Bettejane BJ Heibel

Services: A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, August 14, 2006 at 10:00 AM in Holy Face Catholic Church with Fr. Joseph Sileo officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation: Viewing/Visitation will be held on Sunday, August 13, 2006 from 2:00 - 5:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, where Prayers will be said at 3:00 PM. Bettejane "BJ" Heibel, 64, of Great Mills, MD died August 10, 2006 in Great Mills, MD. Born March 28, 1942 in Washington, D.C. she was the daughter of Elizabeth Beattie of Leonardtown, MD and the late James Beattie. She was the loving wife of Stephen Heibel whom she married in Boothbay Harbor, ME. She is survived by her children Michael " Jake" of California, MD, Ruth Ann of Soffolx, VA, Luke of Glenside, PA, Teresa of San Diego, CA , John of Baltimore, MD and Stephen of Great Mills, MD. She is also survived by her siblings Susan of Houston, TX, Ann of Springfield, MA, Guy of Annapolis, MD and Bruce of Richmond, VA. She is also survived by five grandchildren. She graduated from Immaculata High School in 1960; she continued her education at St. Mary of the Woods where she graduated in 1964 with a Bachelors Degree in Journalism. She moved from Bethesda, MD to St. Mary's County in 1973 where she was employed for eighteen years as a teacher and Child Welfare Coordinator for Paxtuxent River in Lexington Park, MD. She was a Religious Educator of Holy Face Catholic Church R.C.I. A. The family will receive friends on Sunday, August 13, 2006 from 2:00- 5:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, where prayers will be said at 3:00 PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, August 14, 2006 at 10:00 AM in Holy Face Catholic Church with Father Joseph Sileo officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be her sons Michael, John, Luke, Stephen, and son in laws Christopher and Anthony. Contributions can be made to Food for The Poor.