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Our Savior Jesus Christ has destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel. Let us remember with thanksgiving what God has done through His servant Daniel E. Heidemann.

Dan was given life by his Creator and was born on January 21, 1954, in Sheboygan, the child of Lester and Marion (Habeck) Heidemann. On February 21, 1954, at one month old, he received the gift of Holy Baptism in his own home at the hands of the Rev. E. Zapf and became a child of God. On April 7, 1968, at this altar, he publicly confessed his faith and was confirmed, and was given the words of his Lord to carry with him: “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” He received the precious gift of the Lord’s life-giving body and blood. On February 29, 2008, he received the gift of a beloved companion in his wife, Bonnie M. Backhaus, and with her the gift of children and grandchildren: Adam and Danielle, and Cameron, Thomas, and Caleb. God blessed Dan’s life with many special people as he served God in his vocations at home, church, work, and in the community — on the family farm he grew up on, at Fleet Farm Auto Service, the FS Waldo Feed Mill, Gehl Corporation, and the Kohler Company. Finally, on August 7, 2026, God blessed Dan with a holy death and took him home to rest in the arms of Jesus to await the resurrection of the dead. He will be laid to rest in St. John’s Lutheran Church Cemetery, at the congregation where he was baptized into Christ, confirmed in the faith, and fed at the Lord’s Table all his life.

The Lord gives and the Lord takes away; blessed be the name of the Lord. We give thanks to God our Father through Jesus Christ, our Lord, for our brother Daniel.