Henry Howard Hertzsch Jr. October 5, 1947 - July 2, 2020

Henry Howard Hertzsch Jr passed away Wednesday July 2nd in his home surrounded by his wife, daughter, son and two older sisters. Henry was born in Hartford, CT on Oct. 5, 1947 to Henry Howard Hertzsch Sr. and Madeline Anna Talbot.

Henry graduated from Bloomfield High School in 1966. Henry was drafted into the United States Army in 1970 and left for Germany. After returning home, he attended Springfield College and completed a two year auto mechanic program. In 1973 Henry drove his ’57 Chevy that he fixed up with his friend Dave, and drove across country to Utah. In December of ’76 Henry started working at BYU in the grounds department. He performed many different jobs in that department, but was most proud of his compost (or poop) as his kids would call it. Henry retired from BYU in 2015 after 39 years. In April of 1977 Henry met Debra Palmer, the love of his life. They dated for a year and got engaged in April of ’78 and were married that August in the Manti, UT temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. In 1979 Henry and Debi had their first child David, Madeline came along in ’81, and James was born in ’84. Henry joined the Army National Guard and was in it for over 30 years. He was called up and deployed to Kuwait as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom from February 2004 to February 2005. Henry loved the friends he made in the military and would always stop and spend time talking with them whenever he bumped into them. He spent his retired years with family and friends. He enjoyed working on and racing cars in his youth and was proud to show off his trophy from the Connecticut Dragway. Henry loved to serve others as well as his country. He served as Scout Master for many years and was always willing to lend a hand when needed. He could fix anything with tools (maybe not the right way), but got it working. Henry loved cars and was always going off to car shows on weekends whenever possible.

Henry is survived by his wife Debra (Palmer) Hertzsch, sisters Judy (Donald) Seaton and Glady Nolan, children David (Francesca) Hertzsch, Madeline (Bill) Roth, James Hertzsch, grandchildren Toby Roth, Courtney Roth, Christopher Hertzsch, Damon Hertzsch, and Arcadia Hertzsch, and several nephews, nieces, cousins, in-laws, and great friends.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday July 8th at the Kolob church building on 840 South 400 East in Springville, UT. There will be a viewing from 10-10:45am with the Funeral starting at 11am. Military graveside services will follow. Interment will be at Evergreen Cemetery in Springville, UT. Due to COVID-19, attendance at the services will be by invitation only. For all events, social distancing will be adhered to and the family has asked that masks be required.

Services will be live-streamed through the Walker Funeral Home Facebook Page.