Richard "Dick" Casady

Richard Lowell "Dick" Casady, 78, of Keokuk, went gently into the next world surrounded by his family and friends following a long battle with prostate cancer. He passed at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon, November 13, 2007, at Keokuk Area Hospital. Dick was born November 11, 1929 in Milton, Iowa, the son of Thomas Lowell and Florence Pauline Meirs Casady. He was raised by his mother and his stepfather, John William Evans. He married Mary Blankenship at the First Community Church in Joplin, Missouri, on October 30, 1965. She survives. Dick received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Parsons College and attended an advanced business seminar at Harvard University. He moved to Keokuk from Milton in 1942, moved away, and then returned to Keokuk in 1980. He was vice president and general manager for Hoerner Box, Hoerner Waldorf and Champion International for a total of 38 years. After retiring in 1989, he and Mary wintered in Arizona for the past 16 years. He had served on the Board of Directors of Keokuk Country Club and the Board of Directors of Hoerner Y. He was an active member of Lee County Historical Society. He was a kind and gentle man who loved his family and friends. He was known f...[more]

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his sense of humor and enjoying a good joke. He enjoyed golf and attending opera and symphony. He especially enjoyed golf with his Keokuk friends. His most enjoyable game was the "Casady Foursome" in Lincoln, Nebraska, while visiting his sons. He is survived by his wife of 42 years, Mary; three children, Richard Lee Casady and his wife, Cindy, of Milford, Nebraska, Thomas Kevin Casady and his wife, Tonja, of Lincoln, Nebraska and Susan Colleen Casady and her husband, Tom Boyd, of Tempe, Arizona; six grandchildren, Michelle Casady and her husband, Chris Pederson, Rick Casady, T.J. Casady and his wife, Kristie, Katie Bray, Christie Bray and her husband, Jimmie Rhoades, Kelly Gonka and her husband, Andrew; four great grandchildren, Thomas Carl Casady, Anne Rebecca Casady, George Harold Casady and Jennifer Casady Pederson; two brothers, Sam D. Casady and his wife, Maxine, of Fountain Hills, Arizona and James Evans and Barbara Beasey-Evans of West Burlington, Iowa; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents; his stepfather; and a daughter, Marsha Ann Casady. A gathering of friends and family was Tuesday, November 20, 2007, at First Christian Church in Keokuk. A Celebration of Life followed at 1:00 PM Tuesday, November 20, 2007, at First Christian Church with Rev. William S. Mitchell officiating. Memorials may be made to Keokuk Area Hospital Foundation, First Christian Church, or to Cancer Research.