{"id":10590,"date":"2020-04-30T05:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T11:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uswps02.newsmemory.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/?p=10590?destination=northern-plains-independent"},"modified":"2020-04-30T05:21:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T11:21:14","slug":"damon-nelson-heck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/2020\/04\/30\/damon-nelson-heck\/?destination=northern-plains-independent","title":{"rendered":"Damon Nelson Heck"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\n\t Damon Nelson Heck, 42, of Great Falls died April 13, 2020.
\n\t He was born Jan. 5, 1978, at Deaconess Hospital in Great Falls to Julie and Rick Heck. He was the oldest of three boys, though he had several extra \u201cbrothers\u201d who joined the Heck family throughout the years. The \u201cbrotherly love\u201d the three experienced growing up is something that will never be forgotten. While he wasn\u2019t an avid church attendee, he knew his Lord and Savior.
\n\t He graduated from C.M. Russell High School in 1996, he then attended Montana State University – Northern and Montana State University – Bozeman. After returning to Great Falls, he began his work as a draftsman for the family business, Blue Mountain Enterprises. He eventually went to work at TC Glass as an accomplished glazier and automatics coordinator.
\n\t He was a jack-of-all-trades \u2014 or as he would say, \u201cIt\u2019s what I do.\u201d There wasn\u2019t much he couldn\u2019t do and, if he didn\u2019t know how to do something, he would figure it out \u2014 a skill he learned during his time as a Boy Scout.
\n\t After Rick\u2019s passing in 2006, he stepped up to help Julie with managing the family home.
\n\t He met Amber in the summer of 2002 and was open about the fact that he knew, from first sight, he would marry her one day. By December of the same year, he knew he had won her heart, telling her bright and early one morning shortly after Christmas, \u201cWe should go look at rings today.\u201d They were married Sept. 6, 2003, in Great Falls.
\n\t Four years later, their first child, Kylor Gene, was born. Two years later, Kason John joined the family. The boys have added to, and will continue, Damon\u2019s hockey legacy. Kylor honors him by wearing Damon\u2019s #51 jersey. Khloe Anne was born in 2012. He was adamant that his daughter would never play hockey, but it didn\u2019t take long for him to realize he would give her anything she wanted. Recently, Khloe also decided to take to the ice, giving Damon the pleasure of becoming a figure skating dad. Daughter Koroa Rhee was born in 2019.
\n\t Throughout his life, he was always active in sports and tried out a few before falling in love with hockey. He started his hockey career as a junior novice and continued playing throughout high school. He moved on to the men\u2019s league. He devoted countless hours to the sport \u2014 becoming a coach, mentor and official.
\n\t Even as an adult, he was always active in sports, participating in multiple softball and golf leagues.
\n\t One of his longest-running hobbies was hunting. He spent winters as a child hunting with his father and brothers. Later, he spent many weekends walking through the woods with his father-inlaw and brothers-in-law.
\n\t He is survived by his wife, Amber Rivera Heck; sons, Kylor and Kason; daughters, Khloe and Koroa; mother, Julie Nelson Heck; brothers, Nick Heck and Tanner Heck; and grandparents, Delores Nelson of Wolf Point and Clif and Helen Heck.
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