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Visitation:
Visitation will be held
on
Thursday, February 23, 2017,
from
5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.
at Peasley Funeral Home in Lincoln.
Service:
A Prayer Service will
be held at
4:30 p.m.
Thursday at the
funeral home.
A Mass of Christian
Burial will be held at
8:30 a.m. on
Friday, February 24, 2017,
at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Elkhart. Rev.
Jeffrey G. Laible will officiate.
Funeral home: Peasley Funeral Home, Lincoln
Obituary
Richard B. “Slip”
Gleason, 89, of Elkhart, passed away at
3:15 p.m. on Monday,
February 20, 2017, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial
Hospital.
A Mass of Christian
Burial will be held at
8:30 a.m. on
Friday, February 24, 2017,
at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Elkhart. Rev.
Jeffrey G. Laible will officiate.
Burial will
follow at Camp Butler National Cemetery in
Springfield.
Visitation will be held
on
Thursday, February 23, 2017,
from
5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.
at Peasley Funeral Home in Lincoln. A Prayer
Service will be held at
4:30 p.m.
Thursday at the
funeral home.
Richard Bernard Gleason
was born June 19, 1927, in Lincoln, the son of James
Edward and Irene Hogan Gleason. He married Karen M.
Svenson on June 2, 1956, in Elkhart. She survives.
Richard is also
survived by their children: Elise (Tom) Harms,
Theresa (Tom) Moore, Ann Curry, and James (Penny
Thompson) Gleason; one brother, Donald Gleason; six
grandchildren: Leslie (Chris) Urish, Justin (Sara
Daugherty) Anderson, Zachary Moore, Kristie (David
Rucker) Anderson, Jaymie Curry, and Meghan Moore;
and five great-grandchildren: Brady, J.J., Ayleigh,
Chase, and Devin.
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He was preceded in
death by one brother: James Gleason, and his
parents.
Richard
served in the United States Army during the Korean
War. He was privileged to take the Honor Flight to
Washington, D.C. and was an avid Cubs fan. He was a
member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Elkhart,
Knights of Columbus Council #1250 where he was a 3rd
Degree Knight, and Elkhart American Legion Post
#616.
He farmed in the
Elkhart area and served as Hurlbut Township Road
Commissioner. Richard enjoyed watching his
grandchildren play sports, driving around and
checking on the crops, and breakfast with the
Veterans.
Memorials may be made
to the Land of Lincoln Honor Flight or Elkhart
Rescue Squad.
Final arrangements are
entrusted with Peasley Funeral Home in Lincoln.
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