In loving memory of

Richard L. Coulter
October 23, 1943 - April 12, 2019

RICHARD COULTER
MUSCATINE, Iowa - Richard L. Coulter, 75, of Muscatine, passed away on Friday, April 12, 2019, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics - Iowa City.

Visitation will be held from 4 until 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, at the funeral home. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 17, 2019, at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. Reverend Aleese Baldwin will officiate. Military Honors will be provided by the Honor Guard of Muscatine County. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery at a later date. Online condolences: www.wittichfuneralhome.com.

Richard was born on October 23, 1943, in Muscatine, the son of Jesse and Pearl Egle Coulter. He married Nancy Shryock on January 8, 1977, in Muscatine.

He retired from HON Industries after 35 years and was a US Navy veteran serving as a gunners mate during the Vietnam War.

Richard was a member of the Shepard of the Cross Lutheran Church. He enjoyed fishing, mushroom hunting, watching sports, watching old westerns on TV, and spending time with his children and grandchildren.

Those left to honor his memory include his wife, Nancy of Muscatine; two sons, Rich Coulter and wife, Shawna, of Altoona, and Erik Coulter of Davenport; five grandchildren, Izaiah Coulter, Erik Coulter Jr., Kimberly Goodsell, Jessica Weaver, and Amanda Goers; seven great grandchildren; and six siblings, Steve Coulter of Muscatine, Larry Coulter of Lancaster, California, Genivieve Lee of Muscatine, Judy Esmoil of Muscatine, Sandra Mallder of Andalusia, Illinois, and Barb Mallder of Melbourne, Florida.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one daughter, Melissa Goers; and six siblings, John Coulter, Linda Esmoil, Rosie Rector, Dorothy Zaehringer, Jesse Coulter Jr., and Glen Coulter in infancy.

Tributes

Neomia Jackson Malcolm wrote on Apr 15, 2019:

"Friends: My brothers Tal and Rich Jackson and I grew up in the same neighborhood with Rich and all the Coulters. We liked all of you and had fun together, baseball mostly, on that vacant lot on Lincoln Blvd. Used to see Judy at the Nichols auction. My deepest sympathies to longtime friends. Neomia Jackson Malcolm, 516 West 4th, Muscatine Ehrma Lee Jackson passed in 2017 at 98yr. Tal passed in 2009 from agent orange cancer Rick lives in Markham, Illinois (Chicagoland)"

Rickie Mckillip wrote on Apr 14, 2019:

"Our Deepest Condolences "