| Reuben Heinze July 25, 1920 October 5, 2008 |
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| Comments from friends and relatives May this tribute bring comforting words and pleasant memories during this difficult time. It has been an honor serving your family. Lanman Funeral Home Staff Name = Larry and Wanda Myers E-mail = none Phone Number = 580-994-6146 Memorial Name = Reuben Heinze Comments = We were saddened by the news of Reuben's death. When we lived in Okeene, Dessa and Reuben Name = Joe Dennison E-mail = joed82847@hotmail.com Phone Number = 918-779-6805 Memorial Name = Reuben Heinze Comments = Im very sorry for your loss. Name = Marilyn Walton E-mail = mwalton@pldi.net Phone Number = 580-8224913 Memorial Name = Reuben Heinze Comments = Dessa and girls, My sympathy goes out to you. Reuben was a dandy and also had a hello with a smile. I know what it is for a daughter to lose her "daddy" but remember he is in a better place then we are. Love you and let your faith get you thru this week and weeks to come. Name = Emily Emmons Bohlen E-mail = bohlen@netzero.net Memorial Name = Reuben Heinze Comments = Kim, I'm so sorry to hear about your dad. You will be in my prayers. Take care. Emily Name = Trigg Snyder E-mail = trigg-dee@suddenlink.net Phone Number = 580-233-8777 Memorial Name = Reuben Heinze Comments = Sorry to hear. I enjoyed the time I spent with Reuben. He was good at thinking outside of the box. I can see him skewing his mouth to one side and saying, "What do you think if we did it this way?" I liked him a lot. Trigg Name = Juanita Baker Beckwith E-mail = j5ncleo@pldi.net Phone Number = 580-227-0792 Memorial Name = Reuben Heinze Comments = Kim, I was sorry to hear about your dad..you and your family will be in our thoughts and prayers..sorry I wasn't able to be there.. Juanita Name = Don & Mary Kay Lang E-mail = drmklang@cox.net Phone Number = 479-855-4404 Memorial Name = Reuben Heinze Comments = We are so very sorry. Reuben was a special person and I know how much you will miss him. You all are in our thoughts and prayers. Our little fishing man has a special place on the shelf and I will say a prayer for Reuben each time I look at it. Hugs. Don & MK |
| Okeene United Methodist Church with Rev. George Rowe officiating. Private burial will already have occurred. Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc of Okeene. Reuben Heinze was born on July 25, 1920 in Quates, New Mexico, the son of Jacob and Catherine Scherties Heinze and departed this life on October 5, 2008 at the Okeene Hospital. He and Dessa Mae Westfahl were married on November 21, 1940 in Okeene and he had lived in the Okeene area all but approximately four years of his life. He was a busy person who worked hard and belonged to many organizations; namely, Boy Scouts, Lions Club, Alumni FFA, ATA, Church President, Youth Leader, Sunday School Teacher, choir singer, Only the Best Club at General Motors. Reuben came to Oklahoma from Quates, New Mexico by covered wagon. He was a farmer, school bus driver, mail carrier, earth moving operator, witching and drilling water wells, foreman at Okeene Milling, service manager for Trigg Snyder Chevrolet, and warehouse foreman at the Co-op. He was preceded in death by his father, mother, sisters and brothers, Marie Weiland, Alex Heinze, Kate Eberhardt, Lydia North, Martha Driever, Pauline Hanks, Bennie Heinze as well as six other brothers and sisters who died in Russia. Survivors include his wife, Dessa Mae of Okeene; three daughters, Darlene Reynolds and husband, Lonnie of Okeene, Charlotte Billings of Seiling, and Kimberly Heinze and husband, Randy Bauman of Oklahoma City; two sisters, Hilda Keith of Oklahoma City and Anna Nelson of Loma, Colorado; four grandchildren, Teresa Baker Russell, Mark Baker, Bryan Billings, Nathan Billings; five great-grandchildren, Ashley Baker, Brandon McCamey, Melissa Baker, Mattie Jo Baker, Rebecca Lynn Billings; one great-great-grandchild, Cole Hayden Tiggrett and cousins, Arlevia Hoffman and Emma Hooker of Okeene. The family also consists of four acquired grandchildren, Mike Baker and family, Gary Billings and family, Sheila Peterson and family, and Scott Reynolds as well as many nieces and nephews who loved him very much. Memorials may be made to the Okeene United Methodist Church and Okeene EMS through the funeral home. |
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