ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: HEAP, JOSEPH, SR. 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: E.J. Fielding Funeral Home, Covington, La.

Died Wednesday, April 6, 2011

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Lt. Col. Joseph Heap, Retired
(October 26, 1931 - April 6, 2011)

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Joseph Lawrence Heap, Sr. passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 6, 2011. 

He was born in New Orleans, LA on October 26, 1931, and spent the past five 
years as a resident of Covington, LA. 

He is the son of the late Edwin Kent Heap and Florence McCoy Heap. Brother of 
Dorothy Heap McDow, Raymond Ernest Heap, and the late Eddie, Jim, Bob, Ted, 
Jerry, Bro. Harold Heap, F.S.C., and Catherine Heap Voizin. He was a devoted 
husband to Joan Fasting Heap for the past 56 years and a loving father to six 
adoring children: the late Joseph L. Heap, Jr., Kent F. Heap, Sr. and his wife 
Cathy, Holle Heap Corenblith and her husband Arthur, Donna Heap Zeigler and her 
husband Sean, Holger Heap and his wife Autumn, and Charlotte Heap Shelley and 
her husband Chris. He is survived by 12 grandchildren: Christian, Kenyon, Joseph 
III, Kent Jr., Mitchell, Kelsey, Katelyn, Korey, Sean, Wyatt, Wade, and Cooper, 
and a host of nephews and nieces, and many good friends.

Joe was a graduate of Holy Cross High School, where he excelled in football and 
track. He graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame, where he was 
named Academic All-American for three consecutive years. Joe went on to play for 
the New York Giants before he fulfilled his duties with the U.S. Air Force, 
retiring as a Lt. Col. He retired from Shell Oil Co. after working 30 years in 
management of Human Resources, where he received the President's Award for 
saving a man's life. He recently was placed in the 2007 Greater N.O. Sugar Bowl 
Hall of Fame. He is a member of St. Peter's Catholic Church. Through all of his 
greatness and his achievements, he was the epitome of humility.

Joe enjoyed boating with his late Uncle Herman on the "Smile-A-While," fishing 
and hunting with his sons, watching Notre Dame football on Saturdays, 
volunteering with his brothers at the Abbey's Pennies for Bread, golfing with 
his brothers and buddies at City Park, watching and feeding the birds in his 
backyard, getting together with his Good Friends group, keeping in touch with 
his comrades from Holy Cross and Notre Dame, but mostly he enjoyed spending time 
with his wife and family.

The family wishes to thank St. Tammany Hospital and Hospice for taking such good 
care of Joe in his final days.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend the visitation at E.J. Fielding 
Funeral Home, 2260 W. 21st Ave., Covington, LA 70433 from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM 
on Saturday, April 9, 2011. A mass will follow at St. Joseph's Abbey, 75376 
River Road, Covington, LA 70457 at 1:30 PM. A military burial service will be 
held on Monday, April 11, 2011 at 10:30 AM in All Saints Mausoleum in Metairie 
Cemetery, New Orleans, LA 70124.

Joe's wishes were for contributions to be made to Holy Cross High School in New 
Orleans, LA.
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