Mary E. Hein

Mary Hein
Casper, Wyoming
February 4, 2017

Funeral services for Mary Hein, 83, will be held at 10:30am, Friday,
February 10, 2017 at the First United Methodist Church with Reverend Mary
Schmidt officiating.

She was born in Olmsted County near Orion, Minnesota to Clarence and
Maxine Lovejoy. She was raised in the country in a one room house with a
wood stove for cooking and hot water. The water came from a hand pump at
the schoolhouse which sat just across from the dry creek bed. As a child she
loved helping her grandmother gather the tree sap in buckets to make the
rich, wonderful maple syrup that the family treasured.

She attended Winona State University where she earned her bachelor's
degree in Education. There, she met the love of her life, Walt Hein. Later, she
received her Master's degree in Education and Administration from
Northwestern University and later continued studies at Harvard, Colorado
State University and the University of Northern Colorado.

Professionally, education was her life. After about 10 years of teaching
in the classroom, she became a grade school principal. Her main interests
were how children learn and how to teach them more effectively. She also
tried to involve the parents more in their child's education.

She is survived by Walt, her husband of 63 years: sons, Randy Hein of
Casper, and Ron Hein (Linda) also of Casper: granddaughter, Ashlie (Dennis)
Howell of Casper.

In lieu of flowers the family asked that donations be made to Wyoming Dementia Care, the Lyric, Art 321, Hospice and the First United Methodist Church, all in Casper, Wyoming.

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