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MICHAEL W. HEIMERDINGER
1952 - 2011
BORN
1952
DIED
2011
MICHAEL HEIMERDINGER Obituary
He is survived by his wife, Kathie B. Heimerdinger; daughter, Alicia Heimerdinger of Denver; son, Brian Heimerdinger of Nashville, Tenn.; parents, Robert and Barbara Heimerdinger of DeKalb; sisters, Ann Bradford of DeKalb, Susie (Jeff) LeMay of Sterling; Mary (Mark) Hotwagner of Naperville; brother, Jeff (Amy) Heimerdinger of Elburn; and nieces and nephews, Sara (Andy) Ohrtman, Katie, Mike, Amy, Mary Sue, John and Luke LeMay, Allie, Jenna and Lisa Hotwagner, and Emily, Caroline and Grant Heimerdinger.
Funeral services have taken place in Nashville, Tenn.
For those who are unable to attend the services for Mike in Nashville, a prayer service will be held at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 22, at the Newman Center, 512 Normal Road, DeKalb. A reception will take place immediately following the prayer service.
Memorials can be made to Eastern Illinois University Athletic Department or the Charles Davis Foundation.
In lieu of flowers, donations can go to the Michael Heimerdinger Memorial Fund.
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
Memories and Condolences
for MICHAEL HEIMERDINGER
May 11, 2013
I remember Mike and I throwing hickory nuts at each other while growing up as young boys together as neighbors in DeKalb. The hickory nut was not the only thing that was sharp; so was Mike. Love to all the Heimers and praying for you.
Steve Mitchell
Normal, Illinois
Sara (Rich) Dwyer
March 16, 2012
Kathie: Somehow a conversation I had with Julie Gerthoffer turned to my love of football and what a pleasant surprise (then sad shock) to hear she knew you and Dinger.
I asked her if your laugh was the same one I clearly remember from our 2nd floor Carmen Hall days. Fond memories.
My thoughts and prayers remain with you and yours, of a great guy.
Jeff Pfister
October 18, 2011
Mike was a great guy, I have great childhood memories of playing catch with Mike on the sidelines of the varsity football games when my father used to let me stand on the sidelines and watch the game. The Heimerdinger family has always been a welcome, humble and giving family to our family and so many others. go with God Mike, you are in my thoughts and prayers.
George Pfister
October 18, 2011
Mike, I feel so badly for you and your family. Jeff and I were big fans and I will always remember how you went out of your way to make Jeff feel good about himself. God Love You. George
Dawn Williams Bonak
October 18, 2011
I was deeply saddened to hear of Mike's passing. His sister, Annie, and I were friends in high school. My heart goes out to the Heimerdinger family for their deep and profound loss. My prayers are with you all.
Marie Wilson
October 15, 2011
Dear Kathie,
We were so sorry to hear of your loss. We have fond memories of you and Mike living across the street from us in Gainesville. Both of you were kind neighbors and considerate friends. I'm sure you continued to bless those around you in the succeeding years.
God comfort and bless you,
Jesse and Marie Wilson
Michelle Naumann
October 13, 2011
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
Dianne Swanson
October 10, 2011
RIP Mike. I had so much fun with you in high school. Definitely one of the good guys. My deepest sympathies to your family.
Betsy Marsh
October 10, 2011
Please accept our condolences offered to all the Heimerdinger family. May your good memories of Mike give you strength and solace at this time.
Ivan Krpan
October 10, 2011
I wish to extend my deepest sympathies to the entire Heimerdinger family with the passing of Mike. May God bless you and give you strength through family and friends as you share and remember Mike today and all of tomorrows to come.
Gary Kelly
October 9, 2011
Mike was always a terrific athlete and competitor. I have, and will continue to cherish, the many fond boyhood memories of the things, especially sports, that we did together.
