Kevin Joseph Heyd

Kevin Joseph Heyd

Kevin Joseph Heyd, beloved husband for 40 years of Marjory C. Heyd (nee Hogan), formerly of Hamden, Conn., was the dear father of Laurel A. Krzys (Robert) and Monica M. Thornton (Lee); loving grandfather of Meghan Marie Krzys, Hallie Rose Krzys, Jacob Ronald Thornton, Aliza Lee Thornton, and the late Anna Krzys; son of the late J. Walter and Marion Mueller Heyd; brother of the late Michael Heyd.

Born Oct. 2, 1941, in Peoria, Ill., he died July 14, 2006, in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a resident of Fairview Park, Ohio, for 33 years, co-valedictorian of Spaulding Institute Class of 1959 in Peoria, graduated from University of Notre Dame in 1963 (BA) and 1964 (BSEE), and graduated Yale Law School, class of 1967 (L.L.B.). He worked as associate patent attorney at Kenyon and Kenyon in New York, N.Y., from 1967 to 1973, and was a partner at Watts Hoffman Fisher & Heinke law firm in Cleveland from 1973 to 1996, where he specialized in intellectual property law. Admitted to practice before the Cleveland and New York bars as well as Federal Patent Bar, he was a member of American Bar Association, New York, and Ohio bar associations, and U.S. Patent Law Associates. He had a lifelong interest in Scouting, was a member of St. Angela Merici Church from 1980 to 2005, and an avid bridge player and wine connoisseur. He was a wonderful conversationalist and storyteller, quick-witted and had a great sense of humor. He loved dogs, enjoyed canoeing, and had an outstanding memory. He was a friend to all who knew him.

Memorials may be forwarded to St. Angela Merici Church Guardian Angel Fund, 20970 Lorain Rd., Fairview Park, Ohio 44126; Our Lady By the Lake Eucharistic Devotion Chapel, c/o St. Anthony of Padua Church, 1305 E. Erie Ave., Lorain, Ohio 44052; or Eternal Word Television Network, 5817 Old Leeds Rd., Irondale, Ala. 35210. Prayer services at the funeral home Friday, July 21, at 10:15 a.m., and Mass of Christian Burial at St. Angela Merici Church at 11 a.m. Interment at Sunset Memorial Park. Friends may call at BUSCH FUNERAL HOME, 21369 Center Ridge Rd., Fairview Park, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. (BUSCH FUNERAL AND CREMATORY SERVICES, 440-333-9774.) For more information, to view an on-line memorial or to send a condolence, go to www.buschfuneral.com.