Ferguson, Richard – 1936-2008

FERGUSON, PATTERSON, WELCH, MILLER, REUTTER, HINEMAN, ELLERBROCK

Posted By: JCGS Volunteer
Date: 12/30/2008 at 14:04:50

LAUREL — Richard Harry Ferguson, 72, of Laurel went home to be with his Heavenly Father on Christmas Eve 2008 while at home in the care of his loving family and Iowa River Hospice.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. today, Monday, Dec. 29., at the Fellowship Baptist Church. There will be a time of fellowship and refreshments immediately following the funeral, but prior to burial in the Graceland Cemetery at Laurel.
Memorials may be directed to the family under “Richard Ferguson Memorial Fund.”
Visitation was from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Fellowship Baptist Church. For condolences, visit Web site www.mitchellfh.com. The Mitchell Family Funeral Home is caring for Richard and his family.
Richard graduated from Laurel High School in 1955 and farmed in the Laurel area until 1981. Richard then went on to become an outstanding salesman for several state and national companies, spending the last 15 years as area sales director for Merschman Seeds of Westpoint. Richard also served several years on the board of Covenant Foundation College, served on the General Board of the Church of the Bible Covenant, and more recently, served with Prison Fellowship Ministries (Inter-faith Freedom Initiative), working faithfully at the Newton Prison. He was also a member of the Laurel Telephone Board and the Graceland Cemetery Board, was a Township Committeeman and he attended Fellowship Baptist Church.
Richard is survived by his wife of 51 years, Nancy; their children and grandchildren, daughter Canda and Allen Patterson of McCall, Idaho, and their children Jessica and Jon Welch of Portersville, Pa., Cameron, Seth and Brendan; (son) Curt & Laura Ferguson of Salem, Ill., and their children, LaRae and Rachelle, their daughter, Carma and Dan Miller of Salem, Ill.; sister, Ruth (the late Ron) Reutter of Ogden and sister, Dorothy Ferguson and Joe Hineman of Des Moines; and many other family members and friends.
Richard was preceded in death by his parents, Harry and Minnie (Ellerbrock) Ferguson and a baby sister, Charlotte Mary.
Source: Newton(IA) Daily News; Monday, December 29, 2008