Harry Wells Heap, Sr. |
| Posted 2009-05-06 by Pat R |
| Prescott (AZ) Courier Thursday, January 13, 1994, p 2B Harry Wells Heap Sr, 91, died Jan 7, 1994. He was born Aug 2, 1902, in Prescott, Arizona to Helen (Wells)Heap and Harry William Heap. On the day that his mother gave birth, her father, the venerable Judge Edmund W Wells Jr, was appointed Attorney General of the Territory of Arizona by ex-roughrider, then-Gov Alexander O. Brodie. Harry was raised in Prescott surrounded by notable personalities of Western America based on the extensive business and public lives of both his father and grandfather. He could relate eloquently the time he met Tom Mix with his father as a young boy, or of the long association his grandfather had with Virgil Earp, who even supplied the lumber that built his home in the late 1800's, which stands today as the Wakelin-Ruffner Funeral Home on the corner of Cortez and Carlton streets in Prescott. Harry attended public school in Prescott, where he excelled in both athletics and academics. He later attended Culver Academy for college preparation before traveling to Tempe to attend the University of Arizona. In 1923, Harry transferred to Columbia University in New York where he graduated with a degree in business. Making New York his home in 1925, he married Mary Cooper Allix, a union of which was blessed by two children, Harry Wells Heap Jr, born in 1929 (now of Brunswick, Maine)and Irene Allison Heap born in 1935 (now deceased). Harry's business interests allowed him to travel worldwide having made his residence in London, Arabia and Hong Kong over the years. His most notable association being with the Bechtel Corporation, having served as their Public Relations Director for Overseas Operations in the late '40s and early '50s. For all his world travels and experiences, Harry's most vivid memories were of Prescott and Territorial Arizona. Whether it was remembering the political rallies when his grandfather was the Republican candidate for governor in the states first gubernatorial election (was defeated narrowly by George W. P. Hunt, who then retained governorship for 30-plus years) or witnessing a shootout in front of the Palace Saloon on Montezuma Street while a child in the accompaniment of his nanny. Harry could remember as if it were yesterday. In lieu of sending flowers the family requests that donations be made to the Sharlot Hall Museum in Harry's name. For those who have resided in Prescott and remember the Wells and Heap family, please contact John Wells Heap, grandson, at 1-800-756-1521 with any memories that may help define the past. |
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