He left behind a hell of a lot of stuff to his loving wife and two sons who have no idea what to do with it. So, if you’re looking for 2 extremely large TV’s from the 90s, a large ceramic jug umbrella/cane stand, a toaster oven (slightly used) or even a 2006 Escape with a trick starter and only 171,000 miles then you should wait the appropriate amount of time and get in touch. Tomorrow would be fine.
This is not an ad for a pawn shop, but an obituary for a great husband, father, son and friend born on November 27, 1954, in Corsica, PA, to the late Richard “Dick” and Donna Heasley. He leaves behind a very dysfunctional family that he was very proud of.
Randy was world-renowned for his lack of patience, not holding back his opinion and a knack for telling it like it is. He always told you the truth even if it wasn’t what you wanted to hear.
It was the school of hard knocks, and yes, we were told many times how he had to walk for miles in a blizzard to get to school, so suck it up.
With that said he was genuine to a fault, and yet he sugar-coated nothing. His extensive vocabulary was more than highly proficient at knowing more curse words than most people learned in a lifetime. He liked four letter words as much as he liked watching the Steelers.
He was a master cook in the kitchen. Adam loves to retell the time that he opened his drug rep provided lunchbox at school to find a whole turkey leg (county fair-style), a half-eaten family-sized bag of potato chips, and the same apple he sent back the day before.
He was always apt to yell reminders to Trevor while at the plate that there was no better strike than the first fast ball, of course that reminder came only after he did not swing at the first pitch. These words of encouragement, wisdom, and sometimes comfort, kept us in line, taught us the “school of hard knocks” and gave us something to pass down to our children.
Everyone always knew where you stood with him. He liked you or he didn’t, it was black or white. As his children, we are still trying to figure out which one it was for us (we know he loved us).
He will be sorely missed and survived by his mother Donna Heasley, wife Beth Heasley, children Adam and Trevor Heasley, sister Vickey Snyder, mother-in-law Sally Miller, future daughters-in-law Chelsea Baker and Helen Kimble, a slew of other family members and close friends, and the 53 men dressed in black and gold on game day.
He was preceded in death by his father Richard “Dick” Heasley, father-in-law Raymond Miller, and his best friend Rick Simpson.
A huge thank you goes out to Oncologist Dr. Boles, Thoracic Surgeon Dr. Chang, and cancer care coordinators Jessie, Jessica, Jan, Holly and Ronda from REX Health Care without whom this journey would not have even been possible.
Please give generously to https://give.unc.edu/gift/ranh “in memory”, or his sons would accept donations in the form of Steelers tickets.
A ‘Celebration of Life’ will be held at Apex Funeral Home on 10/8/22. Visitation with the family will begin at 2:00pm and service will begin at 3:30pm.
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