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Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Richard 'Dick' Sadecky
Age: 83
City: Coralville
Funeral Home
Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Richard 'Dick' Sadecky
RICHARD "DICK" EMIL SADECKY
Coralville
Richard "Dick" Emil Sadecky, 83, of Coralville, passed away July 23, 2020, at Windmill Manor. Cremation rites have been accorded with burial to be held at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery in Cedar Rapids in a plot adjacent to his parents (Emil and Agnes). Due to COVID-19, there will be no public service and his family will honor him by sharing a eulogy written by his son, Jeff. He asked that you also please share a thought or memory of Richard after reading the eulogy on the tribute wall at www.lensingfuneral.com. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Iowa City Animal Care & Adoption Center.
Richard was born May 12, 1937, in Cedar Rapids, to Emil and Agnes (Brosh) Sadecky. He grew up in Cedar Rapids and graduated from Wilson High School. Richard married Cynthia Snyder on Jan. 2, 1959, in Nashua, Iowa. They had two children, Connie and Jeff. They later divorced.
Richard lived on a small farm near Fairfax for most of his adult life before moving to Anamosa, living there for six years. He worked for various companies as a foreman welder. Later in life, he worked at Western Fraternal Life. He also drove a school bus for the Anamosa school district.
Survivors include his children, Jeff Sadecky of Iowa City and Connie Poulson of Cedar Rapids; and four grandchildren, Madison Sadecky of Iowa City, Richard Poulson of Cedar Rapids, Mickale Sadecky of Ames and Trinity Sadecky of Iowa City. He is also survived by his former spouse, Cynthia.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Marie Barnes and Bernice McKibben.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.lensingfuneral.com.