Richard “Dick” Feitz passed away September 22, 2026, surrounded by family, at his home in Adrian, Missouri. Memorial services will be held 3:00 pm, Friday, October 16, 2026, at Mullinax Funeral Home, Butler (660-679-0009). In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project. Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.mullinaxfuneralhome.com.
Richard
James Feitz, Sr. was born April 14, 1941 in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of
Louis and Dorothy Fueston Feitz.
Dick
lived much of his childhood in the Northeast KCMO area. After high school he
enlisted in the United States Air Force. He spent four years as a jet mechanic
at Laredo Air Force Base in Laredo, Texas. During his time of service he
experienced several world impacting events, such as the Civil Rights Movement
and the I Have a Dream speech, the Cold War space race, the Cuban Bay of Pigs
crisis, and the assassination of President John F Kennedy. He also formed
a bond of brotherhood with other service members with whom he kept in contact
for many years. He loved all types of aircraft and many other types of big
machinery.
Dick
was a man of many talents. After his service he began a career in industrial
maintenance transitioning into sales, selling life insurance and welding
equipment. In later years he served as a Garden City, Mo. Police Deputy,
a Cass County Sherriff's Deputy, and a Cass County Emergency Medical Technician
(EMT) and drove a school bus route for the Harrisonville School District.
Dick
was a person who loved people but even more so, he loved the Lord. In 1972 he
and his family were saved and baptized in a small Church of God in Sugar Creek,
Mo. They soon began attending Sheffield Assembly of God Church in Kansas
City, Mo. After receiving a call on his life to preach the Gospel, he and Sandy
began attending classes at the Central Bible College Extension at Sheffield.
After receiving his license to preach he served as an Associate Pastor at
Sheffield, leading Junior Church, the bus ministry, and Community Outreach. He
also served as a pastor at a small church in Minneville, Mo. and was
later elected pastor of Bethel Assembly of God in Garden City, Mo where he
served two different terms. He also served as interim pastor of a small
church in Ozark, Mo. and as pastor of Maranatha Fellowship in Lake of the
Ozarks, Mo.
He was
preceded in death by his father, Louis H Feitz Jr., his mother, Dorothy Feitz,
his brother Charles Feitz, and his sister, Sylvia Mencke and daughter-in-law
Loretta Feitz.
Survivors
include his wife of sixty-six years, Sandy Feitz, son Richard J. Feitz Jr,
daughter Laura (Craig) Mueller, son James (Anisa) Feitz, and son Joseph Feitz.
ten grandchildren, and twenty-two great grandchildren, stepsister Judy Adler
and God daughter Danielle Peterson.
Dick
will forever be remembered as a family man, a handyman, a great friend, a proud
patriot, a talker (loving to share his stories with everyone) and a strong
Christian.
