Mathew D. Heesch, 32, 1312 Fifth Ave. So., died July 25, 1994, near Burnside after being pinned between a truck trailer bed and frame.
Funeral Services will be 1:30 p.m. Friday in the chapel at Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home with the Rev. Philip Scharnitzke, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Pomeroy, officiating. Burial will be in North Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. today.
Survivors include his wife, Gayle; son, Peter Matthew; daughter Alea Reigh; stepsons, Steven Hopen of Downey, CA, and Rick Hopen of LaHabra, CA; two step-grandchildren; sisters, Rae Ressler and Julie Busse, both of Fort Dodge; brother, Neil Heesch, Agoura Hills, CA; stepbrothers, Ben Bohn, Twin Lakes, and Jay Ricke, Fort Dodge; stepsister, Wendy Steinberg, Pomeroy; mother Sandy Bohn, Fort Dodge; father Pete Heesch and stepmother, Pam Heesch, Fort Dodge; and grandmother, Faye Heesch, Sun City, AZ.
He was preceded in death by his materal grandparents and paternal grandfather and his stepfather, Irv Bohn.
Matthew D. Heesch was born April 25, 1962 in Lake City. As a child, he moved to Fort Dodge, where he attended school. After his education, he entered the Army National Guard. In 1991, he married Gayle Mentzer in Las Vegas, NV, and they lived in Fullerton, CA from 1984 until 1992, where he was employed by Allied Fence Company. In May 1992, he returned to Fort Dodge and at the time of his death was owner and operator of Quality Fence and Gate Company in Fort Dodge. |
