DAREN JOAN PYLE HEISER

DAREN JOAN PYLE HEISER

ROCKPORT - Daren Joan Pyle Heiser, 51, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. She was born on Leap Day, Feb. 29, 1960.
She was a vivacious, kind, and loving person who never met a stranger. She loved her family, pets, and her many friends. She was a wonderful and creative cook, a talent that she inherited from her mother. She had a gift for lifting up those around her and making them feel better about themselves.
She graduated from Victoria High School in 1978 and from Texas State University with a degree in Respiratory Therapy. She was a member of Chi Omega and worked for many years at DeTar Hospital and DeTar Health Center, a position which she loved.
She resided in Rockport for the last 12 years, a place she had loved since spending summers there during childhood. She was a good, natural athlete, excelling in tennis, swimming and archery, a sport she learned at Camp Arrowhead, another place dear to her heart.
She is survived by her loving partner, Kenneth Sikes; her father and stepmother, Gilbert and Sandra Pyle; sister and brother-in-law, Lynell and John Stover; brother and sister-in-law, Kevin and Susan Pyle; niece, Leah Arnold Polk and her husband David; and nephews, Andy Arnold and Trey Pyle; aunt, Patricia Sanders; and step-siblings, Neal and Morgan Stevenson.
She is preceded in death by her mother, Joan Pyle; grandparents, Gilbert and Frances Pyle, and Frank and Nannie Lee Briggs.
A memorial service will be held at St. Francis Episcopal Church at 11 a.m., Friday, Dec. 9, 2011, with the Rev. Russel Matthews officiating. A reception is to follow in the Parish Hall.
Memorial donations may be made to the charity of one's choice or St. Francis Episcopal Church, 3002 Miori, Victoria, Texas 77901.
Grace Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.