Our Huckleberry, Jesse Albert Heaverlo, left the trails of this world to check out the trails of Heaven on March 20, 2014 after a very short battle with cancer.Jess was born February 14, 1947 in Ellensburg to Robert and Bernice Heaverlo and moved to Yakima as a baby, where he has lived his whole life.
He grew up helping his Granddad and dad run the riding academy and pony ring on Keys Road and participating in the Junior Sheriff's Posse in junior high and high school.
He graduated from Davis High School in 1965. Jess was drafted into the Army to proudly serve his country in Vietnam from 1966-1968. Prior to leaving he gave his horse, Demo, away (so he wouldn't be lonely). Upon release from the Army, he went to work for his uncle selling boats and marine products up and down the west coast. Finding that it wasn't his niche, he went to work for Webb Tractor and worked there a week. Deciding he needed to be his own boss, Jess went to YVCC, graduated and opened up his own business, Heaverlo's Used Equipment and Heaverlo Auctions with his dad in 1970.
Jess, a third generation Auctioneer, truly loved his career and work for him was always fun and exciting, never a job. He was a forty four year member and past president of the Washington State Auctioneers Association and also a member of the National Auctioneers Association. Alongside his dad and brother, selling the stock sale at the West Valley Fair has been a Heaverlo tradition for the last 40 years. Jess believed that a man's life stood behind his handshake and his word was as good as money in the bank.
He married his sweetheart Paula Schlaugh, October 30, 1971 in Yakima where they raised their son and daughter. The family spent ten summers clearing and maintaining the Wildcat, Russell Ridge and Andy Creek trails in the Wenatchee National Forest. Jess enjoyed spending time with his horses and family in the mountains.
He was an enthusiastic member of the Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) and a vocal charter member of the Trails Wilderness Interest Group (TWIG) with the US Forest Service. He was a leading force in preventing (for 10 years) the subsequent demolition of the Tin Shack and Bull Buck cabins and was influential in the design and building of Willow Tree Camp, Crow Lake Way, Fish Lake Way, White Pass, Mesatchee Creek and McCall Basin horse trailheads and camp. In total Jess volunteered for the US Forest Service for 43 years.
Jess was a charter member of the Backcountry Horsemen of Central Washington. He, along with other club members built many hitching rails and placed them at trailheads and horse camps. He was persistent in picking up garbage along the roads and trails in the mountains. There were days he would be on and off his horse several times picking up bottles and cans. His latest forest projects were repairing existing outhouses and promoting the installation of new ones. Jess was passionate about ensuring that high mountain lakes were stocked with fish and spent many years packing them in on horseback. Often taking people along for the ride, he loved to share the fun.
Jess was preceded in death by his father Robert L. Heaverlo. He is survived by his loving and caring girlfriend and wife, Paula, son Jason, and daughter Katie; his mother Bernice, and sister Mary, (Glenn) Croy, and brother RL, (Missy) Heaverlo, one niece and two nephews; his horses: General, Pretty Boy and the Wild Bunch; his granddogs, Oskar and Cooper.
Jess rode the trail to the top of the ridge, crossed over out of sight, and remains in our hearts.
JESS HAD A GREAT RIDE.
Arrangements are by Valley Hills Funeral Home and Crematory of Yakima.
He grew up helping his Granddad and dad run the riding academy and pony ring on Keys Road and participating in the Junior Sheriff's Posse in junior high and high school.
He graduated from Davis High School in 1965. Jess was drafted into the Army to proudly serve his country in Vietnam from 1966-1968. Prior to leaving he gave his horse, Demo, away (so he wouldn't be lonely). Upon release from the Army, he went to work for his uncle selling boats and marine products up and down the west coast. Finding that it wasn't his niche, he went to work for Webb Tractor and worked there a week. Deciding he needed to be his own boss, Jess went to YVCC, graduated and opened up his own business, Heaverlo's Used Equipment and Heaverlo Auctions with his dad in 1970.
