RICHARD COMPTON
RICHARD "RICK" JOSEPH COMPTON OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1961 IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI A SON OF DONALD COMPTON AND PEGGY (POLITTE) GEISLER. RICK DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON SATURDAY, JULY 5, 2003 AT THE ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI AT THE AGE OF FORTY-TWO YEARS, FOUR MONTHS AND FIVE DAYS.
RICK IS SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER AND STEP-FATHER, PEGGY GEISLER AND RALPH OF LAKE OZARK, MISSOURI; FATHER DONALD COMPTON OF POTOSI, MISSOURI; THREE HALF BROTHERS, FALLON COMPTON OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, GREG COMPTON OF PHOENIX, ARIZONA AND RALPH GEISLER II OF ARNOLD, MISSOURI; HIS PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER, BEATRICE BITTLE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.
RICK ENJOYED TRAVELING ALL OVER THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY HIS TRIPS TO EUROPE AND ITALY. HE ALWAYS ENJOYED TAKING TIME WITH HIS MANY FRIENDS AND GO TO THE BOAT OR LAS VEGAS FOR A FUN OUTING. HE WAS AN AVID COMPUTERIST, ALWAYS WORKING TO FIND A NEW PROGRAM OR JUST TAKING TIME TO SERF THE WEB.
RICK WAS A 1979 GRADUATE OF THE POTOSI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND CONTINUED HIS EDUCATION WITH FOUR YEARS OF COLLEGE. RICK ALWAYS HAD A SMILE, HAND SHAKE AND A GOOD WORD TO ANYONE HE MET, BE IT A STRANGER OR A LONG LOST FRIEND. HE WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM.
VISITATION WAS HELD WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2003 FROM 6:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AND THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2003 FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI, MISSOURI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2003 AT 1:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH FATHER TED PIEPER OFFICIATING. SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE RALPH GEISLER II, RALPH GEISLER, JAMES E. POLITTE, JERRY COMPTON, RICK NIFONG AND BURIAL WAS IN THE REDBUD MEMORIAL GARDENS, POTOSI, MISSOURI.
SERVICES WERE UNDER THE DIRECTION AND CARE OF MOORE FUNERAL HOMES, POTOSI, MISSOURI.