Thayne Rancher Dies of Stroke
Funeral services were held Wednesday, Jan 18, at 1 p.m. in the Thayne Ward Chapel for Henry Harrison Heap 65, prominent Thayne rancher and sports enthusiast who died at the Star Valley LDS Hospital Saturday of a cerebral hemorrhage. Mr Heap suffered a stroke Tuesday night of last week and was taken to the hospital. All the members of his immediate family were present at the time of his passing.
Many tributes were paid to him at the funeral services which were conducted by Bishop's Counselor Lehi Hokanson. Speakers were Bp. Oliver Haderlie, Sidney Bagley and Mr Hokanson.
Henry Heap was born at Freedom, Wyoming August 8, 1890, the son of William Heap and Sarah Ann Marsh Heap, heads of pioneers family.
At the age of 12 years he moved with his family to Montpelier and lived four years, after which they moved to Thayne, where they operated a general merchandise store and a farm.
As a young man he worked and managed his mother's farm. At the age of 19 he was married to Olive Herrick.
For about ten years after his marriage he hauled freight from Montpelier by team and sleigh by way of Crow Creek from the Aaron Heap store in Thayne and the William heap store in Freedom.
In his young married life, he was one of the outstanding baseball players and all around athletes in the valley, as well as being an outstanding rifleman. He loved sports of all kinds and along with Bp. O Low, he started cutter racing in the valley. All of his life he loved horses and always had thoroughbred horses. In the last 15 years of his life he took his horses and went to the races spending his winters in Phoenix, Ariz. and the warmer climates and his summers in Washington and Oregon stopping off at home in the fall and spring for a few weeks.
Ten children were born to his couple. The first two have preceded him in death, one at birth and the other at six months.
Surviving are his widow and eight children; Mrs Clifford E.(Bernice) Gickling, Ogden; Darwin, Blaine, LaMont, Mrs Charles (Elaine) Dana of Thayne; Mrs Lathair (Ruth) Nield, Afton; Eldred, Salt Lake City; LeRoy Fargo North Dakota.
Heap, Henry Harrison (b 18 Jan 1956) (1)Star Valley Independent
Henry Harrison HEAP is the son of William Henry Harrison HEAP and Sarah Ann MARSH
Henry Harrison HEAP married Olive HERRICK 17 Jun 1910 in Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho
Thayne Rancher Dies of Stroke
Funeral services were held Wednesday, Jan 18, at 1 p.m. in the Thayne Ward Chapel for Henry Harrison Heap 65, prominent Thayne rancher and sports enthusiast who died at the Star Valley LDS Hospital Saturday of a cerebral hemorrhage. Mr Heap suffered a stroke Tuesday night of last week and was taken to the hospital. All the members of his immediate family were present at the time of his passing.
Many tributes were paid to him at the funeral services which were conducted by Bishop's Counselor Lehi Hokanson. Speakers were Bp. Oliver Haderlie, Sidney Bagley and Mr Hokanson.
Henry Heap was born at Freedom, Wyoming August 8, 1890, the son of William Heap and Sarah Ann Marsh Heap, heads of pioneers family.
At the age of 12 years he moved with his family to Montpelier and lived four years, after which they moved to Thayne, where they operated a general merchandise store and a farm.
As a young man he worked and managed his mother's farm. At the age of 19 he was married to Olive Herrick.
For about ten years after his marriage he hauled freight from Montpelier by team and sleigh by way of Crow Creek from the Aaron Heap store in Thayne and the William heap store in Freedom.
In his young married life, he was one of the outstanding baseball players and all around athletes in the valley, as well as being an outstanding rifleman. He loved sports of all kinds and along with Bp. O Low, he started cutter racing in the valley. All of his life he loved horses and always had thoroughbred horses. In the last 15 years of his life he took his horses and went to the races spending his winters in Phoenix, Ariz. and the warmer climates and his summers in Washington and Oregon stopping off at home in the fall and spring for a few weeks.
Ten children were born to his couple. The first two have preceded him in death, one at birth and the other at six months.
Surviving are his widow and eight children; Mrs Clifford E.(Bernice) Gickling, Ogden; Darwin, Blaine, LaMont, Mrs Charles (Elaine) Dana of Thayne; Mrs Lathair (Ruth) Nield, Afton; Eldred, Salt Lake City; LeRoy Fargo North Dakota.
Heap, Henry Harrison (b 18 Jan 1956) (1)Star Valley Independent
Henry Harrison HEAP is the son of William Henry Harrison HEAP and Sarah Ann MARSH
Henry Harrison HEAP married Olive HERRICK 17 Jun 1910 in Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho
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