Keli A. Heiple

Latrobe

Keli A. Heiple, 41, of Latrobe, died Thursday, Feb. 8, 2007, in Excela Health Latrobe Hospital. She was born Aug. 23, 1965, in Spangler, the daughter of Jessie "Jim" and Jean McConnell Jolly, of Derry. She was a member of St. Rose Roman Catholic Church, where she was a lector and a Eucharistic minister. Keli worked as a nurse practitioner for Dr. Imran M. Bajwa, M.D., in Indiana, where she was the clinical coordinator of the Sleep Disorder Center and clinical nurse practitioner of the Pulmonary Center. She was co-owner of the Diagnostic Sleep Center of Hastings. She graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in nursing with a master's degree. Keli liked to travel, entertain and spend time with family and friends. She was preceded in death by her mother-in-law, Doris E. Heiple. Besides her parents, Keli is survived by her loving husband, Donald J. Heiple, whom she married Oct. 18, 1986; a daughter, Ashleigh E. Heiple, and a son, Alexander J. "Alex" Heiple, both of Latrobe; a brother, Patrick J. Jolly and his wife, Colleen, of Acme; her father-in-law, Donald E. Heiple and his wife, Beverly, of Derry Township; three brothers-in-law, Brian Heiple and his wife, Linda, of Coon Rapids, Minn., Harry Heiple and his wife, Barbara, of New Alexandria, and Keith Heiple, of Fort Worth, Texas; nine nieces, Jessica, Julia, Justina, Jalissa, Jillina and Jacinta Jolly, Diana, Tina and Amanda Heiple; and two nephews, Matthew and Tim Heiple. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in the McCABE FUNERAL HOME, 300 W. Third Ave., Derry. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. Monday in St. Rose Roman Catholic Church with Father William P. Donahue as celebrant. Interment will follow in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Derry. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Derry Area School District Foundation Amphitheater Project, designed by Ashleigh Heiple, 982 N. Chestnut St. Ext., Derry, PA 15627, or Clelian Heights School, 135 Clelian Heights Lane, Greensburg, PA 15601.