Richard A. WILLIER

WILLIER, ZEIGLER, TAYLOR, BEENKEN, JOHNSON, KLITZKE, JACKSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/24/2011 at 16:07:56

May 28, 1955 -- May 12, 2003

NORA SPRINGS, IA — Richard A. Willier, 47, of rural Nora Springs, died Monday (May 12, 2003) at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City. His funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday at the Riverside Friends Church, 527 N. Kentucky Ave. in Mason City with the Rev. John N. Bates of Eden Presbyterian Church of Rudd and the Rev. Spencer Thury of Riverside Friends Church officiating. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 Third Street N.E., Mason City, and also for one hour prior to the service at the church. Following the service and according to Richard’s wishes, his body will be cremated. Memorials may be directed to the Nora Springs Rescue Squad or the Dialysis Center at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa.

Richard was born May 28, 1955, in Mason City, son of Ralph and Eula (Taylor) Willier. He graduated from North Central High School in 1973. Richard lived in Mason City for many years and worked at Curries Manufacturing for nearly 20 years. He was united in marriage to Amber Zeigler on June 7, 1999, in Moorhead, Minn., and they moved to rural Nora Springs in 1999. Richard courageously battled diabetes for many years, but he never let it interfere with the things he enjoyed doing in life, including practical jokes, woodworking, working around his home and yard, and spending time with his father. He also loved fishing, bike riding and many other outdoor activities with his wife and children. He was a member of Eden Presbyterian Church in Rudd.

Richard will be sadly missed by his wife, Amber, of rural Nora Springs; his father, Ralph Willier of Leland; four step-children, Eric, Danielle and Joey of rural Nora Springs and Dean of Mason City; four sisters, Judy and Roger Beenken, of Nora Springs, Jerrie Klitzke of La Crosse, Wis., Ruth Willier of Mason City and Judy Johnson of Forest City; his mother-in-law, Maxine Zeigler of Corwith; a sister-in-law, Nelda and Kelly Jackson of Garner; two brothers-in-law, Ronnie Zeigler, Britt, and David and Blanche Zeigler of Corwith; Carol Willier, of Mason City; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his mother and his grandparents. Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel.