Richard Gottburg 1927 - 2017

TURNER, GOTTBURG

Posted By: Connie Swearingen- Volunteer (email)
Date: 8/5/2017 at 23:24:16

Sioux City Journal
14 July 2017

Richard Gottburg, 90, of Sioux City, passed away Wednesday, July 12, 2017, at a local nursing facility.

Visitation and time of sharing with the family will be 5 to 8 p.m. today at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. Internment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery at a later date. Online condolences may be offered to the family at www.meyerbroschapels.com.

Dick was born on May 17, 1927, in Allentown, Pa. He grew up in Schleswig, Iowa, where he attended high school. While there, he worked for his father at the local funeral home. He served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany during the Korean Conflict. He came home to Sioux City, where his parents had moved, and in 1952 he joined the local Air National Guard.

He met Alberta Turner at the local Eagles Club and married her on Dec. 18, 1954. Dick worked for Fethke Cleaners, Walt's Standard, Interbake Foods, and Charlie Zook Motors.

He enjoyed watching westerns and war movies and enjoyed fishing and watching sports of all kinds. Richard was a season ticket holder of the Sioux City Musketeers and a lifelong fan of the New York Yankees. He saw Babe Ruth on a barnstorming tour play at the Sioux City stockyards in the 1930s and even shook his hand.

Dick is survived by his wife of 62 years, Alberta; children, Terry (Lisa) Gottburg, Kim (Rod) Hewitt, and Todd Gottburg; and grandchildren, Ryan Hewitt, Tyler Hewitt, Robert Gottburg and Patrick Gottburg