MEAD, Richard D. 1943-2008

MEAD, LENCE, PITZ, SISSON

Posted By: K. Kittleson - Volunteer
Date: 9/11/2008 at 09:58:12

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NASHUA, IOWA - Richard D. Mead, 65, of 1211 230th St., Nashua, Chicakasaw county, Iowa, died on Tuesday September 9, 2008 at his home.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, September 13, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Charles City with the Rev. Gary Van Werg officiating. Interment will be in Sunnyside Memorial Gardens.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Fullerton Hage Funeral Home, 401 Blunt St., Charles City. Those wishing to contribute a memorial may do so to the Richard D. Mead Memorial Fund.

Thoughts, stories and condolences may be shared with the family on the funeral home Web site at www.fullertonfh.com -- Fullerton-Hage Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 641-228-4211.

[Published in the Mason City Globe Gazette online - 9/11/2008]

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NASHUA, IOWA — Richard D. Mead, 65 of 1211 230th St., Nashua, died Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008 at his home.

Funeral services will be held at on Saturday, September 13, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Charles City. Officiating will be the Rev. Gary Van Wert. Interment will be in Sunnyside Memorial Gardens.

Those wishing to contribute a memorial may do so to the Richard D. Mead memorial fund. Thoughts, stories and condolences may be shared with the family on the funeral home Web site at www.Fullertonfh.com .

Richard was born on Jan. 10, 1943 in Charles City, one of three children to John Gordon "Gordy" and Harriet (Sisson) Mead. He graduated from the Charles City High School with the class of 1961. He had the distinction and current honors of being the first four-year letter winner in wrestling. He was conference champion and went on to state where he beat several other former state champions. His early career was being one of the foundry managers for White farm for 24 years. He then became an equipment operator for Fred Carlson working on road construction.

All his life he enjoyed hunting, trapping and fishing with his family. He also found time to find those secret spots for his morel mushrooms. Richard loved to grill and was often in charge of the foundry cookouts cooking half chickens for over 300 of his friends and co-workers. As a fiercely dedicated Vikings fan he was without match.

He passed-on his love of wrestling to his sons and would often take Gerad to meets as far away as Kansas and Oklahoma.

Richard was united in marriage to Elizabeth "Betty Lence" on Jan. 29, 1964, in Charles City and later was married to Linda Pitz on Dec. 5, 1981, in Nashua.

Those left behind to mourn his passing include his five children: Angie (Mead) Tonelli and Gordon Mead both of Charles City; Daniel and Chris Mead both of Greene, and Gerad Mead of St. Paul, Minn.; along with his six grandchildren Jamie, Brady, Faith, Alex, Jesse, and Ashley and his surviving sister Bev and her husband Mike DeLeeuw, along with numerous friends.

Rich was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Ron Mead.

Fullerton-Hage Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 401 Blunt, Charles City, (641) 228-4211, www.fullertonfh.com , is in charge of the arrangements.

[Charles City Press online, Sept. 12, 2008 - www.charlescitypress.com
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NOTES: Richard is buried in Sunnyside Memory Gardens in Charles City. His simple marker says his name is "Rich Mead 1943-2008."

See photo of the marker on Iowa GPP.

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