Indiana University Memorials: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Rachel Heiple
PEKIN - Rachel Duffield Heiple, 46, of Stevensville, Mich., formerly of Pekin, passed away Thursday morning, July 3, 2014, at Lakeland Regional Medical Center in St. Joseph, Mich., from lung complications following a two and a half year struggle with breast cancer. Rachel was born in Peoria, Ill., on March 17, 1968, the daughter of James D. Heiple and Virginia Duffield Kerswill Heiple. She grew up in nearby Pekin, Ill., and learned to play the violin, viola and piano at an early age,...
