Richard Anthony Foral, Jr. was born on Friday, July 24, 1953 at the old St. Joseph Hospital to Richard Anthony Foral, Sr. and Mary Ann (Sullivan) Foral. Rick was baptized at St. Agnes Church, where he also attended grade school. He went on to Ryan High School where he met a great group of friends who to this day, continue to meet Friday mornings for breakfast. He graduated in 1971 and attended the University of Nebraska-Omaha where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. After graduation he was hired by Postal Finance in Omaha but wanted to move to a larger city where there were professional sports. So he applied for a job in their California office and was accepted. In 1976 he and Mike Gomez packed up his Nova and drove to Pasadena, California. He then applied, was hired and worked for Walt Disney. Rick worked as the Credit and Collections manager there for 15 years. While there, he welcomed his first two children, Mike and Pat. A few, short years later, Rick returned to Omaha where he welcomed his daughter, Colleen. It wasn’t long before Rick got hired at Nebraska Furniture Mart as the Credit Manager; he was employed there for 26 years and retired on his birthday in 2019.
Rick enjoyed many things, some of which included: rooting on the New York Yankees, camping with his buddies in Louisville, NE, playing horseshoes with his high school friends along the Elkhorn River, going to Platte River State Park with his family and, most of all, spending time with his grand-children. His two grandchildren, Landon and Everett, were the lights of Rick’s life and he looked forward to spending time with them along with taking them to Graley’s to get ice cream.
Rick’s family would like to thank the many friends that he had: those who attended Ryan High, his camping crew, his California/Disney friends along with his NFM family. A very special thank you to the staff at Papillion Manor, who did anything and everything for Rick to make him feel comfortable and at-home (especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic).