October 9, 2011
i played a lot of baseball with Dinger,and admired him for his friendship and his outstanding leadership during our years together on the Dekalb Chiefs. Sorry for your loss,he was a great individual who always made an impression of professionalism. He will be missed.
by all who knew him. Tim and Val Pieroni
Father Jim Modeen
October 8, 2011
Our heartfelt sympathy to the family knowing the Heimerdingers for many year in De Kalb. We will sure keep your family in our thoughts and prayers in the time ahead. May your faith strengthen you. Helen Modeen and Father Jim Modeen
October 8, 2011
Barb, Coach Heimer, and the rest of the family...so sorry for the loss of your son, Mike. The football sidelines will be without one of the brightest minds in pro football. Bill Black
George Ragsdale
October 8, 2011
They say that only the good die young. I remember Mike as one of the good ones growing up together in DeKalb and he remained someone for all of us from DeKalb to be proud of throughout his life and career. My heartfelt sympathies to Mike's family.
October 7, 2011
Thinking of your family with deepest sympathy in the loss of your loved one. May God comfort you and bring you peace during this most difficult time.
With sympathy,
Bob & Kay Diedrich
Kathy Kane
October 6, 2011
The Heinerdinger family is in my thoughts and prayers. If you grew up in DeKalb the "Heimerdinger Family" was part of the sports tradition. There was a very nice article in the Pocatello, Idaho paper. Mike was respected by all. It is an honor to say I knew him. Sincerly, Kathy Lawson Kane (from the Bob and Lois Lawson family)
Nancy (Davis) Stoker
October 6, 2011
The Heimerdinger family is in my thoughts and prayers. I grew up with all of them, and met Kathie the summer of our weddings, as our Mom's "showered" us. My heartfelt sympathies to the entire family.
October 5, 2011
My sympathy goes out to Mike's wife, son, daughter and the whole Heimerdinger family. Mike was always a great teammate (athletic,competitive, unselfish and fair). I have many fond memories of 'Heimer,' a great guy and a class act!
Mike Smoltich
October 5, 2011
My sympathy goes out to Mike's wife, son, daughter and the whole Heimerdinger family. Mike was always a great teammate (athletic,competitive, unselfish and fair). I have many fond memories of 'Heimer,' a great guy and a class act!
October 5, 2011
Heimerdinger Family:
I was so sorry to hear of Mike's death. He will be a great loss to anyone who was fortunate enough to know him.
I have fond memories of coaching Mike at DeKalb High School.
Jim Schwarzbach
October 5, 2011
DInger was a great coach and and a great friend. I am forever grateful for having the pleasure of knowing him. He went out of his way to help us as a coaching staff and help our team. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family. May God bless you during this time. (David Beal- Bryan
linda meyer
October 5, 2011
iknew susie and mary and ann hope you and your family are in my players
October 5, 2011
Dear Heimerdinger Family,
Please accept my sincere condolences for the loss of Mike. I am so sorry for your loss. Please know that you are in my thoughts and prayers as you go through this very difficult time. May God bless you and comfort you.
Elaine Latimer
October 5, 2011
The Heimerdinger families are in our thoughts and prayers at this difficult time. We are so sorry for your loss.
May your memories bring you comfort.
Jeff and Elaine(Doherty)Latimer
Linda Stella
October 5, 2011
So Sorry for your loss,He will be missed by all.God Bless and give you strenght in this time. Love to all the family and friends;Linda Stella
Jack "Dixie" Murray
October 5, 2011
Barb & Bob----Most sincere condolences on your loss.
You all are remembered in my prayers at this sad time.
Debbie Sundeen Dorazil
October 5, 2011
So sorry for your loss.
October 5, 2011
Our prayers and thoughts are with the Heimerdinger family. Grew up with Mike playing sports in grade school, Jr.High and DeKalb High School. Mike was a great competitor but always a sincere mentor to the younger guys. Phil and Sonia Chapman, Niceville, Florida.
October 5, 2011
Our deepest sympathy to you and your family with the passing of a great man! We have nothing but fond memories of Mike!
