Visitation will be held on Tuesday, December 10, 2019 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Runge Mortuary. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 11, 2019 in the Runge Mortuary Chapel. He will be laid to rest in National Cemetery, Rock Island Arsenal.
Richard was born on November 20, 1933 in Albion, Indiana to the late Ernest and Olga (Black) Weeks. He was the youngest of 11 children. Richard spent his childhood on the family farm and graduated from Albion High School in 1952.
After graduation, Richard continued the Weeks’ family military tradition by enlisting in the U.S. Air Force where he was sent to Okinawa, Japan during the Korean War. He was honorably discharged on November 17, 1960. Richard was very proud of his military service and was one of the first local Korean War veterans to go on the Honor Flight to Washington D.C. in 2011.
On June 2, 1956, Richard married the love of his life, Joan (Leslie) and they had six children. He retired as an Engineer at Sears Manufacturing in Davenport, Iowa and then spent 10 years in his “retirement job” as a Security Officer at Genesis Medical Center in Davenport, Iowa.
In his spare time, Richard loved to be with his family, watch his favorite team, the St. Louis Cardinals, play baseball and read Louis L’Amour books.
Richard is survived by Joan, his wife of 63 years; son, Randy (Monica) Weeks of Pleasant Valley, Iowa; daughters, Colleen (David) Hentze of Davenport, Iowa, Melody (Richard) McHugh of Moline, Illinois, Joy Weeks of Advance, Indiana and Pam Weeks of Trinidad, Colorado; son, Jason (Melissa) Weeks of Bettendorf, Iowa; 15 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; 1great-great-grandchiild; his beloved dog Dusty; and cats, Gracie, Precious and Blackie.
Additionally, he was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Dorothy Rickle, Mary Leffel, and Emma Jean Kostielney; brothers, Kenneth, George, John “Bob” and Don Weeks; and granddaughters, Amy Moenck and Joann Weeks.
The family request in lieu of flowers, please make memorials to the Humane Society.
