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{{Infobox person
|name=Kelle David Hein, Sr.
(Independent Baptist clergyman and commercial pilot who died in crash of private airplane)
|birth_date=July 22, 1961
|birth_place=Orton, Wadena County<br>[[Minnesota]]
|death_date=March 8, 2018
|death_place=[[Laredo]], [[Texas]]
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/kelle-hein/kelle_hein|title=Kelle Hein|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=March 21, 2018}}</ref>
|spouse=Tammy Waldrop Hein (married 1985-2018, his death)<br>
Children:<br>
Kelle Hein, Jr.<br>
Kalen Paul Hein<br>
Kyla Hein<br>
Kiery Hein <br>
Kesha Hein
}}
'''Kelle David Hein, Sr.''' (July 22, 1961 – March 8, 2018), was an [[Independent Baptist]] [[pastor]] and a commercial pilot in [[Laredo]], [[Texas]], who perished in an air crash near the Laredo International Airport while he was giving flight instruction to a 19-year-old student.
Kelle (pronounced KELLY) Hein was born in Orton in Wadena County in central [[Minnesota]], the son of Wally and Darlene Fisher, who suvive him. He graduated from high school in Groton in Brown County in northeastern [[South Dakota]]. In 1981, he obtained a liberal arts degree from Augustana University, then Augustana College, a [[Lutheran]] institution in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. In 1985, he became a flight instructor and commercial pilot. He was a missionary to, first, Nuevo Laredo, [[Mexico]], and then Laredo Texas. In 1999, he became pastor of Family Baptist Church in Laredo. In 2015, he received a doctoral degree from Landmark Baptist Theological Seminary in Haltom City, near [[Fort Worth]], Texas. Thereafter, he published a book: ''What's the Bible Got to Do with It?''<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.lmtonline.com/obituaries/article/DR-KELLE-DAVID-HEIN-12744371.php|title=Dr. Kelle David Hein|publisher=''The Laredo Morning Times''|date=March 11, 2018|accessdate=March 21, 2018}}</ref>
Aviation officials said that Hein and his student, Robert Christopher Marshall, were in a Piper PA-31P, when for unknown reasons, the left engine of the plane began to smoke. As the pilot attempted to return to the airport, the plane went down and crashed into a nearby field. Both were killed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texas-wrongful-death-lawyer.net/88959/robert-marshall-kelle-hein-accident-laredo-tx.htm|title=Robert Marshall, Kelle Hein Killed in Laredo, TX, Airplane Accident Near Laredo Airport|publisher=Texas-wrongful-death-lawyer.net|date=March 9, 2018|accessdate=March 21, 2018}}</ref> Marshall, a sophomore at [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas, was the son of Robert R. and Amy Marshall, both members of the Webb Consolidated Independent School District based in Bruni in eastern Webb County. The senior Marshall, the president and chief executive officer of Marshall Aviation, an on-demand charter service for passengers and freight aircraft. The Marshalls owned the plane which went down. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lmtonline.com/local/article/One-victim-identified-in-plane-crash-that-killed-12741634.php|title=Officials ID victims in Laredo plane crash that killed |publisher=''The Laredo Morning Times''|date=March 9, 2018|author=Cesar G. Rodriguez and JeriLynn Thorpe,|accessdate=March 21, 2018}}</ref>
In 1985 in Waco, Hein wed the former Tammy Waldrop. There are five Hein children, Kelle Hein, Jr. (wife Colby) of Conroe, Texas; Kalen Paul Hein (wife Brandi), Kyla Hein, Kiery Hein Saldivar (husband Alejandro), and Kesha Hein, and four grandchildren. His father-in-law was the Reverend Bill Waldrop (wife Carolyn).<ref name=obit/>
The deaths of the crash victims were met were disbelief and sorrow in the Laredo community. Many [[Facebook]] users commented on the tragedy. "The world lost one of the good guys," remarked one post in reference to Hein.<ref>{{cite web|url=
https://www.lmtonline.com/local/article/Facebook-mourns-deaths-of-teen-Laredo-preacher-12746934.php|title=Facebook mourns death of Laredo teen, preacher killed in plane crash|date=March 12, 2018|author=JeriLynn Thorpe|publisher=''The Laredo Morning Times''|accessdate=March 21, 2018}}</ref>
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