US ARMY, Retired
MSG Harry T. Heckathorn, 49, of Denver, PA passed away Tuesday, August 1st, at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville , PA as a result of a motorcycle accident on Sunday, July 30th while riding in a Poker Run to benefit a Schuylkill County Fire Company
Harry was born in Glendale, W.V. on March 1, 1968, a son of Betty E (Woods) Heckathorn-Reese, of Denver, PA and the late Harry Heckathorn.
A member of the VFW and the Amvets in Ephrata, PA. Harry served in the U.S. Army in both active duty and as a member of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard as a Master Sergeant. He was deployed to Korea, Kosovo and the Iraq theatres of operation before retiring in February of 2016. His long military career had him as an Infantryman, Medic, Recruiter, and Sniper training NCO. Locally, he was a member of Headquarters Company, 1/111th Infantry in Norristown, PA. He was currently working in the office at Cintas Uniforms in Lancaster.
In addition to his. mother Betty, Harry is survived by a daughter, Carissa (Cari Sue) Heckathorn and a son,Harry T. (Tommy) Heckathorn, II, both of Ephrata, PA. Harry is also survived by two brothers, Todd Eric Heckathorn, of Wernersville, PA and John Edmond Reese, of Denver, PA, along with his brothers and sisters in uniform with his PA Army National Guard family.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Fulton Bank, Trust Fund for Heckathorn Children, 2350 N. Reading Blvd, Denver, PA 17517 .
Friends are invited to call Sunday from 5 - 8 PM at the Feeney Funeral Home Reading, PA and again from 11 am to 12 Noon on Monday. Procession will leave funeral home promptly at 12:30 PM. A service with full Military honors will be held at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery Annville, PA at 2:30 PM.
Arrangements entrusted to John P. Feeney Funeral Home, Inc., 625 N. 4th St., Reading, PA 19601, 610-372-4160. Condolences and directions available at www.johnfeeneyfuneralhome.com.
