Richard Joseph Heidenfelder was born March 17, 1925, to Mary Ann and Wilibald S. Heidenfelder. Rich was the fourth born of six to bear the name Heidenfelder. He would be baptized with the sacraments in 1927 and would carry this devotion the rest of his life. If ever he could be encapsulated in a word, none should quite fit as well as 'devoted'; be it to his family, or his country, or his God.
An indefatigable man even in youth, he would drop out of high school to help his family financially. To his work, as in all things, he strove for perfection. It was through his tireless work that all else he held dear would come. Through machining fuses in the factory, he found himself aboard a naval vessel during the second world war, maintaining it much in the same standard as would be found at home. Though returning to the factory post war, he found himself courting Gloria Heidenfelder (nee Bergmann).
Gloria and Rich became an indivisible pair, being together from the time of his discharge in 1948 up until Gloria passed in 2013. Rich would speak on end of Gloria; their time dating, working together, their eventual marriage, and building their home together. Nothing made him more proud than the life he had conjured for them through his tireless labor. Sure as this was true, the births of his children put paid to this pride, supplanting all else as his pride.
Delores, Donna, and Carol emerged as his greatest achievements, and he would often say so himself. He wanted for little else but to better their lives, toiling yet harder that they would not themselves struggle as his family did during the depression. His faith and his hard work were repaid in time as he finally enjoyed traveling, the eventual birth of grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and by and by his retirement.
He had been relentless his whole life, pursuing his career, his family, the love of his life and resolutely standing by God and his country. He had no end of thanks to God for the gift of his grandchildren, nor any shortage of generosity to share in the humble wealth which by the grace of God he had worked so hard to accrue. While maintaining an amount of reverence for his own hard work, he saw fit to better the lives of those around him, just as he had his own family. All around him, those siblings that remain, those children, and all know his love and saw it through his devotion to them.
Visitation is to be held Thursday, December 1, 2022 from 4-8 PM, at Hutchens Mortuary & Cremation Center, 675 Graham Rd, Florissant MO, 63031. Funeral Mass is to be held Friday, December 2, 2022, at 1 PM with a short visitation before starting at 12:00 noon at St. Rose Philippine Duchesne Catholic Church, 2650 Parker Road, Florissant, MO 63033. Interment to follow at Scared Heart Cemetery with Full Military Honors.
An indefatigable man even in youth, he would drop out of high school to help his family financially. To his work, as in all things, he strove for perfection. It was through his tireless work that all else he held dear would come. Through machining fuses in the factory, he found himself aboard a naval vessel during the second world war, maintaining it much in the same standard as would be found at home. Though returning to the factory post war, he found himself courting Gloria Heidenfelder (nee Bergmann).
Gloria and Rich became an indivisible pair, being together from the time of his discharge in 1948 up until Gloria passed in 2013. Rich would speak on end of Gloria; their time dating, working together, their eventual marriage, and building their home together. Nothing made him more proud than the life he had conjured for them through his tireless labor. Sure as this was true, the births of his children put paid to this pride, supplanting all else as his pride.
Delores, Donna, and Carol emerged as his greatest achievements, and he would often say so himself. He wanted for little else but to better their lives, toiling yet harder that they would not themselves struggle as his family did during the depression. His faith and his hard work were repaid in time as he finally enjoyed traveling, the eventual birth of grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and by and by his retirement.
He had been relentless his whole life, pursuing his career, his family, the love of his life and resolutely standing by God and his country. He had no end of thanks to God for the gift of his grandchildren, nor any shortage of generosity to share in the humble wealth which by the grace of God he had worked so hard to accrue. While maintaining an amount of reverence for his own hard work, he saw fit to better the lives of those around him, just as he had his own family. All around him, those siblings that remain, those children, and all know his love and saw it through his devotion to them.
Visitation is to be held Thursday, December 1, 2022 from 4-8 PM, at Hutchens Mortuary & Cremation Center, 675 Graham Rd, Florissant MO, 63031. Funeral Mass is to be held Friday, December 2, 2022, at 1 PM with a short visitation before starting at 12:00 noon at St. Rose Philippine Duchesne Catholic Church, 2650 Parker Road, Florissant, MO 63033. Interment to follow at Scared Heart Cemetery with Full Military Honors.