With love, Dwight, Shelley Kelly-Carlson, Natalie and Michael Carlson
Cindy McCrea
October 5, 2011
My deepest sympathies to the Heimerdinger family. I grew up with Mike in Tilton Park, and it seems like we spent every minute playing some sport. He was a gifted athlete, and even as kids, he was a great teacher and coach. I was proud to follow his career around the NFL, and to tell my friends about him. He will be missed!
John and Molly Turner
October 5, 2011
Sorry for the loss of your loved one. We are praying for all of you in your time of sorrow.
Jim & Kathy Lockard
October 5, 2011
Our deepest sympathies go out to you all at this most difficult time.
Joe Jordan
October 5, 2011
I wanted to send my condolences to the entire Heimerdinger family. I went to high school with Susie and had Mike's Dad as a teacher and coach. Talk about a classy family.
Even though Mike (Dinger) was 4 years older than me, I had the good fortune to play many a baseball summer league game back in 1976-78. I can still see Dinger ( he was a lefthanded hitter) pushing a perfectly placed drag bunt between the pitcher's mound and 1st base against a tough lefthanded pitcher.I also remember people moving their cars behind the rightfield fence after Dinger shattered a car windshield with a long homerun.It was with a sense of pride to follow Mike's coaching career and to say he was from DeKalb.
My thoughts and prayers are with the Heimerdinger family,
Joe Jordan (Former DeKalb Business Products Chief teammate)
Michael Marbury
October 4, 2011
You are in our hearts and prayers.We will get a chance for the real life in days to come.Psalms 37:10,11. Please make your heart reliant on GODS.Psalms 112:7
Charlie Banks
October 4, 2011
Great coach of football and baseball at Grant High School and which I had great respect for. He also was a great teacher of history especially for geography for which he challenge me to do better and not to rest on my laurels.
You will be missed coach.
Carol & Bones Slifer
October 4, 2011
Dinger, we had a nice chat 10 days ago. You and Kathie were just great friends while in Denver. Enjoyed the Dinners, and time together. Love and Prayers to the family. Now you can coach all of us from Heaven. Blessings.
Debra Bell
October 4, 2011
My thoughts and prayers go out toMikes family and friends. You will always be part of the Titian team. Now you are coaching the big team in the sky. God bless you. R.I.P. Mike
joel anderson
October 4, 2011
sorry to here about mike passing away iworked at jewels food store see his parents
A Great Fan
October 3, 2011
rest in Peace. now you will coach for our great master.
Barbara (Broomhead) Fleisher
October 3, 2011
I never got the chance to meet Mike, but I knew his sister Mary very well. My thoughts and prayers are with her and her family in this difficult time. God bless you all.
October 3, 2011
Please accept my sympathy during this time of sorrow.
Al Peck
October 3, 2011
I didn't know Mike, but I know his dad. His dad was my teacher and coach in high school and I recently spent some time talking to him at my DeKalb High School 50 year reunion on Sept 10, 2011. I'm sure that Coach Bob did a great job raising Mike. My thoughts and prayers go out to all of his family, and may God grant you the strength to carry on in Mike's memory.
robin becky
October 3, 2011
kathy and family, my thoughts and prayers go to you all. he fought the hard battle and never gave up. hold on to the great memories you all share.
Judy Longworth
October 3, 2011
My thoughts and prayers are with Mike's wife, children and family. May God bless each of you in the difficult days a head. Judy Longworth, Tn.
Sandra Carter
October 3, 2011
My thoughts and prayers go out to Coach Dinger's family. As a Titan's fan, I always had so much respect for him, and like everyone else, I thought he would be successful in fighting this dreadful disease. Such a sad loss.
amy bailey
October 3, 2011
i took great comfort this morning in listening to old titans reflecting and telling stories about dinger on the field. They were very funny. being his hairdresser for years, he always treated me like gold, but i loved watching the other side of him on the field on sundays and hearing the stories and laughter was a great way to start my day! i'm going to miss him so very much. he was one of a kind!
