Auda Mae Heaton

February 20, 1931 – June 8, 2018

Auda Mae Heaton, 87, Moses Lake resident passed away Friday, June 8, 2018 at LakeRidge Solana Care Center. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at Pioneer Memorial Gardens. Please sign the online guestbook or share a memory with family at www.kayserschapel.com. Arrangements are in care of Kayser’s Chapel & Crematory.

Auda was born on Feb. 20, 1931 in Diamond, Wash., the daughter of Edwell Joseph and I. Blanche (Hamilton) Berg. She was raised to the age of 13 in Diamond, Wash. before the family moved to Colfax, Wash. The family moved to Pullman one year later and Auda graduated from Pullman High School in 1948. She was married to Wayne LeRoy Heaton on Oct. 9, 1948 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. They made their first home on a farm seven miles east of Pullman, where Wayne worked on a farm. In 1952, they moved back to Pullman and later that same year, they moved to Colfax. They remained in Colfax for 10 years before moving to Moses Lake on Oct. 31, 1962.

Auda worked as a catalogue sales operator at Sears for over eight years and remained a homemaker the rest of the time. Her husband Wayne L. Heaton preceded her in death on Nov. 25, 1990. She has since continued to make her home in Moses Lake and she worked for many years at WalMart.

As a longtime member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Moses Lake, she belonged to the ILCW of Immanuel Lutheran, was president of the Tabitha Circle, was in charge of coordinating wedding receptions for two years and spent time as a first grade Sunday School teacher.

Her hobbies included sewing, plastic canvas needlework, traveling and being around people. She was also a member of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution, serving as chairman of the Constitution Committee for four years and as chaplain for one year. Auda authored two books of poetry, “Rainbows, Seas and XYZ’s” and “Windows of My Soul.”

Besides her parents Edwell and Blanche Berg, Auda was preceded in death by her husband Wayne LeRoy Heaton, daughters Sandra Archer and Sheila Heaton, sisters Patricia Ellsworth and Leatrice Olfs and brothers Chester Berg and Robert Berg. Survivors include her daughters Jennifer (Ronald) Morris and Becky (Don) Mercier; grandchildren Jessica Starkweather, Donavyn Rhyne, Mitchell Morris, Nicholas Morris and Courtny Jacobsen; 12 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren.

Family would like to thank the staff at LakeRidge Care Center for their loving care of their beloved mother.