Dick Schwartz
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Eastmoor United Methodist Church for Colonel Richard H. Schwartz, USMC (ret.), 85, who passed away April 20, 2021, at St. Luke Living Center in Marion.
Dick’s life began on Oct. 1, 1935, in Leavenworth. He was the son of Joseph and Erma P. (Hawes) Schwartz.
Dick was a 1953 graduate of Leavenworth High School, where he excelled in athletics. He went on to Ottawa University, where he earned his bachelor of science degree and earned athletic letters in football, basketball, and track, and was inducted into the Ottawa Hall of Fame.
Dick completed his formal education by earning his masters degree in business from the University of Southern California.