Residence: Monticello, Indiana
Died: Monday, May 01, 2017
Location: 6:29 p.m., at his home, surrounded by his family.
 
 
Age: 78
Date of Birth: Monday, September 26, 1938
Birth place: Kokomo, Indiana

Branch: Navy

 
Father: Lewis C. McQuiston
 
Mother: Delihia ( Stephens ) McQuiston
 
Marital Status: Married
Resided in: Richard and his wife, Sharon have lived in the Monticello, Indiana, area for the last several years, coming from Kokomo, Indiana
Funeral Date: Saturday, May 06, 2017
Funeral Location: 5:00 p.m., Saturday, May 6, 2017, Full Military Rites by the Monticello Veterans Honor Guard of Monticello, Indiana, followed by Celebration of Life Service will be at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana.
Clergy: Rev. Ken Smith of the Hickory Grove Church of Delphi (rural Carroll County), Indiana.
Burial will take place:
Burial will be Private for the Family.
Visitation will be:
Visitation will be from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., Saturday, May 6, 2017, at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana.
Biographical Information:
Richard was the youngest of fourteen siblings; Clara, Lewis Corbon, Jr., Glen, Kenneth, Margaret, Anna, Betty, Katherine, Mildred, Charles, Herbert, Robert, and Patricia. He served in the United States Navy from 1956 to 1962 as a Machinist Mate First Class. Richard retired from Continental Steel in Kokomo, Indiana. At the age of fourteen, Richard and his best friend, Joe Moser, worked laying railroad tracks. While attending Kokomo High School of Kokomo, Indiana, he worked at the A & P as a stock boy. Richard loved spending time at home tinkering in his shop creating wood art, smoking his pipe, working crossword puzzles, pampering his cat Joe, and admiring and marveling nature. He was admired by all who knew him.
Special Services: Full Military Rites by the Monticello Veterans Honor Guard of Monticello, Indiana, will be at 5:00 p.m., Saturday, May 6, 2017, here at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana.
Memorial Information: Memorials may be given to the Buffalo Vonunteer Fire Department of Buffalo, Indiana, or to the American Cancer Society. Envelopes will be available here at the funeral home.
Marriage Information: On December 10, 1960, in Kokomo, Indiana, he married Sharon A. Chorrushi; she survives.
Survivors include:
Wife, Sharon A. McQuiston;Children, Robin (husband Robert) McIntire, Monte McQuiston, and Pamela (husband Eric) Stevenson; Grandchildren,Elizabeth Paul - Wallace, Edward (wife Natalie) McIntire, Amanda (husband Matthew) Heady, Luke Stevenson, and Danielle Stevenson; Great-Grandchildren, Cheyenne Ford, Kendall Wallace, and David McIntire; Brother, Herbert (wife Barbra) McQuiston; Sister, Mildred Arnold; Special Brother-in-law, John Chorrushi, Sr.; Many Nieces and Nephews that are all very special to him; His Cat, Joe.
Preceded in Death:
Parents,Lewis C. and Delihia (Stephens) McQuiston;Five (5) Brothers; Six (6) Sisters.
Arrangements by:
Miller - Roscka Funeral Home, 6368 E. US 24, Monticello, Indiana, 47960 ( 574 ) 583 - 8488.