(Slaton) Rosary services for Joe D. Heinrich, 81, of Slaton will be 6:30 PM Friday, May 27, 2016 in Englunds Chapel. Celebration of life service will be 10 AM, Saturday, May 28, 2016 in Slaton’s St. Joseph Catholic Church with Father Joseph Palacios officiating. Burial will follow in Englewood Cemetery under the direction of Englunds Funeral Service of Slaton.Joe D. was born September 16, 1934, in Slaton, TX. to Joseph Anton and Emma Miksch Heinrich. He passed from this life May 25, 2016 in Lubbock.
Joe D. attended St. Joseph Catholic School. He served in the U.S. Army from 1956 to 1959. On April 28, 1959 he married Genevieve Margaret Demel at St. Phillips Catholic Church in Pep, TX. He started his farming career and after fifty-seven years he fully retired January 2015. He served his community and church singing in the choir and for the Pope’s Choir in 1987.He was a member of Knights of Columbus for 63 years, He served on the Ropesville Gin Board, The Texas Department of Agriculture Board, and was active with Northrup King Seed. Joe D.’s favorite past time was leading the Grand March at many weddings, dancing and traveling with his wife Genny, and he loved his grandchildren. He was a faithful member of St. Joseph Catholic Church.
Joe D. was preceded in death by his son Darryl Heinrich in 1993 and a grandson Blake Stafford in 2015.Those left to cherish his memory include his wife Genny of the home, two daughters Debora and husband Tommy Johnson of Buffalo Springs Lake, Le Ann Heinrich of Lubbock, four sons, Wayne Heinrich of Slaton, Doug and Marinda Heinrich of Lubbock, Tracy and Page Heinrich of Lubbock, Wesley and Kendell Heinrich of Lubbock, daughter in law Pam White of Houston, three sisters Margaret Bednarz of Slaton, Mildred Hlavaty of New Braunfels, Erma Lee Schilling of Friona along with thirteen grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
In lieu the family suggests memorials to Catholic Family Services, or Slaton’s Senior Citizens “Meals on Wheels”
