(permission granted)
Visitation: 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM Monday, January 16th, 2017
Palmer Marler Funeral Home
Funeral: 1:00 PM Tuesday, January 17th, 2017
Palmer Marler Funeral Home Chapel
Interment: Tuesday, January 17th, 2017
St. Rose of Lima Catholic Cemetery
Colby Leif Heppler, 32, of Perry, OK, passed away unexpectedly at his
home in Perry on Wednesday, January 11, 2017. Arrangements have been
entrusted Palmer Marler Funeral Home of Perry.
Funeral services will
be
1pm Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at Palmer Marler Funeral Home Chapel
officiated by Paul Green. Interment will follow at St. Rose of Lima
Cemetery in Perry.
Visitation will be held Monday, January 16, 2016 from 9am to 8pm at
the
funeral home with family greeting guests from 6pm to 8pm.
He was born September 24, 1984 in Stillwater, OK to David and
Patricia
(Fenslage) Heppler. Colby grew up in Perry. He graduated from Perry
High
School in 2003. High school wrestling was his first love. He was a 3X
State Wrestling Champ, and also awarded the Outstanding Wrestler of
Oklahoma State Tournament during his senior year in 2003. He enjoyed
Free Style wrestling as well.
Some of Colby’s other interests and hobbies included grilling out and
cooking for his family and friends, wetting a hook trying to catch
the
“big one”, and spending time restoring old cars.
He was preceded in death by his father, David Heppler in August of
2016,
and his maternal grandparents.
Colby is survived by his son, Landon Ray Wilde; mother and
step-father,
Patricia and Brent Franklin of Hennessey, OK; twin sister, Ashley
Nicole
Wood and husband Patrick of Edmond, OK; brother, Brandon Wade Heppler
and wife, Erin of Pensacola, FL; paternal grandparents, Bernard and
Enid
Heppler of Perry, OK; numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and a host of
friends.
Memorial donations can be made in Colby’s honor to Perry Alumni
Association in c/o Palmer Marler Funeral Home, 203 Fir, Perry, OK.
73077.
Condolences may be sent to the family via an online guestbook at
