Richard Macy "Dick" Wright 1922-2013

WRIGHT, BROWN, LUDVIGSON, MURRAY

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 2/18/2013 at 10:54:20

Sioux City Journal
15 February 2013

SIOUX CITY | Richard Macy "Dick" Wright, 90, of Sioux City died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, at Bailey Manor in Manchester, Tenn.

Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Morningside Assembly of God Church, with the Revs. Tony Lee Buchanan and Jesse Skuya officiating. Burial will be in Graceland Park Cemetery, with military rites. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m., at Meyer Brothers Morningside Chapel. Condolences may be sent online at www.meyerbroschapels.com.

Richard was born on June 6, 1922, in Sioux City, the son of Elmer and Petra (Brown) Wright. He graduated from East High School. During World War II, he served with the U.S. Army with the 130th Infantry, 33rd Division as a sergeant in the South Pacific Theater.

Dick studied electronics at a technical college in Toledo, Ohio, then returned to Sioux City where he began his career at KCOM Radio. In 1954, he joined KTIV News Channel Four as an electrical engineer until his retirement as studio supervisor in 1987.

On Aug. 27, 1950, he married Janice Ludvigson in Wausa, Neb. She died on May 30, 1989, in Sioux City. He later married Lois Murray on Dec. 10, 1993, in South Sioux City. She died on March 27, 2005.

Dick loved to dance to Big Band music and he loved his front porch swing at his South Helen Street home. He liked to draw, do woodworking and enjoyed being an amateur radio operator. With his inquisitive mind, he loved to tinker with electronics, tearing them down and reconstructing them.

Dick was an active member of his church and the Siouxland Senior Center.

Survivors include four children and their spouses, Rich and Holly Wright of Sioux City, Cheryl and Dan Skuya of Manchester, Tenn., Derald and Audrey Wright of Rose Hill, Kan., and Cindy and Jamie Phillips of Spirit Lake, Iowa; 14 grandchildren, Jeff (Marne′) Wright, Nicole Tracy (Danny Stotler), Brian Wright, Mitchell Wright, Rebekah (Tony Lee) Buchanan, Daniel (Veronica) Skuya, Jesse (Diana) Skuya, Jeremiah Skuya, Johnathan (Kristen) Wright, Stephanie Wright, Shelly Phillips, Laurie Phillips, Joel Phillips and Jacob Phillips; 14 great-grandchildren; and a brother-in-law, Loren Behrens of Columbia, Mo.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Alice Behrens; and an infant brother, Francis.

Memorials may be directed in his name to the Big Sioux Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.