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Melvin George Heaps Obituary

Melvin George Heaps attended Clayton Valley High School in Concord, CA. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about Melvin George Heaps.

Graduation Year Class of 1960
Date of Passing (unknown)
About Mel went for a walk in the High Uinta Mountains of Utah, near Crystal Lake, on Monday 31 JUL 2017. He did not return.

Extensive ground and air search in the following days did not find him.

A memorial service was held on Saturday, 14 OCT 2017 in Mesa, AZ. He is survived by his wife Margo and two children.

Mel attended UC Berkeley. Served a proselyting mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Germany. Mel graduated from BYU,and later received his Ph.D. in Upper Atmospheric Physics from USU in Logan, UT.

He was on the Cross Country and Track teams, lettering in both sports.

He was an avid outdoors-man and fisherman, who practiced catch and release.

He was a good friend.
Melvin George Heaps

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