Patricia “Pat” Kane Heinemann entered eternal life on October 2, 2019, at the age of 78 years old. Pat was a native of New Orleans, and a graduate of Sacred Heart High School. In her early years she was employed by the New Orleans Public Service.
On New Year’s Eve,1960, Pat met Hans-Georg Heinemann who was serving in the West German military and training in Huntsville, Alabama. In the fall of 1961 Pat flew to Germany and married Hans-Georg in is hometown of Goettingen. The couple resided in Aachen, Germany until the completion of Hans-Georg’s military service, at which time they moved to New Orleans. They resided in New Orleans for several years, and for the past 50 years have been residents of Gretna, Louisiana.
Pat was preceded in death by her parents, John Francis Kane and Lillian Bourgeois Kane, by her brother Michael J.Kane, Sr., and by her niece Kristen Glenn. She is survived by her loving husband of 58 years Hans- Georg Heinemann, by her nephew Michael J. Kane Jr., his wife Nancy Kane and their daughter Brianna Kane, her great niece’s Megan Bordelon, Shannon Kane, Brandi Glenn and Jessica Glenn, her great children, Zoey Bordelon and Beau Bordelon, and her life-long friends Margaret Ingram, Marie Benigno, Vicki Kane and Raymond Garrity.
Pat was a member of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Deutsches Haus and of L’Union Francaise, and was a parishioner of Christ the King Catholic Church in Gretna.
Visitation will be held at Mothe Funeral Home, 7040 Lapalco Blvd, Marrero, LA 70072, Saturday, October 19 from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm, followed by a Catholic Service at 1:00 pm.
A Celebration of Life will be held at the Deutsches Haus at a later date. Inurnment will be private.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Deutsches Haus, 1700 Moss Street, New Orleans, La., 70119 are preferred