Joseph Andrew Heiner

Our loving Husband, Father and Grandfather Joseph Andrew Heiner, Jr., 88, passed away peacefully at home December 7, 2022.  He was born July 8, 1934, in Bedford, Wyoming to Joseph Andrew Heiner and Sara Lydia (Rickenbach) Heiner.  He was the youngest of five children.

Junior, as he was always called, graduated from Star Valley High School and then attended Ricks College where he graduated in 1956 with a bachelor’s degree in Math. 

On May 25, 1956, he married Reida Sharleen Crook in the Salt Lake City Temple and have been married for 66 years.  Right after they were married he accepted a job with Douglas Aircraft as a weight and balance engineer.  Later he worked for Aerojet General and then for Thiokol Corporation as a computer programmer and manager, where he retired.

Junior was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where he served in various positions and loved to sing in the choir.  Later on in life he and his wife served in the Idaho Falls Temple as ordinance workers.  Those who knew Junior knew that he was always willing to serve and that he would give help wherever help was needed.

He is proceeded in death by his parents, siblings – Thrilva, Charles, Gayle, LeRoy (RL), his daughter – Debra Sue (Heiner) Palmer, son in-law – Mark Stevens and a grand-daughter – Valerie Heiner

Junior is survived by his wife Reida Sharleen Heiner, and children:  Alan Joseph (Suzanne) Heiner of Thatcher, Utah, Ruthan (Heiner) Stevens of Twin Falls, Idaho.  He is the grandfather of 9 and the great-grandfather of 22.

Funeral services will be held Saturday December 17, 2022, at 12:00 noon, with a viewing prior to the funeral services on Saturday from 10:30 – 11:45 a.m.  All services will be held at the Bedford Ward chapel (address).  The services will be live streamed and may be accessed below.

Interment will be at the Bedford Cemetery.