Herbert "Herb" Fred Heckenliable

Herbert "Herb" Fred Heckenliable, 93, a resident of the Hillsboro community passed away on Thursday afternoon, June 13, 2019 at the OHSU Tuality Hospital in Hillsboro.
Services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday June 20, 2019 at Finley Sunset Hills Memorial Park in Portland.
Herb was born on October 29, 1925 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. He was the third of four children born to Frederick and Otilia (Bohnet) Heckenliable. As a child, Herb and his family moved a lot due to the Great Depression. At the age of Fourteen they moved to Dayton, Oregon where he attended Dayton High School.
He enlisted into the United States Marine Corp (USMC) at the age of seventeen. He served his country in the South Pacific during WWII and participated in the following military actions; Marianas Island (June 1944 - August 1944), Iwo Jima Island (February 1945 – March 1945), Okinawa Island (April 1945 – June 1945).  He was honorably discharged in November 1945 as a Sergeant. In 1950, Herb was recalled back as a Staff Sergeant to active duty due to the Korean War. He was stationed at Pearl Harbor where his family joined him later. He was honorably discharged in 1952.
Herb met his future wife; Madeline Siemer, while on a train between assignments with the USMC. They were married on July 5, 1945, in New Bern, North Carolina. In 1952, they settled in McMinnville, Oregon for a short time. Later that year they moved to Vernonia, Oregon. In 1958 they moved south of Hillsboro, Oregon. In 2011, they moved into the city of Hillsboro where they have lived since.
After leaving the military worked a variety of jobs and in 1958 he was employed by the Beaverton School District. He retired in 1984 after 26 years as the maintenance supervisor.
He was a self-taught handyman. He took pride in being neat and orderly. He enjoyed boxing, fishing, camping, travel, Reno, Nevada, country music, gardening, his grandchildren and spending quality time with his loving wife, Madeline.
He is preceded in death by his parents and three siblings.
He is survived by his loving wife, Madeline, four children and their spouses; Virginia and Tom Meeuwsen of Hillsboro, Oregon, Kathy and Russell Thorne of Portland, Oregon, Debby and Neal Sorenson of Asotin, Washington, Craig and Tammy Heckenliable of Hillsboro, Oregon, seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.