ishing and also made it a point to drive the sports team bus so he could watch them compete in baseball and football. He loved taking photos of them and cherished the time he spent with each and every one of them.
He loved to travel with his parents and friends. He also went on several hunting and fishing trips with coworkers over the years. He also found the Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa where he loved playing his favorite "Lucky Dog" slot machine. He also had a passion for racing that he shared with his twin brother Ronald and father. He loved watching Harlan native Tiny Lund race and even helped wash and wax his car on several occasions.
Richard continued to live in Council Bluffs, Iowa with his parents and after their deaths he remained in Omaha for several years. As his health declined he moved in with his brother Ed in Omaha while recuperating from a serious heart surgery. He later made his home at a few assisted living centers in Council Bluffs before settling at the Risen Son Retirement Community in 2016. It was here that he died on October 1, 2017 having attained the age of seventy-three years, four months and twenty-four days. He was preceded in death by his parents.
He is survived by his twin brother Ronald Blaine and his wife Elaine of Rancho Cordova, California; sister Marlene and her husband Larry McDonald of Palm Coast, Florida and brother Edward Blaine and his wife Dorothy of Omaha, Nebraska; nieces and nephews; other family members and many friends.
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