The Prophetstown Echo – September 19, 2006

Richard F. Lanphere

            Richard F. (Dick) Lanphere, 73, of Prophetstown, IL, died Monday, Sept. 18, 2006 at his home.  Services will be 11:00 A.M. Thursday at the Gibson & Son Funeral Home, Prophetstown.  Burial will follow in the Sharon Cemetery, rural Erie, IL.  Friends may call on Wednesday from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. at the Funeral Home.  A memorial fund has been established.

            Dick was born Oct. 16, 1932 in Prophetstown the son of Frank and Bessie (Devenney) Lanphere.  He married Marilyn Toppert on Nov. 18, 1951 in Prophetstown.

            He had been employed at General Electric in Morrison, IL until retiring in 1992.

            He is survived by his wife, his mother, Bessie Schweiss, Rock Island, IL, a daughter and her husband, Kathy and Frank Schradeya, Rock Island, sons and their wives, Tom and Renee, Brian and Marge, all of Prophetstown, Mike and Kathy, Frisco,Col., and 8 grandchildren.

RELATED LINKS: Photo of Sharon Cemetery Entrance