Preceded in death by his parents, Elmer & Pauline, his brother Ronald; two sons Richard A. & Robert A; two grandsons; Thomas Clark & Jason Grothe; also a nephew Dana Malone & his brother in law Howard D. Malone.
Richard spend most of his life having a family, really good friends & Neighbors. He loved his job too. He was in the USAF for 5 years, and then since the AF couldn't find a place for him they told him to get in the Air National Guard, where he retired after about 25 yrs. He then went to work for Boeing Inc & Labored lovingly until AIR FORCE ONE was completed in time for Clinton to take office.
His hobbies were gardening, building things like toys ect. he also likes tinkering with cars. Time could stop when he & his fishing buddies were on Grand Lake. He was in Heaven for sure. In 2001 they moved to Mesa, AZ where he decided he was pretty good at golf.
He is survived by his sister Donna Rae Malone of Wichita, daughter Diana (Duane) Grothe of Tucson AZ, & Denise (Larry) James of Wichita. He is also survived by eight grandchildren; 21 great grandchildren & two great great-grandchildren.
A celebration of life service will be 2:00 p.m. on Saturday August 10, 2019 at Lakeview Funeral Home, 12100 E. 13th St. N., Wichita. The next morning we are going to drive to Grand Lake to put him near his favorite place.
In lieu of flowers memorials can be made to the Alzheimer Association, 1820 E Douglas Ave., Wichita.
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