1941
Richard
2007
Richard P. Vandam
March 21, 1941 — August 27, 2007
Richard P. VanDam, age 66 of Moline, died August 27, 2007 Trinity Medical Center, East Campus, Moline.
Funeral services will be Saturday, September 1, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. at Calvary Lutheran Church, Moline. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 p.m. on Friday at Esterdahl Mortuary and Crematory, Ltd., 6601-38th Avenue, Moline. Burial will be in Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline. Memorials may be made to his family for a fund to be established.
Richard was born on March 21, 1941 in Moline the son of George Colby and Phoebe Strachan VanDam. He married Beverly Short in Moline and later married Janet Ehlers in Rapid City, IL
Richard worked as a repair person for John Deere retiring in February 1993. He was a member of UAW Local 434 in East Moline.
Survivors include his wife Janet, children Caroline Branham (Dennis) of Moline, Ralph VanDam (Stacy) of Moline, Denise Heimann (Thomas) of Biloxi, MS and Catherine VanDam of Cottage Grove, MN; Kristen Guzman, Angie (Marc) Hernandez and Scott (Mary) Ehlers; grandchildren Alex Branham, Amanda Baldwin (David), Jacob, Lauren and Victor VanDam and Stephanie, Heather and Shaun Heimann, Adrienne, Erin and Andrew Waeyaert, Elizabeth, Emily, Scott and Rebecca Ehlers and Nicholaus and Robert Hernandez and great-grandchildren Rachel Rae and Zachary Baldwin and Ivan Weathers, Aniah Waeyaert and Avery Carter; brother Jerry VanDam (Pat) of Garden Grove, CA and his sister Georgetta Waters (Roger) of Round Rock, TX.
He was preceded in death by his parents George and Phoebe Van Dam.
Online condolences may be expressed to Richard's family by visiting in obituary at www.esterdahlmortuary.com
Funeral services will be Saturday, September 1, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. at Calvary Lutheran Church, Moline. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 p.m. on Friday at Esterdahl Mortuary and Crematory, Ltd., 6601-38th Avenue, Moline. Burial will be in Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline. Memorials may be made to his family for a fund to be established.
Richard was born on March 21, 1941 in Moline the son of George Colby and Phoebe Strachan VanDam. He married Beverly Short in Moline and later married Janet Ehlers in Rapid City, IL
Richard worked as a repair person for John Deere retiring in February 1993. He was a member of UAW Local 434 in East Moline.
Survivors include his wife Janet, children Caroline Branham (Dennis) of Moline, Ralph VanDam (Stacy) of Moline, Denise Heimann (Thomas) of Biloxi, MS and Catherine VanDam of Cottage Grove, MN; Kristen Guzman, Angie (Marc) Hernandez and Scott (Mary) Ehlers; grandchildren Alex Branham, Amanda Baldwin (David), Jacob, Lauren and Victor VanDam and Stephanie, Heather and Shaun Heimann, Adrienne, Erin and Andrew Waeyaert, Elizabeth, Emily, Scott and Rebecca Ehlers and Nicholaus and Robert Hernandez and great-grandchildren Rachel Rae and Zachary Baldwin and Ivan Weathers, Aniah Waeyaert and Avery Carter; brother Jerry VanDam (Pat) of Garden Grove, CA and his sister Georgetta Waters (Roger) of Round Rock, TX.
He was preceded in death by his parents George and Phoebe Van Dam.
Online condolences may be expressed to Richard's family by visiting in obituary at www.esterdahlmortuary.com
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