Logan Riley "Fireball" Hieb

Sep. 28, 1996 - Feb. 6, 2015

Date of Service: Feb. 13, 2015

Logan Riley "Fireball" Hieb - Rupert Idaho
Logan Riley Hieb, 18, chose to detour from the walk of basic life on February 6th, 2015. He is still with us, but we have to dig deeper to find him. He made his grand entrance on September 28, 1996 in Burley, Idaho. The unsuspecting mortals chosen to rear this free spirit were Cliff and Jennifer Hieb. After a short period of being a padawan to the Jedi master of trouble (aka big sister Erin Elizabeth), he soon became a full-fledged accomplice to her shenanigans, and soon developed into the ringleader. Madison Paige and Ashlyn Emerie would join the force later.
Much to his chagrin, he spent his life in Rupert, Idaho. He attended school at St. Nicholas until 3rd grade, and then transferred to Acequia to fulfill his elementary obligations. He then schooled at East Minico and was a student at Minico at the time of his death.
Logan would put his heart and soul into the things he loved…as a child those things included Buzz Lightyear, Star Wars, Legos, superheroes (especially Marvel), and video games. His unbelievable creativity has been his claim to fame since he was a child. He had a YouTube channel at the age of 12, where he would present his homemade, one of a kind videos. He liked to mold figures from clay, and his notebooks from school would always be covered with doodles. His most recent love was Photoshop, and he developed a prowess for it. He had hoped to create a career in graphic design where his creative spirit could be properly utilized. I would also be remiss in honoring Logan's accomplishments if I didn't mention he achieved the 35th highest global score on the Facebook Snake game.
Everyone who encountered Logan could easily recognize he was one of a kind. In addition to being creative, he was utterly hilarious. He had a gift for making people laugh hysterically while offending them in the process. His wit was unparalleled. He had a gift for finding idiosyncrasies in people they probably didn't even know they had.
He is survived, loved and missed terribly by his parents Cliff Hieb and Jennifer Barinaga-Hieb, sisters Erin Hieb (Austin Souza), Madison Hieb, Ashlyn Hieb, and grandfather, Joe Barinaga, his brother from another mother, David Arteaga, as well as other friends who have touched his life, aunts Mary Bauscher (Randy), Jerri Cole (Dennis), Tammy Fairchild (Dave), and Amber Blincoe (Rod), cousins Anthony Barinaga, Trevor, Tayler, and Kelsey Blincoe, Chris Cole, and Janae Phelps. He was reunited once again with his maternal grandmother Mary Ann Nutsch-Barinaga, his paternal grandparents Janine Ambrose-Hieb and Clifford Hieb Sr., as well as a cousin who was also gone before his time, Jerem Koepnick.
A viewing will be held at Joel Heward Hansen Mortuary, 710 6th St, Rupert on Thursday, February 12th from 5-8 pm. Services will be held at 2:00 on Friday, February 13th, 2015 at the Rupert United Methodist Church 605 H St., Rupert, ID with Pastor Pam Meese officiating. Interment will follow at the Rupert Cemetery. Logan was not a conventional kid, he was extremely unique and we are hoping his funeral will represent this. He loved attending Comic Con, and had no use for the formalities of life, so feel free to dress up and let your silly side shine. We need to make Logan smile, like he made so many others smile.
The family would like to express sincere thanks to extended family, friends, and the community who have shown so much love and support and a willingness to walk the dark path of loss and grief with us.
In lieu of flowers, a fund has been arranged at the Rupert Methodist Church to be earmarked for suicide prevention and mental health advocacy in Logan's memory. Our area has a need for outreach and support for our precious young people who can't see themselves for the rays of light and hope that they are.

Funeral Service
Date of Service: Feb. 13, 2015