Kenneth W. Heller, age 64 of Long Beach, MS died Tuesday, October 6, 2021 at St. Joseph Hospice in Gulfport, MS. The cause of death was attributed to complications of a stroke.

Mr. Heller set out to make a career of the U.S. Navy rising steadily in the ranks to Chief Petty Officer across his twenty-year hitch. He won some of the Navy’s highest medals for service, including the Navy Achievement Medal (twice), and the Humanitarian Service Medal. He qualified as an expert marksman in both the rifle and the pistol. After Ken’s twenty year stint in the Navy, he worked for the Holy Cross Energy Company in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, and then retired to Long Beach.

His family will always remember him as a kind and gracious man who will be missed greatly.

He is survived by his wife, Kay of Long Beach; his sons from his first marriage, Michael and Jesse of Denver, Colorado; his two grandchildren, Neyla Christine and Michael Raymond, Jr.; his sisters, Olivia Lowe and Paula Heller; and his brothers, Michael Norman Charles Heller, Christopher Heller, and Matthew Heller.

“Fair winds and following seas.”

RIEMANN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, Long Beach, is serving the family.