Surnames: NAVOTA BACHERT WARD GERARD MASIAS DOOLEY

----Source: MARSHFIELD NEWS HERALD (Marshfield, Wis.) 04/03/2002

Navota, Richard John (12 DEC 1937 - 2 APR 2002)

NEILLSVILLE - Richard John Navota, 64, of Neillsville, died April 2, 2002, at the Memorial Medical Center.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Calvary Lutheran Church.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the Gesche Funeral Home and from 10 a.m. until service time Thursday at the church.
Military rites in Neillsville will be accorded by the Neillsville Veterans Council.
Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Immanuel Lutheran School in Rock Island, Ill. Visitation will be be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Wheelan Funeral Home. Interment will be in Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery in Rock Island, Ill.

He was born in Aurora, Ill., to John and Gertrude (nee Bachert) Navota. He married Mary Jane Ward on March 3, 1962, in Woodstock, Ill. He moved to Neillsville after retiring as president/CEO, Responsible Head of the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center in Davenport, Iowa. He also worked as a substitute teacher in the Neillsville School District.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Jane son, Hans (Cindie) Navota of Bettendorf, Iowa three daughters, Gretchen (Jeff) Gerard, Heidi (Greg) Masias and Erika (Mike) Dooley, all of Moline, Ill. one brother, James (Kathy) Navota of Aurora, Ill.