Mike Sulaver
October 3, 2011
Our condolences to the family and friends of Mike Heimerdinger ("Heimer" to those of us who knew him in high school). I played football, basketball, and baseball with Heimer, where he demonstrated the competitiveness and leadership that enabled him to have such a successful professional career. My brother said it well, Mike is one of the good guys and I am honored to know him. God bless Mike and his family.
amy bailey his hairdresser and friend
October 3, 2011
My heart is broken. I'm going to miss him so much. Kathie, Brian and Alicia, my thoughts and prayers are with you.
Mike Sulaver
October 3, 2011
To the family and friends of Mike Heimberdinger ("Heimer" to those who knew him in high school), our condolences. Mike and I were teammates in football, basketball, and baseball, where he demonstrated his competitive spirit and leadership that enabled him to be so successful in his professional life. As my brother, Randy, said earlier today, Mike is one of the good guys and I am honored to have known him. God bless Mike and his family.
Anita Bell
October 3, 2011
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Heimerdinger family...RIP Coach Dinger!!
Randy Sulaver
October 3, 2011
To the whole Heimerdinger family, I am so sorry for your loss. He was such a great guy. I was a year behind him at DeKalb High School. I played football with Mike. He was a dedicated athlete and you earned his respect. I am certain that every person who had the chance to know Mike is feeling a great loss. He was one of the good guys and I am greatful to have known him.
We are your fans!
Debbie Jeter
October 3, 2011
Thanks for the memories with our team, the Tennessee Titans. My thoughts and prayers are with your family.
Mary Hendrick (Gillen)
October 3, 2011
Was very sad to hear of Mike's passing. As a family growing up in DeKalb, we knew the Heimerdinger family. Dove w/Susie on the swimteam, and Mike was a gifted athlete and all-round good guy. When we found out he was w/the Broncos, we were so excited that someone we knew from our hometown had made the team. Mike, you will be missed and our heart goes out to your family. You were a wonderful coach and inspired many fine players to get to their ultimate potential on the field.
Debbie Jeter
October 3, 2011
Thanks for the memories with our team, the Tennessee Titans. My thoughts and prayers are with your family.
Debbie Jeter
October 3, 2011
Thank you for all the memories with our team, the Titans. I was a big fan. My prayers and thoughts are with his family.May God bless.
Father Jim Modeen
October 3, 2011
Our sympathy to the Heimerdinger family on your loss. Your in our prayers.
Father Jim Modeen
Helen Modeen
October 3, 2011
May God bless you and your family -
E Moore
October 3, 2011
To the family and friends of Mr. Heimerdinger. My condolences goes out to all of you. It is never easy when you lose a loved one in death. What I have found to be of comfort is Drawing close to God during this time and a scripture that has helped is James 4:8.
Bob Tessier
October 3, 2011
I coached with Dinger at Johnsburg H.S. in Mchenry in the first year of their football program. He taught me a lot about the game and a lot about motivation. I was and still am proud to say he was my friend. My prayers go out to his family. Bob
Evette
October 3, 2011
I am so sorry about the death of Mike.I like looking at him when I would wacth T.V. with my family.We look to the time when sickness and sorrow will be things of the pass but until that time may God bring his family comfort.Revelation21:3,4.
Jeff Ainsworth
October 2, 2011
So Sorry for your loss Coach and Barb. My prayers are with your and Mike's families.
Stephan Japuntich
October 2, 2011
Heimerdinger Family:
Please accept my sincere sympathies regarding your loss. I am confident that your deep faith will see you through this time of grief. Requiem aeternam dona ei, Domine. Et lux perpetua luceat ei.
Requiescat in pace. Amen.
FF
October 2, 2011
Revelation 21:4 offers a wonderful hope. (Revelation 21:4) . . .And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.. . .
