Richard Smith of St. Augusta died peacefully Feb. 1, 2017, at the Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Sauk Rapids. He was 75.
Funeral services will be at 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, at the Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home in St. Cloud with Rev. John Jose officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to services Friday at the funeral home in St. Cloud.
Richard D. Smith was born Nov. 18, 1941, in Granada, Minn., to Dale J. and Lorraine E. (Bellock) Smith. He proudly served his country in the United States Army Reserves. Richard married Elizabeth “Beth” Lynch Sept. 26, 1980, in Fairmont, Minn. He worked as a truck driver and heavy equipment operator until his retirement in 1987. Richard and Beth have lived all over the United States but no matter where they lived, they always had acreage for hobby farming. He took great pride in restoring John Deere tractors and the Twin Bridges fire department water truck. He will be dearly missed by all who knew him.
Richard was preceded in death by his parents.
He is survived by his wife Beth o fSt. Augusta; children Teresa (and Mark) Loehrer of St. Augusta, Jason (and Ann) Smith of St. Cloud; grandchildren Katelynn, Melanie, Mitchel, Brianna, Natalie, Lydea, Johnathan, Marcus and Isaac Loehrer, Stephan Thompson, Richard and Jeremiah Smith; siblings Gary (and Bev) Smith of Fairmont, and Sandy (and Mark) Schlomann of Olivia; and special friend Annabelle Hurst.
The family would like to thank Good Shepherd nursing staff for their wonderful support and care.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred.