals fan and his family is proud to carry on his legacy. He also enjoyed golfing especially with Bill, Buck and Bruce; playing cards, listening to music and dancing with Marion. Dennis had a wonderful sense of humor and loved to tease in a tender way. His greatest joy was spending time with his family - especially his grandchildren and great-grandchildren whom he adored.
Dennis is survived by his wife, Marion of Hawkeye; 9 children, Glenn (Julia) Heying of Durham, NC, Patti (Jim Kleppe) Butikofer of Clermont, Ron (Holly) Heying of West Union, Keith (Renae) Heying of Peoria, AZ, Steven (Leilani) Heying of Goodyear, AZ, Sandy (Frank) Cooley of Overland Park, KS, Jayne (Bill) Bouska of West Union, Ken (Beth) Heying of Cedar Rapids, and Vicki Rae (Dean) Brainerd of Dewitt, Iowa, along with 28 grandchildren, Dan, Jeny, Katy, Sarah, Eryn, Jeff, Andy, Andrea, Elisabeth, Emily, Tom, Ashlee, Dennis Jacob, Trevor, Brooke, Chelsey, Hannah, Lance, Kassie, Kari, Kayla, Kristin, Seth, Alex, Halle, Delaney, Amanda and Jacob, along with 15 great grandchildren and one more on the way. His surviving siblings include Helen Hageman of Calmar, Ernie (Kay) Heying of Calmar, John (Louise) Heying of Calmar, Doris Bouska of Hawkeye, Carl (Carol) Heying of Dubuque, Lorna (Cletus) Bouska of Waucoma, Mary Ann (Dick) Trewin of Waucoma, Dr. Robert (Tina) Heying of Napa Valley, CA, Sue Heying of Calmar, and sister-in-law Pat Heying, of Ossian, Iowa.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Paul Heying and Greg (Helen) Heying; sister, Betty Bruess; brothers-in-law, Jim Bouska, Jim Bruess and Melvin Hageman; sister-in-law Helen Kappas; two nephews, Rodney Hageman and Jim Bob Bruess; and a niece, Kristie Foreman.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 am, on Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at Holy Name Catholic Church in West Union with a visitation from 9:30 am until service time at Burnham-Wood & S.K. Rogers Funeral Home of West Union. Burial will follow in Mount Calvary Cemetery in rural West Union with military honors provided by American Legion Post 312 of Hawkeye, Iowa.
A public visitation will be held from 3 pm until 7 pm with a rosary service at 4 pm on Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at Burnham-Wood Funeral Home in West Union.
Burnham-Wood & S.K. Rogers Funeral Home of West Union is in charge of the arrangements.
Source: Burnham-Wood Funeral Home database
Winneshiek Obituaries maintained by Bruce Kuennen.
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