Heiners, Jeffrey Alan, Photojournalist

b.  07/06/1954

d. 10/08/1990

Burial:
Congressional Cemetery 1801 E Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003
USA

--Information above, from FIND A GRAVE website--

Following is message from his cousin, Elaine, posting on "the art of the cemetery" website in 2010:

"Jeff was a photojournalist for Gannett, traveled all around the world. He used to answer his phone with the message on his gravestone (the gravestone back - "MISTAH HEINAH HE NO HOME") when telemarketers would call. At age 37, he came home one day, laid down for a nap and never woke up. Seemed appropriate to put that on his gravestone."  --Jeff’s cousin, Elaine--

Following is a message from his niece, Laura (Fink) Hill, posting on "the art of the cemetery" website in 2013:

Don’t know if this blog is still up & running, but, thought I’d put my 2 cents in! Jeff was my uncle. He died when I was a sophomore at Carthage College in Kenosha, WI. (Our family was originally from the Milwaukee area.) What’s even more tragic than him dying of a sudden & unexpected heart attack at the age of 36, is that it was a week before he was to get married. Fortunately his fiancée was able to heal & move on, years later.

There is another wink to his sense of humor in that he is buried near Matthew Brady – the pioneering Civil War photographer. I suppose they’re up there somewhere sharing exciting stories – Mr. Brady about the battlefield & Jeff about his world travels. And, I’m sure Jeff has a cocktail in one hand & a cigarette in the other!

I’m always so tickled when I find out someone has found his gravestone so amusing (or puzzling). I found, on some website, a group who plays a type of “scavenger hunt” in cemeteries. His stone was a clue!

Anyway, hope you find this interesting!    --Laura (Fink) Hill, Sandwich, IL--

(Heiners,   b. 07/06/1954)