Henry Heidelberg

Henry Hensel Heidelberg, son of the late Ernest L. and Gertrude Emma Marie (Wenzel) Heidelberg, was born on April 8, 1927 in Courtney Flats, Oklahoma, and departed this life on August 2, 2016 in Ringling, Oklahoma at 89 years of age.

Henry grew up in Courtney Flats and graduated from Courtney Flats High School. He served in the United States Army from 1945-1947. Henry married Marie Berry on July 8, 1944 and together they raised five children. Henry later adopted and raised five more children.

After Henry left the military, he and Marie moved to Texas where he worked in the oil fields. He also spent time working as a machinist. In the 1970s, they moved to Manes, Missouri, and bought a dairy farm, which he greatly enjoyed.

Henry loved visiting and being around others. He enjoyed telling jokes and trading and swapping whenever he had the chance. Henry was also a member of the Masonic Lodge for several years.

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Marie, on August 26, 1976; two sons: Dale and William Lewis Heidelberg; one daughter: Pamela Jeanette Heidelberg: one brother: Jerry Ben Heidelberg; one grandchild: Larry Andy Heidelberg; two great-grandchildren: LaRhonda Marie Love and Chelsea Marie Villezcas.

He is survived by three sons: Larry Heidelberg of Nederland, Texas, Jon Heidelberg of Mineral Point, Missouri, and William Henry Heidelberg of Mansfield, Missouri; four daughters: Pat Love and her husband, Ronnie, of Fritch, Texas, Elizabeth Heidelberg of Crane, Missouri, Helen Rader and her husband, Jack, of Mountain Grove, Missouri, and Mary Doherty and her husband, Jesse, of Hartville, Missouri; one brother: Ernie Heidelberg and his wife, Shirley, of Fritch, Texas; one sister: Lula Pierce of Healdton, Oklahoma; thirteen grandchildren; twenty-seven great-grandchildren; twenty-one great-great-grandchildren; two great-great-great-grandchildren; and many other family and friends who will miss him dearly.

Funeral Service:
Friday, August 5, 2016, at 3:00 PM at Hopewell Free Will Baptist Church.