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Obituaries
Sunday, January 24, 2021
Richard 'Ricky' Dean Smith
Age: 64
City: Fairfield
Funeral Date
1 p.m., Friday, 1/29, at Maple Hill Cemetery, Birmingham
Funeral Home
Behner Funeral Home
Sunday, January 24, 2021
Richard 'Ricky' Dean Smith
RICHARD "RICKY" DEAN SMITH
Fairfield
Richard "Ricky" Dean Smith, age 64, of Fairfield, passed away Saturday, January 23, 2021, at Parkview Care Center.
Open Visitation will be 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Thursday, January 28, 2021, at Behner Funeral Home.
Graveside service will be 1:00 p.m., Friday, January 29, 2021, at Maple Hill Cemetery, Birmingham with Pastor Ed Parker officiating.
Memorials may be made to the Parkview Care Center Activity Fund and mailed to Rodney Smith, 1003 West Briggs Avenue, Fairfield, IA 52556.
Ricky was born September 30, 1956, in Wichita, KS, to Eddie and Edna (Metzger) Smith and they later divorced.
Ricky enjoyed listening to country music, watching cartoons and collected monkeys.
Ricky will be missed by his brothers, Rod (Mary) Smith and Ralph (Deb) Smith both of Fairfield; sister, Alisa (Jamie) Keiser of Vista, CA.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Eddie Smith and Edna Keller; niece, Melissa Smith; and nephew, Aaron Smith.
Online condolences may be made to the family at behnerfh.com.