Kendee Fawn Heck

Kendee Fawn Heck, 65, of Oskaloosa, KS, passed away, Monday, July 8, 2024 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, KS. Kendee was born August 30th, 1958 to Kenneth and Deanna McCullick. She spent her childhood years in Minneapolis and Delphos, Kansas where she was an active 2nd generation 4-Her and a member of FHA. Kendee graduated from Minneapolis High School in 1976 and then earned her degree in education from Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas.
Kendee started dating the love of her life Alan E. Heck in 1979. They married in Minneapolis, Kansas May 22nd, 1982. She was a supportive military wife and a devoted mother of 3 who also earned her dual masters from Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas.
After earning her masters, the family moved to Elk County, Kansas where she and Alan lived for 30 years. She was a speech pathologist and later Co-Special Education Director for Chautauqua and Elk County Special Education Services for 27 years while also making pizza in the evenings for many years. Kendee was an active 4-H leader and constant supporter of her children's interests while also participating in church activities and Delta Kappa Gamma. She was a proud grandma of seven. She and Alan moved to Oskaloosa, Kansas in 2019 to be closer to their grandchildren where they kept busy attending grandchildren activities and hosting sleepovers.
Kendee loved holidays. She and Alan decorated extensively for each holiday. They threw epic Halloween parties where she took great pride in the number of pumpkins used (135 at one point) and the number of trick-or-treaters who received full-sized candy bars. Later she orchestrated yearly grandkid pumpkin patch visits. Her themed sugar cookies and insightful gift giving brought great joy. Kendee loved animals and often kept a menagerie accompanied with story-book worthy escapades but screamed at frogs and snakes. She generously shared her creativity by making cards, decorations and crafts while fostering her grandchildren's creativity.
Kendee passed away on July 8, 2024. She is preceded in death by her parents and her nephew Michael McCullick. She is survived by her husband of 42 years, Alan E. Heck; her children Seely Jo'Ann Heck McCarty (husband Brian McCarty, children Kendee and Thelonious); Kendalan Janelle Cooper (husband Thomas Cooper, children Caleb and Paige); and Garrison David Heck (wife Alexandra Heck, children Timothy, Killian, and William); her sister Kala Johnston (fiancé Gerald Johnson); her brother Ken McCullick; her sister-in-law Vanda Heil (husband James Heil), and many nieces and nephews. Words cannot express how much she will be missed.
Funeral Services will be 2:00 PM, Monday, July 15, 2024 at Oskaloosa United Methodist Church. Visitation 1:00 to 2:00 PM before Services at the Church. Cremation Care is planned. Inurnment will be at the Delphos City Cemetery, Delphos, KS. at a later date. Memorials suggested to the Kendee F. Heck memorial fund in care of the Barnett Family Funeral Home, P.O. Box 602, Oskaloosa, KS 66066.