Richard “Dick” George Reichert passed away unexpectedly at age 69 on May 29th at 1:30 pm at St Peter’s Hospital in Helena, Montana.
Dick was born to George Elmer and Idabelle Davy Reichert in Page, North Dakota on May 20, 1944 during the Second World War. He started life on a small farm in North Dakota where he had many memories of times with family and friends. His parents moved to Helena in the early 50’s. He remembered the night “Quake Lake” was formed and talked about how his bed shook so hard that it almost tossed him onto the floor.
He attended Helena schools where he met his first wife Diane Berg. Richard and Diane were married on August 23, 1961 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho and divorced on February 28, 1979. They had two children: Richard Alan Reichert (Betty) and Jody Lynn Stonebrook (Darren). Richard and the family moved to Plains, MT where he worked at the Diehl Lumber Co. sawmill till it closed. He spent a brief time as a Police Officer in West Yellowstone before moving back to Plains and going to work at the Flodin Lumber Mill in Thompson Falls as a Planer Operator.
In 1991 he moved to Townsend to work for RY Timber as a Planer Man / Lead Person where he worked until his retirement in 2011. He was always proud of his crews’ ability to exceed production limits of other shifts.
In 2009, Dick met his current wife Rita and married his “flatlander” on September 3, 2011 in Hot Springs, MT. Rita brought three children to the marriage: Kelly Kallenbach, Lucas Kallenbach and Holly Wendt (Bryan). They were his bonus kids.
Richard is survived by his wife Rita, daughter Jody, Kelly Kallenbach, Lucas Kallenbach, Holly Wendt (Bryan). He is also survived by eight grandchildren: Amanda Wing, Anthony Stonebrook, Isaac Stonebrook, Cody Reichert (Trista), Makayla Reichert, Tracy Haddon, Brianna Reichert, and Tucker Wendt. Two great grandchildren: Brooke Wing and Jarred Reichert.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his son Richard, and his brother Ronald.
Richard was an avid outdoorsman. He spent many days with his family backpacking, fishing, hunting, rafting and going on picnics. In his last years, he was able to share his love for the outdoors with Rita and their family. They spent many happy hours in the mountains teaching her to shoot, ride 4-wheeler, sight game and picnicking.
Per his wishes there will not be a traditional funeral. There will be a Memorial Service at the Eagles Club on Friday, June 14th from 1-5 pm to celebrate the life of this incredible man who was loved dearly by all who knew him.
Service Schedule
Memorial Service
1:00 P.M. to 5:00 p.m.
Friday June 14, 2013
Eagles Club
801 N. Fee Street
Helena, MT 59601
Service Schedule
Memorial Service
1:00 P.M. to 5:00 p.m.
Friday June 14, 2013
Eagles Club
801 N. Fee Street
Helena, MT 59601
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bev guerin says
Richard you will be missed by all who knew and loved you. Thank you Rita for giving him the happiness he deserved
Cindy Ward Reichert says
Uncle Richard , you were dearly loved by your Reichert nieces and nephews ..Cindy , Theresa , Ronda , Trudie, Marvin Eugene , And Faith Ann. and all of your many great nieces and nephews. We always had Great and wonderful times for nearly 60 years. You were loved and will be missed deeply. You were a great joy to us all teaching us all to have happy times and wonderful memories of fishing hunting camping and all that go with loving life and the out doors with YOU…and your two children. (Jody (Toad) and Lil Richard (Moose). I pray all of our family gone on before are rejoicing with you today.. MUCH LOVE SENT TO YOU .
Cindy Ward Reichert says
We just want to say that we will always hold Richard in our hearts and thoughts. He was a wonderful brother in law and we will miss him dearly. All those memories through out the years the fun ones, the scary ones they cant ever be taken away from us. Love Joann Reichert. Marvin Reichert. Love from the Ferris Family
We love you ‘kunkle’ Richard and we will miss your big hugs and our sneaks of liquorice.
Ryan and Pamela Ferris. .Beverly . Wyatt. and Charlie Boone Ferris
joanne Reichert Beckwith says
We just want to say that we will always hold Richard in our hearts and thoughts. He was a wonderful brother in law and we will miss him dearly. All those memories through out the years the fun ones, the scary ones they cant ever be taken away from us. Love Joann Reichert. Marvin Reichert. Love from the Ferris Family
We love you ‘kunkle’ Richard and we will miss your big hugs and our sneaks of liquorice.
Ryan and Pamela Ferris. .Beverly . Wyatt. and Charlie Boone Ferris
Dede (Benson) Steinebach says
I will share the story of my first year of hunting. Richard and my Dad were going to take me on my first big adventure. We drove to the top of Pats Knob in Plains and the road was really bad. My Mom did not want to drive back down. My Dad sent me with Richard to hike down the mountain and come out on the St. Regis cut off road. He drove back down and came to pick us up. It started out O.K. I tried my best to keep up. I think Richards legs were longer than I was tall. Everytime we had to stop he would dig in his pack and pull out a candy bar to keep me going. I dont remember how long it took us but at the bottom of the hill this little girl (me) had eaten all of the candy bars in his pack and mine and probably made so much noise that all the animals had cleared out. He was such a good sport I think he would have taken me a hundred times but that would have taken a lot of candy bars. My thoughts and prayers go out to all.
Dede
Jackie Hyder says
I was trying to find Richards phone number when I found this site. I was by his parents house last week. I didn’t have time to stop. So sad to see this. If anyone can tell who lives there now please let me know. I thought I saw his dads old pickup behind the house. We were cousins and have not seen Richard for years. The address is 1624 Chestnut in Helena. What a sweet guy……:)