Obit: Heikkinen, Ronald William (1942 - 2018)

Transcriber: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Giese, Heikkinen, Koch, Lampi, Pokela, Steinbach

----Source: The Heindl Funeral Home (Phillips, Ogema, Prentice, WI) 7/15/2018

Heikkinen, Ronald William (26 SEP 1942 - 10 JUL 2018)

Ronald William Heikkinen, 75, Brantwood, Town of Knox, died at his home on Tuesday, July10, while under the care of his family and Flambeau Home Health and Hospice.

He was born in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, on September 26, 1942, the son of Paul and Sylvia (Lampi) Heikkinen. He was a 1960 graduate of the Tripoli High School. He was married to Beverly Pokela on May 21, 1960, in the Zion Lutheran Church in Brantwood.

He worked as a logger for much of his working life, operating Ron Heikkinen Forest Products, but was also employed by Tomahawk Sand and Gravel for 15 years as the Black Top Foreman. He was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church, the Tripoli-Brantwood Lions Club, the Tomahawk Sand and Gravel Soft Ball Team, the Brantwood Softball Team, and of the Wisconsin Bear Hunters Association. He served as Chairman of the Town of Knox, served as a Price County Supervisor, as a member of the Zion Lutheran Church Council, and served as coach of the Tripoli Tigers Little League. In his free time he enjoyed bear hunting, golf, bow and rifle hunting, and making maple syrup. He loved to polka with his wife, Bev.

He is survived by his wife, Beverly; by three sons, Scott (Jenny), Naperville, IL, Mark (Kim), Las Vegas, NV, and Craig (Julie), Racine, WI; by five grandchildren, Samantha, Christopher (Lauren), Alexa, Casey, and Jonathan; and by five brothers, Paul (Pat), Tomahawk, Bill (Judy), Tomahawk, Peter (Cindy), Prentice, Gene (Cathy), Tomahawk, and Dan (Deb), Brantwood. He is preceded in death by one sister, Carol Ann Steinbach, and by one infant brother.

Memorial services will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Saturday, July 14, at the Zion Lutheran Church in Brantwood with Pastor Robert Giese and Pastor Quinlan Koch concelebrating services. Friends may call at the Church on Saturday from 11:30 A.M. until the time of services.

The family suggests that memorials take the form of an offering to Zion Lutheran Church, Brantwood, or Flambeau Home Health and Hospice, Phillips

Online condolences may be expressed at www.heindlfuneralhome.com. 

The Heindl Funeral Home in Prentice is assisting the family with funeral arrangements.