Robertia "Bobbie" Rose Hecht

Robertia Rose “Bobbie” Hecht (nee Heath) was born September 4, 1941 in Arkansas, WI, along with her twin brother Robert, to Grant Arthur and Ruth Emma Heath (nee Tubbs). She graduated from LaCrosse Central High School in 1959 and then worked as a secretary for various companies in the Twin Cities and LaCrosse.

On November 20, 1965 she married, the love of her life, David Russell Hecht in the chapel of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in LaCrosse. They were married for 47 ½ years until David’s death in 2013. They had one child, daughter Tina, who they took on many wonderful adventures around the US and Canada.

Robertia beat 2 heart attacks, open heart surgery, too many “little” things to list and beat back pancreatic cancer for almost 10 years. Her brave soul never gave up but, on July 12, 2019, her body finally said, “Enough, it’s time to rest.”. She passed peacefully in her sleep, in her favorite chair, in the home of her daughter, SON-in-law, granddaughter and grand dogs, who were all her favorite creatures in the world.

Robertia is survived by her daughter Tina (Joshua) Caldwell, her granddaughter Kaitlyn Rose (named after Grandma) Caldwell who she fiercely loved and who always brought her joy, and her grand dogs Fuzzy and Hank.

She is further survived by brothers: Russell (Mary) Heath, Robert “Bob” (Marilyn) Heath, Carl (Lauren) Heath, Charles “Charlie” (Susy) Heath, and Donald (Betsy) Heath. Sister Rosemary Heath and sisters-in-law: Shirley, Marlene and Joy and many, much loved, nieces and nephews.

Special friends Janice and Sue Drake and Mary Jerue who were/are family, their love and support throughout the years has been unexplainable.

She was preceded in death by her husband David, her parents, brothers: Alfred (Shirley) Heath, Lawrence Heath, Dale “Dick” (Joy) Heath and James “Jim” (Marlene) Heath and sister-in-law Eloise Heath.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, July 20, 2019 at 11:00 AM at the Schumacher-Kish Funeral & Cremation Services of La Crosse. Pastor Ted Dewald will officiate. Burial will be in the Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday from 5:00 – 7:00 PM and again on Saturday from 10:00 AM until the time of services.

The family would like to thank Robertia’s medical care teams at Mayo LaCrosse especially: Dr. Adam Skemp, Dr. Paula Gill, Dr. Abigail Stockham and Karen Voight R.N.