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1982 Heather 2010

Heather M. Schwartzbauer

February 4, 1982 — May 7, 2010

Schwartzbauer, Heather M.
(Harke)
Kimberly

Age 28, passed away at home, surrounded by her family and friends, on Friday, May 7, 2010 after a valiant battle with Neuroendocrine Cancer. She was born in Appleton on February 4, 1982, the daughter of Tom and Sue (Martin) Harke. On January 26, 2008 she married her beloved husband in Appleton, Nicholas Schwartzbauer. Heather was a customer service manager for Wolfmark. She was very fond of the outdoors including: spending time at her parent's cabin on Boulder Lake, swimming, jet-skiing, time on the pontoon boat, four wheeling, playing volleyball and basketball, having camp fires and roasting hotdogs and marshmallows, snowboarding, traveling and going on cruises. Heather will be fondly remembered for her baking and cooking, her love of her husband, snuggling with and reading to her daughter, Ava (her Snuggle Bunny), and her special dog, Jade.

Heather is survived by her husband, Nick of Kimberly; beloved daughter Ava; parents: Tom and Sue Harke of Freedom; brothers: Jason Harke of Greenville and Tommy (fiancée, Nikki Wyngaard) Harke of Greenville; sister, Holly (special friend, Andy Van Zeeland) Harke of Freedom; grandmothers: Gertrude Martin of Kimberly, Marian Brazier of Appleton and Mary Schwartzbauer of New London; father and mother-in-law, Dave and Sue Schwartzbauer of Neenah; brothers and sister-in-law: Mike (Sue) Schwartzbauer of Larson, Kris (Julie) Schwartzbauer of Menasha and Ann (Jeff) Herman of Greenville; and many special friends. She was preceded in death by her grandfathers; Lyle Harke and Philip Martin.

The funeral liturgy will be at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 11, 2010, at HOLY SPIRIT PARISH, Kimberly Campus, 600 E. Kimberly Ave., Kimberly, with Fr. Ken Frozena officiating. Friends will be received at the funeral home on Monday from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and at the church on Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the mass.

The family extends a special thank you to Affinity Hospice team, especially Jackie and Jen, the doctors and nurses at U.W. Hospital in Madison, and the staff at Fox Valley Hematology and Oncology, for their compassionate and wonderful care.

A memorial fund in Heather's name is being established.

“When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life you have a thousand reasons to smile.”

Jansen Fargo Funeral Home
204 East Kimberly Avenue
Kimberly, WI 54136
(920) 788-6202

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