Richard Joseph Heidenfelder was born March 17, 1925, to Mary Ann and Wilibald S. Heidenfelder. Rich was the fourth born of six to bear the name Heidenfelder. He would be baptized with the sacraments in 1927 and would carry this devotion the rest of his life. If ever he could be encapsulated in a word, none should quite fit as well as 'devoted'; be it to his family, or his country, or his God.
An indefatigable man even in youth, he would drop out of high school to help his family financially. To his work, as in all things, he strove for perfection. It was through his tireless work that all else he held dear would come. Through machining fuses in the factory, he found himself aboard a naval vessel during the second world war, maintaining it much in the same standard as would be found at home. Though returning to the factory post war, he found himself courting Gloria Heidenfelder (nee Bergmann).
Gloria and Rich became an indivisible pair, being together from the time of his discharge in 1948 up until Gloria passed in 2013. Rich would speak on end of Gloria; their time dating, working together, their eventual marriage, and building their home together. Nothing made him more proud than the life he had conjured for them through his tireless labor. Sure as this was true, the births of his children put paid to this pride, supplanting all else as his pride.
Delores, Donna, and Carol emerged as his greatest achievements, and he would often say so himself. He wanted for little else but to better their lives, toiling yet harder that they would not themselves struggle as his family did during the depression. His faith and his hard work were repaid in time as he finally enjoyed traveling, the eventual birth of grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and by and by his retirement.
He had been relentless his whole life, pursuing his career, his family, the love of his life and resolutely standing by God and his country. He had no end of thanks to God for the gift of his grandchildren, nor any shortage of generosity to share in the humble wealth which by the grace of God he had worked so hard to accrue. While maintaining an amount of reverence for his own hard work, he saw fit to better the lives of those around him, just as he had his own family. All around him, those siblings that remain, those children, and all know his love and saw it through his devotion to them.
Visitation is to be held Thursday, December 1, 2022 from 4-8 PM, at Hutchens Mortuary & Cremation Center, 675 Graham Rd, Florissant MO, 63031. Funeral Mass is to be held Friday, December 2, 2022, at 1 PM with a short visitation before starting at 12:00 noon at St. Rose Philippine Duchesne Catholic Church, 2650 Parker Road, Florissant, MO 63033. Interment to follow at Scared Heart Cemetery with Full Military Honors.
An indefatigable man even in youth, he would drop out of high school to help his family financially. To his work, as in all things, he strove for perfection. It was through his tireless work that all else he held dear would come. Through machining fuses in the factory, he found himself aboard a naval vessel during the second world war, maintaining it much in the same standard as would be found at home. Though returning to the factory post war, he found himself courting Gloria Heidenfelder (nee Bergmann).
Gloria and Rich became an indivisible pair, being together from the time of his discharge in 1948 up until Gloria passed in 2013. Rich would speak on end of Gloria; their time dating, working together, their eventual marriage, and building their home together. Nothing made him more proud than the life he had conjured for them through his tireless labor. Sure as this was true, the births of his children put paid to this pride, supplanting all else as his pride.
Delores, Donna, and Carol emerged as his greatest achievements, and he would often say so himself. He wanted for little else but to better their lives, toiling yet harder that they would not themselves struggle as his family did during the depression. His faith and his hard work were repaid in time as he finally enjoyed traveling, the eventual birth of grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and by and by his retirement.
He had been relentless his whole life, pursuing his career, his family, the love of his life and resolutely standing by God and his country. He had no end of thanks to God for the gift of his grandchildren, nor any shortage of generosity to share in the humble wealth which by the grace of God he had worked so hard to accrue. While maintaining an amount of reverence for his own hard work, he saw fit to better the lives of those around him, just as he had his own family. All around him, those siblings that remain, those children, and all know his love and saw it through his devotion to them.
Visitation is to be held Thursday, December 1, 2022 from 4-8 PM, at Hutchens Mortuary & Cremation Center, 675 Graham Rd, Florissant MO, 63031. Funeral Mass is to be held Friday, December 2, 2022, at 1 PM with a short visitation before starting at 12:00 noon at St. Rose Philippine Duchesne Catholic Church, 2650 Parker Road, Florissant, MO 63033. Interment to follow at Scared Heart Cemetery with Full Military Honors.
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