Mary Lee (Judd) Heiniger Obituary (1940 - 2020)

WATCH LIVE FUNERAL STREAM HERE ( 10 AM MST) Passcode: 141414 Our dear, sweet mother Mary Lee Judd Heiniger 80, of American Fork, passed away on December 9, 2020, in Heber City, Utah. She was born on March 9, 1940, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mary Lee graduated from Pleasant Grove High School in 1958. After attending Brigham Young University she lived in Arizona, and Utah. She had a very fulfilling life with her 8 children, 42 grand kids and 39 great grandchildren. She loved her family fiercely with her whole heart, and being. Her favorite holiday was every holiday that brought her family to her house for a visit. She loved to crochet and watch Mark Harmon on NCIS and Tom Selleck in Blue Bloods and Magnum P.I. Her true favorite will always be her sweet husband Harvey Heiniger, with Sam Elliot being a close second. She was an avid reader. Her favorite books were "The Work and the Glory," anything by Gerald Lund, and biographies. She is preceded in death by her parents Alice Ann Taylor (of Colonia Juarez, Mexico), Grant Brown Judd and her eldest brother Uncle Jerry Judd (both from the mountains near Chupi, Mexico), Aaron Vasquez, and Neldon Maynard - the fathers of her 8 children - her grandson David Vasquez Jr. and his mother Laurel Stewart, her three brother-in-laws, Uncle Donny Miller, Lowell Croft, and Arden Levi. She is survived by her husband, Harvey W. Heiniger and her 8 children: David Vasquez, Kenneth Aaron Vasquez, Mary Alice Vasquez, Carol Ann Houston (Kevin Stubbs), Lori Ann (Ruben) Mills, Brandi Lyn Maynard, Paul Neldon Maynard (Jaime Wilcken), Brooke Marie (Michael) McCafferty. Her surviving siblings are Melvina Levi, Carolyn Miller, and Jed (Melody) Judd. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 10:00 am in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Chapel, 396 North 1100 East, American Fork, UT. Family and friends may attend a viewing at the church on Monday, December 14, 2020 from 6-8 p.m. and also on Tuesday from 9:00-9:45 am prior to funeral services. Interment will be later that day in the Orangeville Utah Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.olpinmortuary.com. Services under the direction of Olpin Family Mortuary, Pleasant Grove.