Mrs. Heinze was a member of Broadway Presbyterian Church, where she had
served an Elder and Deacon, taught Sunday School and Vacation Bible School for two generations of children, and was a member of the Mariners. She was also a member of the Great Decisions group and the IP Chapter of PEO. She was a Sedalia Welcome Wagon hostess. For many years she enjoyed cooking and sharing her famous pies with family and friends. She provided thousands of handmade mints for weddings. She worked at Dr. Howe’s dental office for over twenty years. She had also been manager of the portrait studio at Heer’s Department Store in Springfield in the 1950's.
Surviving are four sons, Ron Hill, and his wife, Sarah, of Seattle, Wash., Teddy
Alan Hill, and his wife, Lory, of Sedalia, Rick Heinze, and his wife, Chrystal, of Shawnee, Kan., and Chris Heinze, of Independence; twelve grandchildren, Chris, Dan, Jill, Mari Grace, Joseph, Grace, Shane, Zachariah, Tuesday, Tiffany, Josh and Steven; and seven great grandchildren. She was also predeceased by a brother, S.M. Stacey; and two sisters, Helen Hoppis and Willa Stacey.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 23, 2006, at Broadway
Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Dr. Larry Wheeler officiating. Honorary pallbearers will be Jim Callis, Mike Robinson, Jack Robinson, Rich Kendrick, Charles Bell, Bill Lemke, Jim Moore, Dale Soendker, Dr. Thomas Howe and Butch Blankenship.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Heckart/Gillespie
Colonial Chapel. The family suggests contributions to the Jo Marie Heinze Scholarship Fund in care of the IP Chapter of PEO, or Melita Day Nursery.
Jo Marie Heinze, 82, of Sedalia, died Sunday, March 19, 2006, at Bothwell Regional Health Center.
She was born Nov. 20, 1923, in Jasper, Ark., a daughter of Arthur and Vickie P. Emberton Stacey. In March 1960, she was married to Ted L. Heinze, who died March 30, 1971.
