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Kenneth "Buck" Heald Obituary

Kenneth C. "Buck" Heald Jr.
Sept. 7, 1923 - Sept 21 2013
Kenneth C. "Buck" Heald, 90, passed away peacefully in his sleep in Lakewood, CO on Sept 21 2013. He was born to the late Kenneth C. Heald, Sr. and Mary D. Heald on September 7th, 1923 in Washington DC.

He served in the United States Navy in World War II and graduated from Colorado School of Mines in 1947, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi. He was a petroleum engineer and mining consultant. He lived in Fort Worth, Texas for 50 years and moved to Colorado in 2011. Buck was a storyteller with an infectious sense of humor. Every day he had one goal: to make a perfect stranger laugh.

Buck is survived by three sons, Jeffrey (Jeff) and his husband Michael Zerbach, Charles (Alan) and his wife Mary Gilkison, William (Bill) and his wife Danielle Rigby, as well as his granddaughter Jennifer Heald and numerous other loving family and friends. He is preceded in death by his wife, Jesse (Joanne), sister, Mary Katherine (Quita), and son, Kenneth Conrad III, (Casey).

He has been laid to rest next to his wife in a private ceremony at Fairmount Cemetery in Denver.

Buck enjoyed his life at the Lakewood Meridian Retirement Community in Colorado. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be given to the Lakewood Meridian Employees Christmas Fund. Please make checks payable to "Lakewood Meridian Resident Association" and put "Employee Christmas Fund" in the memo space on the check. The mailing address for the Meridian is 1805 S. Balsam Street, Lakewood, CO 80232. The phone number is 303-980-5500.

Published by Colorado Community Media from Oct. 17 to Nov. 16, 2013.
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I am sorry for your loss. May the God of comfort surround you with his tender mercy during this sad time. (2 Cor 1:2&3)

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