Richard James “Rick” Cologna, son of John B. Cologna, Jr. and Norma A. (Morris) Cologna, was born July 31, 1948 in Springfield, MO. He passed away at 1:40 p.m. Friday, September 20, 2013 in Mercy Hospital, Springfield, at the age of 65.
Survivors include his wife Joyce; one son and his wife, Lucas and Sara Cologna, Marshfield; two grandchildren, McKenna Cologna and Max Cologna; one brother, J.B. Cologna and his wife Kristen, Marshfield; four sisters, Louise Konz, Springfield, Joyce Price and her husband, Jim, Conway, Rose Ann DeWitt and her husband Mike, Iowa, LA, Jackie Waugh and her husband Joe, Marshfield; one uncle, Louis Cologna and his wife Dorothy, Bremerton, WA; four aunts, Rose Emma DeVaurs, Merced, CA, Betty Parolini, Marquette, MI, Alta Shafer, Albion, NE, and Loretta Morris, Marshfield; his sister-in-law, Judy Letterman and her husband, Larry, Marshfield; his brother-in-law, Richard Lynn Garner and his wife, Karol, Marshfield; several nieces, nephews and many other relatives and friends.
Graveside services will be at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 24, 2013 in the Marshfield Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 7 p.m. Monday in the Fraker Funeral Home, Marshfield. The family suggests memorial contributions can be made to the Kidney Foundation in care of Fraker Funeral Home, P.O. Box 85, Marshfield, MO 65706.