Heather Spence
18
February 1978 – 19 August 2025
Heather Andrea Spence was born on 18 February 1978 in Beaufort, South Carolina.
As a child,
she lived in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Iowa, and California.
She attended schools across the country and graduated from University High
School, Orlando, Florida in 1996.
She
graduated from Orlando Technical Center in the School of Culinary Arts in 1998.
After culinary school, she worked several years with prominent chefs at
Universal Studios in Orlando.
She later
moved to Burns Flat, Oklahoma, and worked many years at the Great Plains
Regional Medical Center in Elk City, Oklahoma, even after losing her
gallbladder and one kidney. She was a shining star with a caring and welcoming
smile in the Emergency Room.
She was
twice awarded Employee of the Year during her career there.
After losing
most of one leg and most of one hand, she could no longer work, but she was
determined to recover, walk again, and return to the job that she loved most.
She had a
unique mixture of determination and kindness, and seldom did you see one
without the other.
She had no
children and is survived by her parents, Tom and Sharman Spence of Burns Flat,
Oklahoma, her brother, Christopher Spence and wife Courtney, aunts, uncles, and
cousins.
She was
loved by family and friends in many places.
She went to
be with the Lord on 19 August 2025.
