Richard Lawrence Spellerberg, 84 of Cedar Rapids, died Thursday, October 22, 2009 at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy.  Funeral Mass will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, October 26, 2009 at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids.  Burial will follow in St. Patrick's Cemetery near Fairfax.  Full military rites will be conducted by the Ely American Legion.  Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Brosh Chapel in Cedar Rapids, temporarily located at 3100 F Avenue NW, Cedar Rapids, where there will be a 7 p.m. vigil.

Richard was born December 13, 1924 in Fairfax.  He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II.  He married Jane Ann Dollarhide on August 1, 1961 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Walford.  He farmed near Ely until retiring in 1993.  Richard was a member of the Ely American Legion and St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church.  He enjoyed music, dancing, watching Cub games and Mt. Vernon baseball games as well as going to the Waverly Draft Horse Shows.

Richard is survived by his wife, Jane; his children, Rick (Minoo) Spellerberg of Indianola, Larry (Cindy) Spellerberg of Grimes, and Mary (Kirk) Montgomery of Lisbon; five grandchildren, Mosa, Ryan and Sara, and Katelyn and Regina; sisters, Dorothy Schulte of Norway, and Antoinette Kloubec of Marion; brothers, Matt Spellerberg, Bob Spellerberg both of Fairfax and Clarence (Arlene) Spellerberg of Cedar Rapids.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his son Michael David in 2002; his brother William "Bill." Spellerberg; and brother in laws Jim Schulte and Vernon Kloubec.

Memorials may be directed to either Hospice of Mercy and or the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy.