Eva Jean Heck, 1939 - 2018

HECK, PRANSCHKE, JORGENSEN

Posted By: Connie Swearingen -Volunteer (email)
Date: 11/12/2018 at 10:05:24

Sioux City Journal
21 October 2018

McCook Lake, S.D.

Eva J. Heck, 79, of McCook Lake, died Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, at a Sioux City hospital.

Services will be 7 p.m. Wednesday at Meyer Brothers Morningside Chapel. Cremation rites will follow the service. The family will greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Online condolences may be expressed at www.meyerbroschapels.com.

Eva Jean came into the world, along with her twin sister, Edna, on Feb. 24, 1939. Eva was born to Paul and Alice Pranschke in Salix, Iowa, where the family resided for a couple of years, and then moved to Westfield, Iowa. Eva grew up on a farm, where she shared her dad’s love of animals, and attended elementary school in Westfield, Iowa, and high school at Jefferson, S.D.

Eva met and married David Jorgensen and from that union came her first daughter, Crystal. Eva later met and married Rodger Heck on June 27, 1964, at which time they became a family of five including Marlene and Donna, daughters from Rodger’s first union. Together, Eva and Rodger had two daughters, Janet and Pamella. Over the next 24 years, the Heck family called Jefferson, S.D. their home.

Throughout her life, Eva held various jobs including J.C. Penney, Valley Bank, Country Inn and Suites, and Casey’s.

Eva loved crafting and crocheting, and spending time with family, especially her grandkids and great-grandkids. Eva considered her greatest accomplishment to be raising three strong daughters.

Eva is survived by her five daughters, Marlene (Tom) Peters, Donna (Dennis) Golden, Crystal Jorgensen, Janet (Bill) Dennison, and Pamella (Alan) Stokely; 12 grandkids, Shawn (Jody), Shelley, and Frank Peters (Jaime); Wendy (Daron) Jacobson, Missy Golden, and Denise Houts; Courtney Sterling (Miguel); Lacey (Andrew) Storm, and Lindsay (Jesse) Johnson; and Heather, Steven (Kellsie), and Paul (Jessica) Oberg; 20 great-grandkids; and four great-great-grandkids.

Eva was preceded in death by her twin sister, Edna; her mother and father; and husband of 50 years.