{"id":7162,"date":"2025-04-15T15:41:34","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T20:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=7162"},"modified":"2025-04-15T16:36:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T21:36:13","slug":"dennis-j-heuerman-73-of-effingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/7162-dennis-j-heuerman-73-of-effingham\/","title":{"rendered":"Dennis J. Heuerman (73) of Effingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Dennis J. Heuerman, 73, of Effingham, IL, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, April 13, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, April 18, 2025 at Johnson Funeral Home in Effingham. Burial will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Effingham with military rites. Visitation will<br \/>\nbe held from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Friday prior to the service at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers and gifts, memorials may be made to Little Wabash Longbeards or Ducks Unlimited Effingham Chapter. Online condolences may be shared at www.johnsonandsonsfh.com.<\/p>\n<p>Dennis was born on September 23, 1951, in Effingham, IL, the son of Tony and Irene (Buchholz) Heuerman. He married Becky Lindsey on October 9, 1982. Dennis served honorably in the Marine Corps before dedicating over 50 years to Cardinal Golf Course. He was an avid hunter that found joy and peace in nature.\u00a0 He especially loved hunting ducks and geese.<\/p>\n<p>Dennis is survived by his wife, Becky Heuerman; children, Adam (Marissa) Heuerman, Josh (Angie) Heuerman, and Lindsey (Chad) Kinkelaar. He also leaves behind nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild.<\/p>\n<p>He was preceded in death by his parents,\u00a0Tony and Irene Heuerman; and brother, Francis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dennis died on Sunday, April 13<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dennis J. 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