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Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Kurt, Richard J.
Due to inclement weather the service and visitation dates have changed.
Richard J. Kurt, 72, of Independence, died Saturday morning, Dec. 18, 2010, at the West Village Care Center, Independence. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. John's Catholic Church, Independence, with the Rev. Don Plamondon officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Catholic Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today at the Reiff Funeral Home & Crematory, Independence, where a rosary will be recited at 3 p.m. and a parish vigil service will be held at 7 p.m. today.