Pamela Lea

Heishman

Pamela Lea Heishman, 54, of Grinnell, passed away on Thursday, November 5, 2026, at Southridge Specialty Care Center in Marshalltown. A Memorial Service will be held 2 pm, Saturday, November 14, 2026, at Cox-Smith Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 1 pm to 2 pm, Saturday, November 14, 2026, at the funeral home.

Pam was born on April 22, 1972, to Doyle Allen Jackson and Susan Rosetta White in Grinnell. She graduated from Grinnell High School with the class of 1991. She married Richard Heishman in July of 1991. During this union, they raised Thomas White, Tashia Fisher and Cristian Aquilar. They raised all these siblings as their own. They adopted Alex Heishman and he was the light of her life. It was very normal to find them sitting and watching trains go by. Pam and Richard separated in 2019.

She spent the last 30 years working in the deli at McNally’s grocery store in Grinnell. Most of the recipes she made were from our mother that also worked there. Those recipes are still used today.

Pam enjoyed gardening, cooking and baking. She enjoyed making crafts, like wreaths and anything with scarecrows or snowmen, playing Scrabble and Cornhole. She loved to decorate her home for every season and holiday. She also enjoyed going on shopping trips with her friends. Pam loved her family dearly and was always happy to get everyone together for potluck and games.

Pam is survived by her sister, Stephanie (Kendall) Flander of Kellogg; her brother, Steve (Hollie) Jackson of Ozark, Alabama; son, Alex Heishman of Newton; nine nephews, Christopher Flander, Travis Kifer Jr., Shawn Jackson and Zachary Jackson, all from Newton, Tyler Kifer and Adrian Kifer of Kellogg, Kyle Jackson and Zander Jackson for Ozark, AL and Dillon Snyder of Ankeny; niece, Desirae Jackson of Troy, AL; great nephew, River Thompson of Newton; her estranged husband, Richard of Grinnell; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her parents Doyle and Susan Jackson; along with her grandparents, Berle and Vera Jackson and Novie and Elsie White.

Memorials may be directed to the family and mailed in care of Cox-Smith Funeral and Cremation Service, P.O. Box 163, Grinnell, Iowa 50112.