Russell F. Hein

August 13, 1938 - December 18, 2020

Russell F. Hein, 82, passed away on Friday, December 18, 2020 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Memorial service will be held 10:30 AM on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Fort Dodge. Visitation will be from 9:30 AM until time of service on Tuesday at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Burial will be in the North Lawn Cemetery in Fort Dodge. Russ was born in the home of his parents, Herman and Olga (Strempke) Hein, in Fairbank, Iowa on August 13, 1938. He attended St. John’s Lutheran Grade School for grades K-8 and Public High School for grades 9-12 both in Fairbank. He re-ceived a BA degree in Mathematics Education from Iowa State Teachers College (now UNI) in 1960 and a MA degree from the State College of Iowa (now UNI) in 1966. He later earned an additional year of post-graduate credit hours at Iowa State University. Russ taught math classes at Eldora High School from 1960 to 1966 and then became one of the original faculty members at Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge in 1966 where he taught mathematics and computer science classes. He be-came chairman of the Math & Science departments in 1992 and retired in 1998. He was preceded in death by his parents, his brothers Wayne (Helen), Kenneth (Ruth), Jack (Earlene) and his sister Mary (Robert Werdel). He is survived by his wife Ardella, his sons Larry of Urbandale, Iowa and David (Teresa) of West Des Moines, Iowa, one granddaughter Devon Porter and four grandsons Alex, Braydon, Jarrett and Collin.