Richard J.
VanVoorhis, age 90, of California, Township, Reading, Michigan, passed away Monday, February 10, 2020, at Masonville Place, Coldwater, Michigan.
Services will be held at 11 am Friday, February 14, 2020 at Beams Funeral Home, Fremont, Indiana. Pastor Kenneth Pierpont and Pastor Mark Case will officiate the service.
Calling hours will be held from 5-7 pm Thursday at Beams Funeral Home. Burial will be at California Cemetery, Branch County, Michigan.
Richard was born on March 12, 1929 in Midland, Michigan to Orson
and Emma (Carpenter) VanVoorhis and graduated from Montgomery High School in 1943.
He was a lifetime farmer and also worked for the Auburn
Foundry for several years.
Richard married Dorothy Ruth Nagler on October 5, 1964 in
LaGrange, Indiana.
He served in the United States Army and was a member of the
Montgomery American Legion Post.
His hobbies included farming, working in his garden, and
fixing things for his farm and his neighbors.
Survivors include his wife Dorothy VanVoorhis of Reading,
Michigan, two step-sons, Larry Briggs of Quincy, Michigan, and Harry (Bev)
Briggs of Reading, Michigan, two daughters-in-law, Angie Briggs of Coldwater,
Michigan, and Becky Briggs & Tony Myers of Reading, Michigan, several
grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild, a sister,
Donna (Richard) Bradford of Florida, and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by five step-sons, a brother,
Robert VanVoorhis, and two sisters, Betty Hammond, and Bonnie Bradford.
Memorial donations are to the donor’s choice.
