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Brian Heidt Obituary
Dec. 24, 1945 - May 5, 2016
SOUTH BEND - Brian David Heidt, 70, passed away at 3:26 am Thursday, May 5, 2016, in his home.
Brian was born December 24, 1945, in South Bend, to the late Vernice and Doris (Battershaw) Heidt. Brian was also preceded in death by a daughter, Nikki Lynne Heidt.
On August 29, 1970, Brian married Diana (Cencelewski) Heidt. She survives along with sons, David Brian (Jennifer) Heidt and Brent Allen Heidt; grandsons, Connor David Heidt and Nicholas Dale Heidt; and a brother, Gary A. Heidt of Roland, AR.
Brian was a bus driver at Transpo for 32 years. The family wishes to send a special thank you to Southern Care Hospice for their care of Brian.
There will be no services at this time. ST. JOSEPH FUNERAL HOME, 1827 E. Ireland Rd., is assisting the family. Burial at St. Joseph Cemetery.
Condolences for the family may be made at www.sjfh.net.
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Steve Miller
January 28, 2017
Brian and I were best friends for several years when we lived across the street on Bellevue Ave. in the 1950's. We were inseparable Three Musketeers, along with Mike Kelly, who lived next door. We lost touch when I moved to Wisconsin when I started high school, but thanks to the internet I got a chance to talk to him by phone, briefly, not long before he died. I could fill a book with memories of the many summer days we three spent just knocking around. At one point or another we probably rode our bikes down every street in South Bend as we explored our world. We were big making forts. We built them out of cardboard boxes in my back yard, and also down in the woods by the river. Brian was under strict orders to stay away from the river because (I think) his Mom had a brother who drowned; but we spent a lot of time messing around down there. Our greatest fort achievement was a tree house built in a tree in the woods. We labored for two or three weeks. The statute of limitations having long expired, I can now admit we filched most of the materials from the construction site of an addition to John Adams High School in progress at the time. The results seemed stupendous to us. A rectangular room built on two branches about 12 feet up. It had four walls and a roof, big enough for three boys to comfortably sit around in talking about life and plotting more exploits. We even found a half gallon of used house paint and painted it green. Then one day we went down to use our creation and it was gone. This was a public park, after all. But the fun was more in the building than the use. And we loved exploring things. Two stick out in my mind. One was our discovery of a series of concrete underground tunnels beneath where a nearby factory had burned down. They were probably heating tunnels, but were just the right size for 3 boys to crawl around. We loved it down in them with all the dirt and spiders. Our other exploration was pretty cool too. We stumbled upon a complet
Gaylen & Jeanette Allsop
May 8, 2016
Dave & Jennifer:
Sorry for your loss. Our prayers are with you and your family.
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