Mark W. Heim, 48, of Austin, Minnesota, died Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Mark Wayne Heim was born Sept. 24, 1966, at Austin, Minnesota, the son of Ronald Heim Sr. and Gertrude (Heemsbergen) Reitveld.  Mark graduated from Austin High School in the Class of 1985. He married Jan Low on June 27, 1987, at Austin. Mark and Jan have owned and operated Ankeny’s Mini Mart No. 1 in Austin for the past 14 years and he was also a printing salesman with J-C Press of Owatonna, Minnesota, for 23 years.

Mark was a member of Cornerstone Church in Austin. He was a huge fan of all Minnesota sports; he loved to golf, snowmobile, play softball, kickball, football, and broomball. He enjoyed four-wheeling, mud bogging, hiking and riding his motorcycle. Most of all, Mark loved spending time with his family and friends. His favorite band was Stryper and he travelled all over the United States to see them. He would drop everything he was doing to be there for his family and friends. He was great at giving biblically sound advice and lending a listening ear when you needed it. He touched many lives in his short time on earth and the world is a better place because of him. He will be greatly missed!

He was preceded in death by his father, Ronald D. Heim, Sr.; grandparents: Evert and Marie Heemsbergen, Irene Turnmire and Ernest Heim.

Mark is survived by his wife, Jan Heim, Austin, Minnesota; daughter and son-in-law, Kelli and Noah Hamer, Morris, Minnesota; son, Brett Heim, Los Angeles, California; mother, Gert Anderson (Cornie) Rietveld, Hollandale, Minnesota; sister, Le Ann (Tom) Schommer, Nowthen, Minnesota; brother, Keith (Angela) Heim, Bertram, Texas; sister, Brenda (Tim) Wilkerson, Mobile, Alabama; brother, Ron (Sherri) Heim, Owatonna, Minnesota; step-sisters, Kathy, Sherry and Linda; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Diane and Bob Low, Austin, Minnesota; brother-in-law, Jay (Lisa) Low, Plymouth, Minnesota; sister-in-law, Amy Klein, Austin, Minnesota; nieces, nephews; great nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 29, at Cornerstone Church, 1403 1st Avenue SW, Austin, with the Rev. David Simerson officiating. Visitation will be on Tuesday from 4 to 7 p.m. at Clasen Jordan Mortuary and at the church on Wednesday morning for one hour before the service.

Casket bearers will be his best friends, Tom Wuertz, Jeff Anderson, Pete Korfhage, Jarrett Korfhage, Joel Wilcox and Joey Greibrok.