Alice Louise Richarz 1917 - 2016

RICHARZ, HEITZMAN

Posted By: Connie Swearingen - volunteer (email)
Date: 3/14/2016 at 23:21:59

Sioux City Journal
24 February 2016

SIOUX CITY | Alice Louise Richarz, 98, formerly of Sioux City, passed away on Feb. 2, 2016 in Kansas City, Mo.

A military ceremony is pending at the Prescott National Cemetery in Prescott, Ariz., where Alice will be laid to rest beside her husband.

Alice was born to Homer and Mata Heitzman on Dec. 21, 1917, in Emerson, Neb. Her younger twin, Eleanor Beacom, still resides in Sioux City. Alice was raised and educated in Emerson, graduating from high school in 1935. She enrolled in the Lutheran School of Nursing in Sioux City and graduated in 1939. She then enlisted in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps to pursue her career. She was stationed at the medical hospital in Ft. Meade, S.D., with the rank of second lieutenant.

It was at Ft. Meade that Alice met Capt. Robert H. Richarz of the 4th Cavalry Division. They married in 1941 and remained in the U.S. Army with several stateside deployments. After discharge from the Army, they settled in Sioux City to raise their family of five children. Bob and Alice owned Richarz Hardware in Peters Park in Morningside for several years. Alice worked as an RN at Sunrise Manor for more than 20 years until she retired in 1985. Later that year, Alice and Bob relocated to Prescott to enjoy their retirement. She moved to Kansas City in 2015.

Throughout her life, she loved her family, caring for her cats, feeding and watching birds, and working in her yard.

Her surviving children are Lynn (Darrell) Jochum of St. Joseph, Mo., Kathryn (Greg) Wells of Kansas City, Bob Richarz of Prescott Valley, Ariz., and Tracy (Mike) Hintze of Salt Lake City, Utah. Also surviving are her twin sister, Eleanor Beacom of Sioux City; cousin, Densel (Muriel) Moseman of Emerson. Alice had seven grandchildren, Leslie Jochum of Reno, Nev., Mike Jochum of Kansas City, Kyle Richarz of Portland, Ore., David (Connie) Wells of Topeka, Kan., Dan (Kristin) Wells of Kansas City, Collin Hintze of Salt Lake City, and Taylor Hintze of Salt Lake City. Her three great-grandchildren are Cole, Connor and Adelyn Wells.

Alice was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Bob in 1988; and daughter, Margaret "Maggie" in 2012.