Tony DeMichael
October 2, 2011
Very sorry to hear of Mike's passing. I played baseball with him at EIU. Always upbeat and postive as well as a heck of a player. My condolences.
amy bailey his hairdresser and friend
October 2, 2011
my heart is broken. i'm going to miss him so much. kathie, brian and alicia, my thoughts and prayers are with you.
linda meyer
October 2, 2011
sorry about mike passing away iam very good freinds of the family
Mark O'Donnell
October 2, 2011
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
Garry & Kathleen Williams
October 2, 2011
"May the family take comfort in the good times you shared with everyone".
Garnett Gardner&Family
October 2, 2011
Our thoughts and prayers are with your family through this difficult time. God bless to all.
The Lawson Family
October 2, 2011
Our thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.
teresa isbell
October 2, 2011
God bless you Coach and thank you for the memorable years in Titans football. You are and will be missed in the football league. Prayers to you and your family. You'll always be a Tennessee Titan......
Aliyah
October 2, 2011
May GOD be with your family and friends during this most difficult time, healing their devastated hearts. Rest in peace Coach.
james anthony
October 2, 2011
wish too extend our sympathy too the heierdinger family.may God bless this family in there time of sorrow.and may you recall better times spent toghther in the sunshine of life.
Angela Bozich
October 2, 2011
God Bless the Heimerdinger family, Rest in Peace Coach.
Gary Cordes
October 2, 2011
We wish to extend our sympathy to the Heimerdinger family. The passing of a husband, Dad, son, brother is a major loss to a family. May you gather and remember the happy times. Our prayers, The Cordes Family
Michael O'Rourke
October 2, 2011
My heart goes out to Kathie, Alicia and Brian. Mike was such a great man, fun to be around and sure loved all of you.
He will be missed by more people than you can imagine.
Rest in Peace, Mike
Kim Adams
October 2, 2011
Rest in peace Coach Dinger.
ronnie browning
October 2, 2011
so sorry to hear about him passway he was a good coach he will be missed
Susie Kim(O'Brien)
October 2, 2011
As someone who grew up in De Kalb, I knew the Heimerdingers well. I want to express my sympathy to your whole family on the loss of a great man. I am also a big football fan and followed with pride the success of a De Kalb native. He was the best offensive coach and had such a positive influence on so many people. The most important influence he had was on his family and he will live with all of you forever. I am so sorry for the loss to your family, the NFL family, and society as a whole.
Henryk Zaleski
October 2, 2011
Rest in peace.
Kimberly Byrd
October 1, 2011
Great coach who loved the game of football. The Titans will miss him as I am sure the city of Nashville will too. He may be gone now, but he will never be forgotten. RIP MIKE
Steve Blevins
October 1, 2011
what a great talent and Man! he will be missed.
Victoria VZj
October 1, 2011
Silent prayer'
So sorry weve loss
you rest in peace
~MIKE~
GodBless you'yourfamily
You will be missed from
the NFL sports era venue
Our sentiments to those
of the great state of TennesseUSA!
Diana Knight
October 1, 2011
R.I.P Coach Heimerdinger. You will be missed. May GOD grant HIS peace unto your family.
Mountain View Baptist Church
Reverend Diana Knight, Pastor
STEVEN MOORE
October 1, 2011
SAD NEWS COMING FROM THE TITANS CAMP MAY HE R I P HE WAS A TRUE TITANS MAN.
Barbara Forman
October 1, 2011
You made the Titans such a great coach for the NFL. Rest in pace coach and let God take care of your sore body and soul.
donna j
October 1, 2011
May god Bless..You were my inspiration, my hero.Your spirit will forever live on in the heart of the Titans.
Pat Norfleet
October 1, 2011
Coach Heimerdinger was a great asset to the Titans. Love and prayers go out to his family.
James Lee
October 1, 2011
Romans 10:9
"That if thou shall confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in thy heart that God has raised Him from the dead, thou shall be saved."
To the family and 'many' friends, stay strong.
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