Richard C. Hutchcroft

Richard C. Hutchcroft, 76, of Mediapolis, died Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2000, near the Hawkeye-Dolbee Landing at the Mississippi River.

      The funeral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, at the First United Methodist Church of Mediapolis with the Rev. John Gaulke officiating. Flag presentation will follow the service by the Mediapolis American Legion. Visitation will be noon to 8 p.m. Friday at the Hagele and Honts Funeral Home in Mediapolis with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m. The body will be cremated following the service with no formal burial planned at this time. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to the Mediapolis Library, the Mediapolis United Methodist Church, and Ducks Unlimited.

      Mr. Hutchcroft was born Oct. 1, 1924, at Burlington, the son of Ray and Evelyn Campbell Hutchcroft. He married Elaine Marjorie Thye on Oct. 20, 1946, at Burlington. A 1942 graduate of Mediapolis High School, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II, worked as a John Deere Implement dealer, and operated Ziebart Rustproofing in Burlington. He was also a retired farmer.

      He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Mediapolis, the Mediapolis American Legion, and Ducks Unlimited. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and reading, and was an active follower of the Chicago Cubs, Iowa Hawkeyes, and his grandchildren?s activities.

      Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Linda Klindt of Salem; two sons, Robert Hutchcroft of Steamboat Rock and William Hutchcroft of Washington, D.C.; a sister, Jane Dickey of Lone Tree, and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents.