AS I REFLECTED ON MAX’S LIFE ONE WORD KEPT COMING TO MIND: PASSION. ANYONE WHO KNEW MAX KNEW THAT HE DID EVERTHING WITH A PASSION.
ANYONE WHO FISHED WITH MAX KNEW HE ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE HE HAD A LINE IN THE WATER. WHILE HE WANTED TO CATCH THE BIG ONE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, HE HAD A PASSION JUST TO BE THERE AND TO ENJOY THE OPPORTUNITY.
HE HAD A PASSION FOR GOLF. LIKE MOST OF US, HE WASN’T A GREAT GOLFER – BUT HE REVELED IN THE ONE OR TWO GREAT SHOTS PER ROUND AND REALLY LIKED IT WHEN HE COULD BEAT A LOW HANDICAPPER WITH A GOOD ROUND. HE TRULY ENJOYED GOLF AND PARTICULARLY PLAYING WITH FRIEND WAYNE WRIGHT WHO MADE MAX FEEL GOOD NO MATTER HOW HE PLAYED.
MAX HAD A PASSION FOR FAMILY. HIS STORIES OF TANNER’S BALLGAMES, GOING FISHING WITH TANNER, AND ANECDOTES OF THE CALIFORNIA GRANDKIDS WERE NUMEROUS WHENEVER THAT FAMILY WAS IN NEBRASKA OR WHEN MAX AND SANDY HAD BEEN IN CALIFORNIA. HE WAS PROUD OF MICK’S NAVAL CAREER AND WORK CAREER AND WE ALL KNEW IT. HE WAS PROUD OF SHAMAIN STICKING WITH COLLEGE UNTIL SHE FINISHED.
HE HAD A PASSION FOR HOME PROJECTS AND WOULD RATHER BE BUILDING, REMODELING, REPLUMBING OR TEARING SOMETHING DOWN WHEN HE TOOK TIME OFF FROM WORK THAN TAKING A CRUISE OR TRAVELING TO SOME RESORT. AND HE ALWAYS HAD GOOD STORIES WHEN SOMETHING WENT WRONG BEFORE HE GOT IT DONE RIGHT. IT IS TOO BAD HE HADN’T QUITE COMPLETED THE LITTLE RED BUNGALOW JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM HIS HOME THAT HE WAS REMODELING.
HE HAD A PASSION FOR WORK. AND HE HAD WANTED TO BE SURE THINGS WERE DONE CORRECTLY. SHORTLY AFTER HE CAME TO WORK FOR ARROW SEED, HE HAD RESPOONSIBILITY TO DO A LARGE MIX FOR THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. THAT WAS THE DAY WHEN WE DID ALL MIXING WITH AN ARM STRONG MIXER – POURING SEED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND MIXING WITH SCOOP SHOVELS. WHEN HE AND CO-WORKERS WERE DONE THEY CAME UP SHORT OF THE NEEDED BAGS AND DISCOVERED THEY HAD LEFT ONE SPECIES OUT OF THE MIXTURE. THIS WAS ABOUT QUITTING TIME. WHEN I CAME TO WORK THE NEXT MORNING, MAX WAS ASLEEP ON SOME SACKS IN OUR PIECE BAG AREA. HE HAD COME BACK THAT EVENING, DUMPED AND REMIXED AND REBAGGED THE MIXTURE BY HIMSELF BECAUSE HE WANTED IT DONE CORRECTLY. IT WAS THEN I KNEW ARROW SEED HAD A PASSIONATE EMPLOYEE.
MAX HAD A PASSION TO GET THE TASK DONE – RATHER THAN DILLY-DALLYING AND LETTING WORK FILL THE TIME ALLOWED WHETHER THE JOB GOT DONE OR NOT.
MAX HAD A PASSION FOR DETAILS GETTING THINGS DONE ACCURATELY. WHEN I NEEDED AN ANALYSIS FOR A PROJECT OR A DECISION, I COULD TELL HIM WHAT WE NEEDED AND HE WOULD GET IT DONE.
BUT MOST OF ALL MAX HAD A PASSION FOR PEOPLE. HE LOVED TO BE WITH PEOPLE. HE LOVED TO TELL STORIES. HE LOVED TO LISTEN TO STORIES. ABOUT LIFE’S EVENTS, HAPPENINGS, MOSTLY HUMOROUS BUT SOMETIMES NOT.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT SOMEWHERE HE IS SPINNING A STORY, REBUILDING SOMETHING, OR GETTING READY TO GO FISHING, GOLFING, SKI-DOING OR WHATEVER. BUT HE WILL DO IT WITH GUSTO – WITH PASSION.
Max Owen Richeson, 59, of Mason City died Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008, in Broken Bow.
Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Govier Brothers Mortuary in Broken Bow.
A book will be available for signing until 5 p.m. today at the funeral home.
He was born Feb. 22, 1949, in Broken Bow to John and Candiss (Briener) Richeson.
On May 30, 1969, he married Sandra "Sandy" Teahon in Broken Bow.
Survivors include his wife; son, Micky and his wife, Lucy, and their sons, Gabriel and Samuel, of La Mesa, Calif.; daughter, Shamain and her husband, Jeff Traphagan, their son, Tanner, and Jeff's daughter, Mattie, of Kearney; and brothers, Terry of Lee's Summit, Mo., and Jay of Gothenburg and their families.
He dedicated 36 years of service to Arrow Seed Co. in Broken Bow, which he served as general manager. He was past president and member of Nebraska Salesman Association, Nebraska Crop Improvement Association, Nebraska Golf Course Superintendent's Association, Nebraska Plant Materials Committee, Western Seed Association and Nebraska Alfalfa Dehydrators Association.
He was a member of the Broken Bow Golf League and enjoyed many rounds of golf. His hobbies included spending time at a lake jet skiing, camping and fishing. He enjoyed spending time with family and friends and working on the many projects his wife planned for him. He is loved and will be missed by family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Lee.
Memorials are suggested to theAmerican Heart Association or to his family to establish a memoriam in his name.
Cheryl Klingbeil (Black)
OUR FRIEND MAX RICHESON
BY JIM GIRARDIN SR
AS I REFLECTED ON MAX’S LIFE ONE WORD KEPT COMING TO MIND: PASSION. ANYONE WHO KNEW MAX KNEW THAT HE DID EVERTHING WITH A PASSION.
ANYONE WHO FISHED WITH MAX KNEW HE ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE HE HAD A LINE IN THE WATER. WHILE HE WANTED TO CATCH THE BIG ONE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, HE HAD A PASSION JUST TO BE THERE AND TO ENJOY THE OPPORTUNITY.
HE HAD A PASSION FOR GOLF. LIKE MOST OF US, HE WASN’T A GREAT GOLFER – BUT HE REVELED IN THE ONE OR TWO GREAT SHOTS PER ROUND AND REALLY LIKED IT WHEN HE COULD BEAT A LOW HANDICAPPER WITH A GOOD ROUND. HE TRULY ENJOYED GOLF AND PARTICULARLY PLAYING WITH FRIEND WAYNE WRIGHT WHO MADE MAX FEEL GOOD NO MATTER HOW HE PLAYED.
MAX HAD A PASSION FOR FAMILY. HIS STORIES OF TANNER’S BALLGAMES, GOING FISHING WITH TANNER, AND ANECDOTES OF THE CALIFORNIA GRANDKIDS WERE NUMEROUS WHENEVER THAT FAMILY WAS IN NEBRASKA OR WHEN MAX AND SANDY HAD BEEN IN CALIFORNIA. HE WAS PROUD OF MICK’S NAVAL CAREER AND WORK CAREER AND WE ALL KNEW IT. HE WAS PROUD OF SHAMAIN STICKING WITH COLLEGE UNTIL SHE FINISHED.
HE HAD A PASSION FOR HOME PROJECTS AND WOULD RATHER BE BUILDING, REMODELING, REPLUMBING OR TEARING SOMETHING DOWN WHEN HE TOOK TIME OFF FROM WORK THAN TAKING A CRUISE OR TRAVELING TO SOME RESORT. AND HE ALWAYS HAD GOOD STORIES WHEN SOMETHING WENT WRONG BEFORE HE GOT IT DONE RIGHT. IT IS TOO BAD HE HADN’T QUITE COMPLETED THE LITTLE RED BUNGALOW JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM HIS HOME THAT HE WAS REMODELING.
HE HAD A PASSION FOR WORK. AND HE HAD WANTED TO BE SURE THINGS WERE DONE CORRECTLY. SHORTLY AFTER HE CAME TO WORK FOR ARROW SEED, HE HAD RESPOONSIBILITY TO DO A LARGE MIX FOR THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. THAT WAS THE DAY WHEN WE DID ALL MIXING WITH AN ARM STRONG MIXER – POURING SEED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND MIXING WITH SCOOP SHOVELS. WHEN HE AND CO-WORKERS WERE DONE THEY CAME UP SHORT OF THE NEEDED BAGS AND DISCOVERED THEY HAD LEFT ONE SPECIES OUT OF THE MIXTURE. THIS WAS ABOUT QUITTING TIME. WHEN I CAME TO WORK THE NEXT MORNING, MAX WAS ASLEEP ON SOME SACKS IN OUR PIECE BAG AREA. HE HAD COME BACK THAT EVENING, DUMPED AND REMIXED AND REBAGGED THE MIXTURE BY HIMSELF BECAUSE HE WANTED IT DONE CORRECTLY. IT WAS THEN I KNEW ARROW SEED HAD A PASSIONATE EMPLOYEE.
MAX HAD A PASSION TO GET THE TASK DONE – RATHER THAN DILLY-DALLYING AND LETTING WORK FILL THE TIME ALLOWED WHETHER THE JOB GOT DONE OR NOT.
MAX HAD A PASSION FOR DETAILS GETTING THINGS DONE ACCURATELY. WHEN I NEEDED AN ANALYSIS FOR A PROJECT OR A DECISION, I COULD TELL HIM WHAT WE NEEDED AND HE WOULD GET IT DONE.
BUT MOST OF ALL MAX HAD A PASSION FOR PEOPLE. HE LOVED TO BE WITH PEOPLE. HE LOVED TO TELL STORIES. HE LOVED TO LISTEN TO STORIES. ABOUT LIFE’S EVENTS, HAPPENINGS, MOSTLY HUMOROUS BUT SOMETIMES NOT.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT SOMEWHERE HE IS SPINNING A STORY, REBUILDING SOMETHING, OR GETTING READY TO GO FISHING, GOLFING, SKI-DOING OR WHATEVER. BUT HE WILL DO IT WITH GUSTO – WITH PASSION.
THANKS MAX. WE WILL ALL MISS YOU.
Cheryl Klingbeil (Black)
Max Owen Richeson, 59, of Mason City died Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008, in Broken Bow.
Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Govier Brothers Mortuary in Broken Bow.
A book will be available for signing until 5 p.m. today at the funeral home.
He was born Feb. 22, 1949, in Broken Bow to John and Candiss (Briener) Richeson.
On May 30, 1969, he married Sandra "Sandy" Teahon in Broken Bow.
Survivors include his wife; son, Micky and his wife, Lucy, and their sons, Gabriel and Samuel, of La Mesa, Calif.; daughter, Shamain and her husband, Jeff Traphagan, their son, Tanner, and Jeff's daughter, Mattie, of Kearney; and brothers, Terry of Lee's Summit, Mo., and Jay of Gothenburg and their families.
He dedicated 36 years of service to Arrow Seed Co. in Broken Bow, which he served as general manager. He was past president and member of Nebraska Salesman Association, Nebraska Crop Improvement Association, Nebraska Golf Course Superintendent's Association, Nebraska Plant Materials Committee, Western Seed Association and Nebraska Alfalfa Dehydrators Association.
He was a member of the Broken Bow Golf League and enjoyed many rounds of golf. His hobbies included spending time at a lake jet skiing, camping and fishing. He enjoyed spending time with family and friends and working on the many projects his wife planned for him. He is loved and will be missed by family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Lee.
Memorials are suggested to theAmerican Heart Association or to his family to establish a memoriam in his name.