Sharon Kay (Wilcox) HEINTZ

HEINTZ, AINGER, WILCOX, MEIER, OREILLY, WOLFF, FREY

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 4/16/2011 at 21:51:09

June 3, 1943 -- March 8, 2011

Sharon Kay Heintz, 67, of Rochester, passed away Friday, March 8, 2011, at Seasons Hospice, after a five-year, courageous battle with melanoma. She was born June 3, 1943, at Clarion, Iowa, the daughter of Ernest and Esther (Ainger) Wilcox. Mrs. Heintz was a homemaker. She loved working in her flower gardens, watching birds, animals and really enjoyed fishing. Family gatherings and family fishing trips were especially memorable and something she always looked forward to attending. She was very family-oriented and loved being with her grandchildren, and girls weekends out with her daughter, daughter-in-law and sisters was such fun times shopping, playing cards, and it wasn't a shopping trip without a stop at Dairy Queen for her favorite banana split.

She married Emil “Sonny” Heintz and he survives along with her children, Sue Meier (Joe) of Chaska, and Don Heintz (Connie) of Elgin; two grandchildren, Connor and Tyler Meier; and her siblings, Sandy O'Reilly of Rochester, Pat Wolff (Ronnie) of Webster City, Iowa, Janet Frey (Joel) of Raleigh, N.C., Jerry Wilcox (Yolanda) of Zumbro Falls, Bob Wilcox (Joan) and Keith Wilcox, both of Rochester. She was preceded in death by a son, one sister, and a nephew.

Funeral services celebrating her life will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 13, 2011, at Ranfranz and Vine Funeral Homes. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery in Rochester. Friends may call from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, and one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Memorials appreciated to Seasons Hospice or Operation Blessing. Ranfranz and Vine Funeral Homes, 5421 Royal Place N.W., Rochester, MN 55901.

April 11, 2011
Post Bulletin -- Rochester, Minnesota