Ronny Layne Heimberger Obituary:
So far, the life of Ronny Layne Heimberger has been filled with vision and purpose. He set out to become a great student, but continued on to become a great teacher. One of the quotes he embodies was penned by Tzu-kung who said, "Not to tire of learning is wisdom; not to weary of teaching is benevolence." Once he realized that the foundation he laid for his work in mortality was strong enough to be perpetuated by others, he was allowed to move on. He got up on the morning of March 9th, got dressed and said he "had to go." Soon thereafter, he was called away by his Heavenly Father and continues his eternal work in the Celestial Realm.
Ronny was born on March 7, 1956 in Nampa, Idaho to William Charles Heimberger (deceased) and Lucy Elaine VanSickle-Heimberger of Richmond, Utah. Not many years after his birth, he received three siblings, Chrystal Hallam of Las Vegas, NV; Gwyn Hammer of Lewiston, UT and Adam Heimberger of Logan, UT.
He met Lisa Dee McGoldrick in Idaho and married her on April 30, 1980. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls Temple on May 19, 1983. Ronny admires Lisa for her work as a midwife and herbalist. He and Lisa have five children: Nicole S. Heimberger of Phoeniz, AZ, Chantel Heimberger-Hilsmann, Cody Heimberger, Garrette Heimberger and Aubrey Heimberger all of St. George, UT.
Ronny served in the Army National Guard, fulfilled his callings in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, traveled the world, and speaks several languages. He is widely loved, and most well-known throughout the world, for his work as founder and director of the world-wide Wing Chun Kung Fu Council. He is, to countless of his loyal students, simply known as "Sifu," their mentor and guide. To read Ronny's memorial or find out more about his work visit www.wckfc.com.
Viewings for Ronny will be held this Friday evening on the 14th of March from 6-7 p.m. at The Spilsbury Mortuary and on Saturday morning the 15th from 9-10:30 a.m. at the St.George Fifth Ward chapel on 85 S. 400 E. in St. George, UT. Services will commence at 11:00 a.m. A short grave-side service with bagpipes and military honors will immediately follow at the Tonaquint Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Spilsbury Mortuary, 110 S. Bluff Street, St. George, Utah.
"Wherever the Superior Man passes through, people are transformed; the place where he tarried is spiritualized and Heaven and Earth blend harmoniously. How could you say 'he is gone'?" - Mencius
Sifu with his Sifu, Grand Master Ip Ching
Sifu playing the blues with Si Heng Carlos
Sifu dancing in the hay after a Kung Fu training camp. This was the side of him most people never got to see.
Sifu presenting me with a camp certificate
Sifu, you will be missed by all who had the chance to know and learn from you. Thank you for touching our lives!
--Amy
9 comments:
Amy! You rock! Your site is number 3 when you google Sifu's name! Thats awesome :) A good tribute. So I totally didnt know what your last name what. I like your blog name, its cool! Take care, and I miss him too :-/
I once trained with Sifu at an event in Essex, England. He was a very inspiring person to meet and truly amazed us all with not only his fighting ability but his teaching ability too. It is a terrible shame he has passed on, my thoughts are with you all.
Hello Amy -
I am a student of Rons as well, I trained with him in St george for several years until I moved back to Nebraska - how awesome of you to memorialize him in this way - what a great teacher he will always be to me and forever will I hear his voice saying "Sink lower James" when I practice Biu Gee
That was lovely. Today of all days I sure miss my Sifu. Thanks for posting the pics too.
Amazing tribute to sifu! His Life and legacy live on and he will always be remembered. The coolest thing about sifu is he had just as much influence to someone across the world as he does to me in his home town st. George. Thanx for everything sifu~ until we meet again.
Ron, was a great teacher of kungfu... I studied with Ron for several years in Idaho during the late 1980's when he was associated with Wing Tsun kungfu of Leung Ting. Ron is a good honest family man trying to make teaching kung fu more than just an overnight thing. I know he and his family has sacrificed much to make it happen. In around 1986 Leung Ting came for a seminar hosted by Ron, i was there in Boise, Idaho. Started at his "studio" in Meridian, then to the larger place... but times change I moved on.. Saddened by the news. . I just found out in 2011. oh another thing he was a really good artist. Painted a mural of the history of Wing Chun on his original studio.. or was that his wife? You will be missed.signed former student.- vuong p. emailtvp @ yahoo
Does anyone have any video of Sifu Ron? Thanks
What are you looking for? I have lots..
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