BRIDGEFORD, Richard Marion

BRIDGEFORD, HAGEN, BUBLITZREICHERTS, ELLINGSON

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 9/18/2016 at 14:14:51

Obituary ~ Richard Marion Bridgeford
December 15, 1927 ~ February 14, 2012

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
February 16, 2014

MASON CITY - Richard M. Bridgeford, 84, of Mason City died Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 20, at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, 2502 South Jefferson Avenue, with the Rev. Emily Horrell officiating. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 19, at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, and will continue one hour prior to the church service. Interment will be at Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the Richard Bridgeford memorial fund in care of the family. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com.

Richard Marion Bridgeford was born Dec. 15, 1927, in Mason City, the son of Samuel and Mary (Hagen) Bridgeford. He graduated from Mason City High School and also attended NIACC. On Feb. 18, 1950, Richard married Jane I. Bublitz in Mason City. He worked for the Mason City Police Department (Traffic Control) for 31 years before retiring in 1993.

Richard was a member of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. He enjoyed spendig time with his family. He also enjoyed hunting, fishing and traveling the U.S.

Richard is survived by his daughter, Debra Reicherts and husband Robert of Minneapolis, Minn.; 4 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; one sister, Hazel "Toots" Ellingson and husband Merle of Clear Lake; and brother-in-law, Roger Bublitz of Mason City.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife in 1989 and one brother, Virgil Bridgeford.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, September of 2016