Jess, a third generation Auctioneer, truly loved his career and work for him was always fun and exciting, never a job. He was a forty four year member and past president of the Washington State Auctioneers Association and also a member of the National Auctioneers Association. Alongside his dad and brother, selling the stock sale at the West Valley Fair has been a Heaverlo tradition for the last 40 years. Jess believed that a man's life stood behind his handshake and his word was as good as money in the bank.
He married his sweetheart Paula Schlaugh, October 30, 1971 in Yakima where they raised their son and daughter. The family spent ten summers clearing and maintaining the Wildcat, Russell Ridge and Andy Creek trails in the Wenatchee National Forest. Jess enjoyed spending time with his horses and family in the mountains.
He was an enthusiastic member of the Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) and a vocal charter member of the Trails Wilderness Interest Group (TWIG) with the US Forest Service. He was a leading force in preventing (for 10 years) the subsequent demolition of the Tin Shack and Bull Buck cabins and was influential in the design and building of Willow Tree Camp, Crow Lake Way, Fish Lake Way, White Pass, Mesatchee Creek and McCall Basin horse trailheads and camp. In total Jess volunteered for the US Forest Service for 43 years.
Jess was a charter member of the Backcountry Horsemen of Central Washington. He, along with other club members built many hitching rails and placed them at trailheads and horse camps. He was persistent in picking up garbage along the roads and trails in the mountains. There were days he would be on and off his horse several times picking up bottles and cans. His latest forest projects were repairing existing outhouses and promoting the installation of new ones. Jess was passionate about ensuring that high mountain lakes were stocked with fish and spent many years packing them in on horseback. Often taking people along for the ride, he loved to share the fun.
Jess was preceded in death by his father Robert L. Heaverlo. He is survived by his loving and caring girlfriend and wife, Paula, son Jason, and daughter Katie; his mother Bernice, and sister Mary, (Glenn) Croy, and brother RL, (Missy) Heaverlo, one niece and two nephews; his horses: General, Pretty Boy and the Wild Bunch; his granddogs, Oskar and Cooper.
Jess rode the trail to the top of the ridge, crossed over out of sight, and remains in our hearts.
JESS HAD A GREAT RIDE.
Arrangements are by Valley Hills Funeral Home and Crematory of Yakima.
Our Huckleberry, Jesse Albert Heaverlo, left the trails of this world to check out the trails of Heaven on March 20, 2014 after a very short battle with cancer.Jess was born February 14, 1947 in Ellensburg to Robert and Bernice Heaverlo and moved to Yakima as a baby, where he has lived his whole life.
He grew up helping his Granddad and dad run the riding academy and pony ring on Keys Road and participating in the Junior Sheriff's Posse in junior high and high school.
He graduated from Davis High School in 1965. Jess was drafted into the Army to proudly serve his country in Vietnam from 1966-1968. Prior to leaving he gave his horse, Demo, away (so he wouldn't be lonely). Upon release from the Army, he went to work for his uncle selling boats and marine products up and down the west coast. Finding that it wasn't his niche, he went to work for Webb Tractor and worked there a week. Deciding he needed to be his own boss, Jess went to YVCC, graduated and opened up his own business, Heaverlo's Used Equipment and Heaverlo Auctions with his dad in 1970.
Jess, a third generation Auctioneer, truly loved his career and work for him was always fun and exciting, never a job. He was a forty four year member and past president of the Washington State Auctioneers Association and also a member of the National Auctioneers Association. Alongside his dad and brother, selling the stock sale at the West Valley Fair has been a Heaverlo tradition for the last 40 years. Jess believed that a man's life stood behind his handshake and his word was as good as money in the bank.
He married his sweetheart Paula Schlaugh, October 30, 1971 in Yakima where they raised their son and daughter. The family spent ten summers clearing and maintaining the Wildcat, Russell Ridge and Andy Creek trails in the Wenatchee National Forest. Jess enjoyed spending time with his horses and family in the mountains.
He was an enthusiastic member of the Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) and a vocal charter member of the Trails Wilderness Interest Group (TWIG) with the US Forest Service. He was a leading force in preventing (for 10 years) the subsequent demolition of the Tin Shack and Bull Buck cabins and was influential in the design and building of Willow Tree Camp, Crow Lake Way, Fish Lake Way, White Pass, Mesatchee Creek and McCall Basin horse trailheads and camp. In total Jess volunteered for the US Forest Service for 43 years.
