Maurice Lindell "Lindy" Heath, 60, of West Lafayette, died at 11:22 p.m. on July 31, 2009 in his residence. He had been battling pancreatic cancer since September 15, 2008 when diagnosed. He was born April 8, 1949, in Horseheads, New York, to the late Maurice E. and Florence E. (Shriver) Heath. He was a graduate of Battle Ground High School and then went on to earn his Bachelor's Degree from Greenville College in Illinois and his Masters Degree from Purdue. His marriage was to Andrea Lea DeWeese on July 13, 1985 in Covenant Church. She survives. He began his teaching career with a year at Harrison High School then taught the next 27 years at Klondike Middle School. His teaching assignments included science, physical education, health and driver's education. He was a member of Covenant Church of West Lafayette. Surviving with his wife are his children, Charise and Isaac both of Lafayette and Abigail, Cara and Josiah all at home in West Lafayette and two sisters, Vicky Bollock (husband: Bill) of Lafayette and Cordelia "Cordy" Embry (husband: Pat) of West Lafayette. A Celebration of Lindy's life will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, August 8, 2009 at Covenant Church (211 Knox Drive, West Lafayette, IN); Pastor David W. Henderson to officiate. Memorials may be made to the Lindy Heath Scholarship Fund, established to help students at Klondike Middle School. Envelopes will be available during service times or may be mailed to the Hartzler-Clapper Funeral Home (PO Box 509 Brookston, IN 47923). Lindy died for the second time this past Friday . His first death occurred on May 16, 1978, when he died to his own agenda and by faith asked Jesus Christ to become the Lord of his life. That was a glorious death and resulted in new motives, new desires, new attitudes and new priorities. Great joy, peace and fulfillment began to replace the restlessness, aimlessness and self-absorption of a life previously lived with self at the center. Jesus gave him a love for God's word , the Bible, and he set out to memorize as much of this wonderful book as possible (more than 192 chapters). One of his greatest joys was to meditate on those eternally life-changing words while out walking, driving, doing the dishes or during a host of other activities. Seven years after his first death, and with many wonderful and important changes in progress in his character and perspective, Lindy married the love of his life, Andi. Lindy considered his children Chariesse, Lindy, Abigail, Cara and Josiah a wonderful blessing from the Lord. He and his family enjoyed attending Covenant Church, where there were many opportunities to serve and to be challenged to live a godly life. One of his favorite Scriptures was: "Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and even though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls" (1 Peter 1:8,9). This second death has claimed Lindy's physical body, but his soul is now in the literal presence of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ where he is no longer living by faith, but by sight. Praise be to the one and true living God!