Heye B. Lamfers was born September 8, 1915 in Mountain Lake, Minnesota to Benjamin and Gazena (Schmidt) Lamfers. He attended country school District 47 and 15 near Mountain Lake. He then attended one year of high school in Mountain Lake. After his schooling, Heye was united in marriage to Virginia Lenertz on October 8, 1940 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Tracy. Heye farmed all of his life. The couple lived on his father’s farm near Mountain Lake until 1943, when they moved to a farmplace near Amiret. They then moved north of Tracy in 1949. Heye and Virginia moved back to the Amiret area in 1951 where they resided until 2002. Heye retired from farming in 1977 and later moved to Tracy on August 3, 2002 where they have resided since. Heye was a longtime member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church where he was a charter member of the Knights of Columbus in 1953, and served on the Holy Name Society. Heye was a township member of the ASC, and was a member of the Tracy Ambulance Board. He loved playing horseshoes, fishing, hunting and trapping. He enjoyed going on bus tours, camping, dancing, and playing cards – especially pinocle. Heye also enjoyed his cats on the farm.

Heye is survived by his wife Virginia of 67 years; son Mike Lamfers and his significant other Darles Schwartz of Amiret; grandchildren: Stacy Lamfers-Holbrook and husband Jay of St. Bonifacius, Christopher Heye Lamfers of Currie, and Benjamin J. Lamfers of Currie; great-grandchildren: Hannah, Will, and Ellie Holbrook, JaRae and Skyla Heye Lamfers; sister Martha Lindquist of St. James; sisters-in-law: Alita Lenertz and Sally Lamfers; brother-in-law Pete Lenertz; and numerous other relatives and friends. He is preceded in death by his parents, infant son Edwin Peter in 1943, infant grandson Joseph Lamfers, grandson Willie Lamfers, brothers: John, Daniel and Paul, and sisters: Hattie Bettin and Minnie Elsing.