Richard Louis Sepanik

SEPANIK, Richard Louis
Kalamazoo Passed away peacefully at home, while under the loving care of his family, on Tuesday, April 22, 2008. He was born November 29, 1948 in Detroit, the son of Louis Edward and Eleanor Marie Millington Sepanik. Rick proudly served in the United States Army for three years, including assignment to South Viet Nam and West Germany. Following active duty with the Corps of Engineers, he served eight years in the reserves, including the National Guard and the Rangers. In 1985, Rick married the former Louise Shepard, joyously adding her daughters, Andrea and Cheryl to his life and thereafter loving and caring for them, considering them his own. He was employed by the State of Michigan in the MDOT for 18 years, followed by 13 years of over-the-road trucking. Rick loved his Lord, family, people, nature, meteorology, history, traveling and trains. In addition to his wife, Louise, Rick is survived by his daughters, Andrea Derick Daniels of Kalamazoo and Cheryl Eriksen of Paris, KY; granddaughters, Rachael Quick and Lydia Daniels of Kalamazoo; a sister, Shelley Sepanik of Farmington Hills. MI; two half-sisters, Barbara Daniel Bruce of Belleville, MI and Bernadette Roy Sabin of Westland, MI; an aunt and uncles Lorraine and Anthony Bunetta of Easley, SC, and Raymond Szczepanik of Warren, MI; several nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 Monday at the Westwood United Methodist Church, 538 Nichols Road with Rev. Dr. