December 25, 2024

Della Irene Heinitz, age 89, passed away on November 4, 2015 in rural Logan County, Kansas. Della was born May 18, 1926 on the Blau family homestead in Logan County, Kansas, the daughter of William & Gladys Couch Blau. A lifetime resident of western Kansas, she was a ranch wife, homemaker, and was a school cook at Hi-Plains School for many years.

She attended the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Scott City, Kansas 

On August 11, 1946 she married William Heinitz in Garden City, Kansas. Bill passed away on July 13, 1991 in Leoti, Kansas.

Della’s surviving family includes-

Six Children-

Bruce & Twyla Heinitz- Holcomb, Kansas

Dennis & Joyce Heinitz- Grandview, Missouri

Dallas & Colette Heinitz- Ulysses, Kansas

Dana & John Nodine- Leoti, Kansas

Barry Heinitz- Lincoln, Kansas

Tanis Heinitz- Warrensburg, Missouri

One sister-

Betty Elder- Tribune, Kansas

Eleven Grandchildren and Ten Great Grandchildren

Her parents, husband, four sisters and four brothers precede her in death.

Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm Saturday, December 5, 2015 at the First Presbyterian Church in Leoti, Kansas.

Inurnment will be in Leoti Cemetery in Leoti, Kansas.

Memorials may be given to Wounded Warriors and mailed to:

Price & Sons Funeral Home

PO 161

Leoti, Ks. 67861

Condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at priceandsons.com