Rodney Lee Hecker

Rodney Lee Hecker, 68, passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2022, in Bridgeport, Nebraska with his wife Deb by his side.

Rodney was born September 29, 1953, in Sidney, Nebraska to Paul ‘Sonny’ and Gwendolyn Hecker. Around age 4 they moved to California where he travelled along the coast with his dad, playing the guitar with his brother Ron for Me and Ed’s Pizza Parlors.

After a short stint in California, they moved to Colorado, and then settled back in Sidney, Nebraska. Rodney graduated from Sydney High School in 1971 and was a star athlete. As an adult he was creative and inventive, a carver, a...