Photo courtesy of Eckersell Funeral Home (Eckersell Memorial Chapel)
Feb 12, 1963 - Oct 19, 2024
I met Randy while attending USU at the LDS Institute. He was always such a fun and personable young man. We were in Sounds of zion together. People just loved to be around him. I know I did. So sorry to hear of his passing. He will be missed and remembered by all who knew him.
Aaron Baugh
May 11, 2025 | Logan, UT | Friend
Sending you my deepest condolences, Carissa.
David Jack Browning
November 07, 2024 | San Francisco, CA
Sending so much love to the
Heaps family❤
Mike and Sharee Millet
October 26, 2024 | Family
Carissa and Heaps Family, I am so very sorry for your loss. I was fortunate to work with Randy for many years and really appreciated his patience and kindness with all my many questions. I considered him a good friend. He was always so proud of his beautiful family. Keeping all of you in my thoughts and prayers at this most difficult time.
Betty Jensen
October 25, 2024 | North Salt Lake | Friend
I am so sorry to hear of Randy's passing. I knew him from the Wood Cross High School jazz band, and I think senior year calculus. I remember seeing Randy once at at WX high reunion, possibly with several children, and I got a clear impression of him as a good, loving father. This was inspiration to me as I was then still waiting myself to become a father. Losing a spouse and a father is horrible, but love remains and is an anchor.
Brad Woodworth
October 25, 2024 | Bethany, CT | Classmate
So sorry to hear about Randy's illness over the past few years and his passing. He was a great man. I enjoyed working with him in various church callings and assignments. He was very dedicated to serving the Lord in everything he did. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
Doug and Carlene Taylor
October 25, 2024 | West Warren, UT
Sincere condolences to all the family!
MaryLou Burgoyne
October 24, 2024 | Kaysville, UT | Friend
Remembered By
John & Kathy Follett
October 24, 2024 | Milo, ID | Friend
He will be missed.. I enjoyed working with him at the temple. He was kind and diligent as he worked each work.
I'm so grateful to have had that opportunity. My heart goes out his wonderful wife.
Wally McMullin
October 24, 2024 | E, ID | Friend
Randall Marion Heaps, 61, of Grant, Idaho passed away peacefully on October 19, 2024, after a short stay at the Levine House (Hospice of the Valley) in Phoenix, Arizona. He was diagnosed with Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease in 2020, which he endured patiently and valiantly.
Randy was born on February 12, 1963 in Logan, Utah to Esther Jane (Roundy) and Marion William Heaps. He was their oldest child and only son. Randy was a loving brother to his three younger sisters: Alisa, Melanie, and Marci.
The family moved several times before settling in North Salt Lake, Utah, where Randy graduated from Woods Cross High School in 1981. There he played the trumpet in the jazz and marching bands, sang in the Madrigal choir, and drove his grandpa’s 1947 Willey’s jeep truck.
Randy served an LDS mission to Bogota, Colombia in 1983. He was a dedicated, faithful disciple of Jesus Christ for the rest of his life, willing to serve in whatever way he was asked.
Randy graduated from Utah State University with degrees in Physics and Secondary Education. He met Carissa Randall on her first day in Logan. After a whirlwind courtship, they were sealed in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple on March 18, 1988.
Randy was a loyal, devoted husband and father who worked tirelessly to create a wonderful life for his family. He loved to sing, grow a huge garden, care for his animals, take his family camping and backpacking, and spend time with his grandchildren.
Over 36 years Randy and Carissa lived in seven rural communities in Idaho and Utah, where their family was warmly welcomed and they made life-long friends. Randy had a successful career as a web developer starting when the internet was brand new. He took great satisfaction in helping small businesses gain access to the latest technologies. He was extremely loyal to his clients, some of whom he worked with for decades.
Randy is survived by his wife Carissa Randall Heaps; sons, Jarom (Maddie), Christopher (Jasilyn), Braedon (Katie), Brooks, and Tanner; daughters, JaNessa (Landon) Droubay, ShaeLyn (Stephen) Thorup, and Lauren; nine grandsons, five granddaughters, and another on the way; mother, Esther Jane (Roundy) Heaps; sisters, Alisa (DeOrr) Wight, Melanie (Brian) Tingey, and Marci (Chad) Howey; and many aunts, uncles, cousins, in-laws, and 70 nieces and nephews who looked up to Randy in stature and character.
Randy is preceded in death by his father, Marion Heaps; grandparents, Brooks & Leona Roundy and Melvin & Norma Heaps; brother-in-law Dave Marlowe; nephew, Peter Howey; and niece, Elizabeth Randall.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 11am. The family will meet with friends from 6-7:30pm on Friday, October 25, 2024 at the Lewisville LDS Church, 101 Main St, Lewisville, ID and again at 9:30am prior to the funeral. Interment will follow the services at the Grant Central Cemetery, 154 N 3300 E, Rigby ID.
Randy’s family would like to offer their heartfelt gratitude to the nurses and staff at Hospice of Eastern Idaho, Idaho Falls and the Levine House (HOV), Phoenix for their kind, compassionate, competent and personal care of Randy and Carissa during his last difficult weeks on earth.
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