HEPTONSTALL, Scotty John
May 10, 1977 - July 28, 2015
No Beauty Shines Brighter
than that of a Good Heart
On July 28th 2015 Scotty Heptonstall traded in his tool belt for a beautiful set of wings. Scotty was the third of four children born to Elaine and Dale Heptonstall in Drumheller, Alberta. As a child Scotty loved climbing hills, riding his bike and playing at the creek with his siblings and their dogs Sheba and Jasper in tow. As he grew older he had a love for swimming, soccer, skate boarding and his big love which was snowboarding, which he later went on to teach. As an adult he found a great passion for reading, Scotty was very articulate and could read through a 3 inch novel in two days. He was also very creative and enjoyed carving soapstone, wax and wooden figurines and even learned to play the harmonica. In his early years in the working world Scotty worked as a seismic labourer for many years until he decided to change careers and went into roofing for 10 years, and then the last 3 years he went to work for Sunterra Farms doing maintenance as he was good at plumbing, electrical and other handyman duties. Scotty was a free spirit and in the summer loved nothing more than to be at a park with flip flops and his back pack wandering around soaking up the sun, tubing down the river or fishing, in the winter he traded it all in for a snowboard and back pack and after all of his daily activities his favourite thing in the world to wrap up the day (winter or summer) was a long hot bubble bath and a good book. His love for his family was the thing he prided himself most on. He was always front and center to help fix or move something or help out with some crazy projects that he had to help his mother and siblings fix up. Scotty always told his family he loved them and told them so and gave them a hug every time he went out the door. Scotty was once asked if he thought he’d ever move out of Drumheller and he quickly replied “no”, that he loved Drumheller and had no desire to living else where and that his family and everything he ever needed was right here. Material things were not overly important to Scotty, he enjoyed simple things in life. He will always be remembered for his big bright smile and big brown sparkly eyes, everyone who met him commented on his kindness and his smile, how he made people feel comfortable and welcome, he was a great listener and loved unconditionally. On more than one occasion Scotty was known to buy meals from McDonalds for random people, on one occasion it was a very cold winter day and a man didn’t have enough for a meal so he bought him a good meal and a coffee, and when the man was ready to leave Scotty got up and made sure he had another coffee so he had something to keep his hands around to keep warm when he went back out into the cold. Our Dear beloved Scotty leaves to mourn his passing his Mother Elaine Heptonstall, His Sister Carrie Dumont (Steve), Brothers Dale Heptonstall (Barb), Terry Heptonstall, His Nephew Azraie Dumont, Nieces Madison & Olivia Heptonstall, and Nephew Daenen Vockeroth (Heptonstall) , his Grandmother Isabel Grenier, and his many Aunts, Uncles, Cousins and many friends who loved him. Funeral services will be held on Thursday August 6th at 1:00 pm at the Drumheller Alliance Church, 670 7 Ave. East, Drumheller.
