Information from Richard Taylor 08/2018

Thomas John Heck

Mar. 24, 1947 - Apr. 11, 1999

Thomas J. Heck, 52, of Anderson Lake Drive, Granger, Ind., passed away early Sunday morning, April 11, at Memorial Hospital. Tom will be remembered as a wonderful husband, dad, grandpa and friend who was always there for anyone who needed him.

On Aug. 2, 1969, he happily married Joann Robison.

Remembering our dear husband, dad, grandpa and brother are his wife, Joann; two daughters, Michelle (Adam) Crawford of Mishawaka, Ind., and Lisa (David) Lashbrooke of Granger; a grandson, A.J. Crawford; a brother, William (Julie) Heck of Oviedo, Fla.; a sister, Joyce Smith of South Bend, Ind.; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Mr. Heck was an IHSAA official, belonged to the South Bend Tribune 25-year club, and was a Penn High School Booster Board member and past president. He was a past member of both the Catholic Social Services Board of Directors and Meals on Wheels. He was also a member of the St. Joseph Masonic Lodge 45 F &A.M. In addition, he was a past member and president of St. Anthony's Elementary Home and School Association and St. Anthony's Elementary Athletic Board, and was also an active member of the Michiana Soccer Association. He was currently a member of the steering committee to reopen the elementary school at Queen of Peace.

Mr. Heck dedicated his life not only to his family but to his work. He worked at the South Bend Tribune for 27 years and at the Business Communications Center until his death.

Friends may call from 3 to 5 and 6 to 8 p.m. today at McGann Funeral Homes, University Area Chapel, 2313 E. Edison Road, where the Rosary will begin at 7:30 p.m.

Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday in Queen of Peace Church, with burial following in St. Joseph's Valley Memorial Park.

To his friends and family he will be remembered as an avid fisherman, a sports fanatic, and a very loyal friend.

Memorial donations may be made to the Queen of Peace School Reopening Committee, 4508 Vistula Road, Mishawaka, IN 46544.

TO THOSE I LOVE

If I should ever leave you whom I love

To go along the Silent Way, grieve not,

Nor speak of me with tears, but laugh and talk

Of me as if I were beside you there.

(I'd come-I'd come, could I but find a way!

But would not tears and grief be barriers?)

And when you hear a song or see a bird

I loved, please do not let the thought of me

Be sad...For I am loving you just as

I always have...You were so good to me!

There are so many things I wanted still

To do-so many things to say to you...

Remember that I did not fear...It was

Just leaving you that was so hard to face...

We cannot see Beyond...But this I know:

I loved you so-`twas heaven here with you!

-Clark Clifford: Poem for old friend-

09/18/2021 DEC
 

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