Mr. Jordan Lane Heiman Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

A celebration of Jordan's life is planned for August 1st, 2015 from 2-5pm, at the Ethical Society of St. Louis. Please go to www.valhallafunerals.net for current information or contact: Lyn Manton Krueger, email- lmkrueger01@gmail.com, and phone #: 970.376.3934. Persons interested in attending may contact Lyn. The family would also like to have an informal group story-telling at 3:00, please think about a brief story [or bring a photo] to share about your experiences with their father. Suggested dress code: "summer casual" or "summer comfortable" Jordan Lane Heiman, born November 25th, 1925, passed away in his home on June 7th, 2015. Throughout Jordan's lifetime, he valued intellectual and emotional connections with his family, friends, and colleagues. By challenging thinking in an effort to broaden perspectives, Jordan motivated people to engage in community, social, ethical, and environmental issues. An environmental pioneer, Jordan dedicated his life to building relationships with like-minded advocates, raising awareness through educated conversation. His passion for environmental issues was ignited during his engineering coursework at Washington University in St. Louis. Throughout his career he implemented changes in a variety of existing commercial and residential systems to improve output and efficiency. Working collaboratively with close friend and colleague Tim Michels, Jordan designed and built with Tim the first platinum-rated LEED-certified green home, in 2008, at the Parc in Kimmswick, in Imperial, MO. Jordan was CEO of Intertherm, a corporation focused on heating and air conditioning systems for manufactured and conventional homes. He chaired the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers, ASHRAE, and was a member of the editorial committee that assembled the publication The ASHRAE Green Guide. Jordan was on the board of St. Louis Earth Day Festival and Symposium. He was a senior consultant to the U.S. Green Building Council, St. Louis Chapter, and the first chairperson of the Missouri Solar Energy Association. Throughout his lifetime, Jordan worked with groups promoting environmentally-friendly home building construction in rural communities. The home he shared with Connie, his wife of 71 years, reflected their mutual commitment to implementing sound green practices to both the interior and exterior of their home, including the installment of one of the first water-conserving rain gardens. Jordan valued his close relationships with his wife, Constance Lorraine (Brockmeyer) Heiman; his three daughters and their husbands, Jill (Heiman) and the Reverend Don Crary, Ann (Heiman) and Mark Kram, and Lyn Manton (Heiman) and Dennis Krueger; his seven grandchildren, Michael Q. Fellmeth, Aaron X. Fellmeth, Gabriel E. Kram and his wife, Lea Wood, Justin W. Kram, Jesse P. Manton, Tessa R. Manton, and Tucker D. Manton; his great granddaughter, Talullah Azul Kram; his sister Marilyn (Heiman) and husband, brother-in-law Isaac Young; and his nephew Scott Goehri and wife Andrea and their daughters Samantha and Alyssa. Jordan dearly loved his friends and associates. Those whose lives touched his became part of his extended family. At the end of his life this included his exceptional caregivers. We were fortunate that Dad retained his sense of humor to the end. Contributions in his memory can be made to the causes he so passionately supported: The EarthWays Center of the Missouri Botanical Gardens, www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/donate/tributes-and-memorials.aspx, and Compassion & Choices, www.compassionandchoices.org A celebration of Jordan's life is planned for August 1st, 2015 from 2-5pm, at the Ethical Society of St. Louis. Please go to www.valhallafunerals.net for current information or contact: Lyn Manton Krueger, email- lmkrueger01@gmail.com, and phone #: 970.376.3934. Persons interested in attending may contact Lyn. The family would also like to have an informal group story-telling at 3:00, please think about a brief story [or bring a photo] to share about your experiences with their father.

Mr. Jordan Lane Heiman

November 25, 1925 - June 7, 2015