Luke M. Heck

Luke M. Heck COLUMBUS JUNCTION, Iowa - Luke Matthew Heck, 20, Columbus Junction, died Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident near Columbus Junction. Funeral Service will be 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 11, 2010, at the Columbus Junction United Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Faye Fedlam will officiate. Burial will take place in Columbus City Cemetery with full military rites. Following the committal service there will be a time of food and fellowship at the Allen Wright Hanft American Legion Post No. 100. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, February 10, 2010, at the Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Luke M. Heck Scholarship Fund, the Columbus Vocal Music Program or the United Presbyterian Church. Luke was born on September 18, 1989, in Washington, the son of Todd and Eileen Heck and Pam Allison. He was a 2008 graduate of Columbus Community High School and was attending college at Western Illinois University in Macomb, majoring in criminal justice, when he was deployed by the U.S. Army in October, serving in Basrah, Iraq. He was a me...[more]

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r of the Columbus Junction United Presbyterian Church where he had been a past deacon and member of Y.U.P. Youth of the United Presbyterian Church. He was an Army reservist with the 339th Military Police Unit in Davenport, but deployed with the 354th Military Police Unit from St. Louis, Mo. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, reading, playing football, singing, watching movies and spending time with his family, especially his three younger brothers. He will be dearly missed by his parents, Todd and Eileen Heck of Columbus Junction and Pam Allison of New Virginia; his brothers, Logan Heck, Mason Heck and Connor Heck, all of Columbus Junction; his white Labrador, Annie; his grandparents, Ruth Heck of Washington, Don Heck of New Hampton, Gary and Joyce Hahn of West Liberty and Stan and Elizabeth Allison of Grandview; his great grandmother, Nima McClelland of Washington; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.