To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Thank you for visiting the Arkansas Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Arkansas, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 5/3/14 • Approved: 5/4/14 • Last Updated: 5/6/14 • R997582-G380055-S3
Wade
September 20, 1957 - July 15, 2005
Richard
US Army
Korea
December 1, 1933 - October 30, 2012
*Obituary
Rogers Morning News
Saturday, November 3, 2012
ROGERS — Richard Lee Schaan,78, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, at the home of his niece in Rogers, Ark., alter a long battle with cancer. He had made his home in Broken Arrow, Okla. Richard was born Dec. 1, 1933, in Dubuque, Iowa, the son of Leo and Myra Schaan.
Richard served in the Army during the Korean War as a paratrooper. He held numerous master's degrees and was a retired engineer from KOTV in Tulsa, Okla.
He was a fourth degree black-belt in karate and a champion power-lifter. He trained other champion power-lifters during his retirement. He was Roman Catholic as well.
Richard was preceded in death by his parents; and a nephew, Wade M. Lantz.
He is survived by his sister, Nancy McKinney of Rogers, Ark.; two nieces, Pamela Gray of Rogers, Ark, and Lori Bolen of Fayetteville, Ark.; four great-nephews; one great-niece; one great-great-nephew; and one great-great-niece.
A private family service is planned at a later date.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Stockdale-Moody Funeral Services of Rogers.
Online condolences may be made to stockdalefuneral.com.
Contributed on 5/3/14 by judyfrog
Email This Contributor
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 997582