Heath (Kunkel) Zayden

Heath P. Zayden, age 28 of St. Cloud, formerly of Freeport, died Friday, June 29, 2018 at his home in St. Cloud.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 6 at Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose with Pastor Daniel Jackson officiating. Entombment will be at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Freeport.

Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home in Melrose.

Heath Paul Zayden was born June 15, 1990 in Albany, Minnesota to Teri Evans-Niezgocki and Charles Kunkel. He graduated from Melrose High School in 2008. He enjoyed the outdoors, drawing pictures and had a passion for music.

Survivors include his daughter, Rory Zayden and her mother, Elizabeth Zayden; mother and step-father, Teri Evans-Niezgocki and Thomas Niezgocki; father, Chuck Kunkel; brother, Louis Kunkel and his children, Preston, Trevor, and Jayson; sister, Kayla Kunkel; grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and friends.

Heath was preceded in death by his son, Atticus Zayden in 2009; brother, Jason Kunkel in 2005; and grandparents.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred.