RICHARD GALE BELFIELD OF MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI, WAS BORN MARCH 11, 1947, IN IRONDALE, MISSOURI, A SON OF RAYMOND ROY AND PANSY CAROLYN (FINLEY) BELFIELD. RICHARD DEPARTED THIS LIFE SUDDENLY ON MAY 19, 1999, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF FIFTY-TWO YEARS, TWO MONTHS AND EIGHT DAYS.
RICHARD WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO DEBBIE KATHCART ON MAY 22, 1981, IN FARMINGTON, MISSOURI.
RICHARD IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING AND DEVOTED WIFE, DEBBIE BELFIELD OF MINERAL POINT, ONE SON, JOSHUA LOGAN BELFIELD OF MINERAL POINT, ONE DAUGHTER, TRACY MICHELLE BOREN OF FENTON, TWO GRANDCHILDREN, MEGAN AND BRADY BOREN OF FENTON, HIS PARENTS, RAYMOND AND PANSY BELFIELD OF MINERAL POINT, TWO BROTHERS, RAY BELFIELD AND WIFE RUBY OF MINERAL POINT, DONALD BELFIELD AND WIFE CARO OF CALEDONIA, THREE SISTERS, DOROTHY YOUNT AND HUSBAND JACK OF HIGH RIDGE, CAROLYN AGENT AND HUSBAND WAYNE OF BURNA, KENTUCKY, DANA ROUSAN AND HUSBAND WILLIAM OF MINERAL POINT AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. RICHARD WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE BROTHER, JESSE BELFIELD.
RICHARD HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, EACH NEW DAY WAS A START OF A NEW CHAPTER IN THE BOOK OF HIS LIFE.
RICHARD WAS A DEVOTED HUSBAND, CARING FATHER, SPECIAL GRANDFATHER, BELOVED BROTHER AND A CHERISHED FRIEND. HE WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY ALL WHOSE HEART AND LIFE HE TOUCHED.
VISITATION FOR RICHARD WAS HELD THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1999 FROM 2:30 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT THE GUM AND SON FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI, MISSOURI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1999 AT 10:00 A.M. AT THE GUM AND SON MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH FATHER GEORGE GALOVICH OFFICIATING. SERVING AS PALL BEARERS WERE BOB ROUSAN, RICKY PRICE, JESSE BELFIELD, STEVE ROUSAN, JOHN HARRIS, GREG VANCE AND ALLEN ROUSAN. BURIAL WAS IN THE JARVIS FARM CEMETERY ON POND CREEK ROAD UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE GUM AND SON FUNERAL HOME, INC., POTOSI, MISSOURI.