Richard Lee Tooley

Richard Lee Tooley, 79, of Evans, Colorado, passed away at his home on October 31, 2020. Richard was born February 16, 1941 in Lebanon, Missouri, to Earnest Hobart and Gertie (Rector) Tooley. He married Vickie Elaine McBeath on January 27, 1961. They were married for 59 years.

Richard graduated from Lebanon High School in Lebanon, MO in 1959. He went on to attend college at the R.C.A Institute in Fundamental Electronics, Rockhurst and Oklahoma Colleges for Management, Mergenthaler Corp for Computerized Photography and the International Correspondence School. He worked at Deluxe Check Printers in Kansas City, MO, from 1961 – 1971, Standard Register Company in Fayetteville, AR, from 1971 – 1977, Ford Motor Company in Kansas City, MO, from 1977 to 1980, Church and Dwight Company in Green River, WY, from 1980-1989, Goldco Industry in Loveland, Colorado, from 1989 to 1999 and Alvey Inc, St. Louis, MO, from 2000 to 2005. His occupation was as an Electrical Engineer.

Richard is survived by his wife Vickie Elaine Tooley; siblings, Earnest Tooley, Larry G. Tooley and Janice Sue Tooley Burns; children Christine Elaine Tooley Anthos and her husband Kelley “Bud” Anthos, James Brian Tooley and his wife Celina, Earnest DeWayne Tooley and his wife Laurie, and Sherry Lee Tooley Boersma and her husband Gordy Boersma; Grandchildren, Corey and Tanner Anthos, Austin, Cody and Hunter Tooley, Jordyn, Kaleb, and MaKenzie White, and Noah Tooley; as well as Great-grandchildren, Orion and Kylo Anthos, and Peyton, Camdyn and Ella Tooley.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his siblings, James Edward Tooley and Garry L. Tooley.

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