Jess was a charter member of the Backcountry Horsemen of Central Washington. He, along with other club members built many hitching rails and placed them at trailheads and horse camps. He was persistent in picking up garbage along the roads and trails in the mountains. There were days he would be on and off his horse several times picking up bottles and cans. His latest forest projects were repairing existing outhouses and promoting the installation of new ones. Jess was passionate about ensuring that high mountain lakes were stocked with fish and spent many years packing them in on horseback. Often taking people along for the ride, he loved to share the fun.
Jess was preceded in death by his father Robert L. Heaverlo. He is survived by his loving and caring girlfriend and wife, Paula, son Jason, and daughter Katie; his mother Bernice, and sister Mary, (Glenn) Croy, and brother RL, (Missy) Heaverlo, one niece and two nephews; his horses: General, Pretty Boy and the Wild Bunch; his granddogs, Oskar and Cooper.
Jess rode the trail to the top of the ridge, crossed over out of sight, and remains in our hearts.
JESS HAD A GREAT RIDE.
Arrangements are by Valley Hills Funeral Home and Crematory of Yakima.
He grew up helping his Granddad and dad run the riding academy and pony ring on Keys Road and participating in the Junior Sheriff's Posse in junior high and high school.
He graduated from Davis High School in 1965. Jess was drafted into the Army to proudly serve his country in Vietnam from 1966-1968. Prior to leaving he gave his horse, Demo, away (so he wouldn't be lonely). Upon release from the Army, he went to work for his uncle selling boats and marine products up and down the west coast. Finding that it wasn't his niche, he went to work for Webb Tractor and worked there a week. Deciding he needed to be his own boss, Jess went to YVCC, graduated and opened up his own business, Heaverlo's Used Equipment and Heaverlo Auctions with his dad in 1970.
Jess, a third generation Auctioneer, truly loved his career and work for him was always fun and exciting, never a job. He was a forty four year member and past president of the Washington State Auctioneers Association and also a member of the National Auctioneers Association. Alongside his dad and brother, selling the stock sale at the West Valley Fair has been a Heaverlo tradition for the last 40 years. Jess believed that a man's life stood behind his handshake and his word was as good as money in the bank.
He married his sweetheart Paula Schlaugh, October 30, 1971 in Yakima where they raised their son and daughter. The family spent ten summers clearing and maintaining the Wildcat, Russell Ridge and Andy Creek trails in the Wenatchee National Forest. Jess enjoyed spending time with his horses and family in the mountains.
He was an enthusiastic member of the Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) and a vocal charter member of the Trails Wilderness Interest Group (TWIG) with the US Forest Service. He was a leading force in preventing (for 10 years) the subsequent demolition of the Tin Shack and Bull Buck cabins and was influential in the design and building of Willow Tree Camp, Crow Lake Way, Fish Lake Way, White Pass, Mesatchee Creek and McCall Basin horse trailheads and camp. In total Jess volunteered for the US Forest Service for 43 years.
Jess was a charter member of the Backcountry Horsemen of Central Washington. He, along with other club members built many hitching rails and placed them at trailheads and horse camps. He was persistent in picking up garbage along the roads and trails in the mountains. There were days he would be on and off his horse several times picking up bottles and cans. His latest forest projects were repairing existing outhouses and promoting the installation of new ones. Jess was passionate about ensuring that high mountain lakes were stocked with fish and spent many years packing them in on horseback. Often taking people along for the ride, he loved to share the fun.
Jess was preceded in death by his father Robert L. Heaverlo. He is survived by his loving and caring girlfriend and wife, Paula, son Jason, and daughter Katie; his mother Bernice, and sister Mary, (Glenn) Croy, and brother RL, (Missy) Heaverlo, one niece and two nephews; his horses: General, Pretty Boy and the Wild Bunch; his granddogs, Oskar and Cooper.
Jess rode the trail to the top of the ridge, crossed over out of sight, and remains in our hearts.
JESS HAD A GREAT RIDE.
Arrangements are by Valley Hills Funeral Home and Crematory of Yakima.
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