2017 Heather Reed-Flynn

33_heather-reed-flynn_midwest-transplant-networkHEATHER REED-FLYNN

Organ Donor

Age 43 ~ Kansas City, MO

Donated on 8/5/2016

at North Kansas City Hospital, Kansas City, MO

Honored by mwtn.org

Heather Denise Reed-Flynn will be forever remembered for her caring nature and love for others. Heather cherished her role as daughter, wife and mother. She was a graduate of Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS. In her first years after college, Heather spent time as an editor for a few locally published magazines, but found her true calling as a stay-at-home mother with the birth of her daughter, Hannah. Heather was known for being a steward for those around her, as well as for her environment. After her a sudden stroke, she was a registered organ donor and was able to fulfill her last wish to save others.

Heather’s Story

Heather Denise Reed-Flynn will be forever remembered for her caring nature and love for others. Heather cherished her role as daughter, wife and mother. She was a graduate of Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS. In her first years after college, Heather spent time as an editor for a few locally published magazines, but found her true calling as a stay-at-home mother with the birth of her daughter, Hannah.

Heather was known for being a steward for those around her, as well as for her environment. She strived to help others in all that she did. As part of that, she was a registered donor and was able to fulfill that last wish to save others after a sudden stroke took her life.

“Heather being a donor means she will always be with me because I will never forget her willingness to serve others,” said Heather’s husband of 16 years, David.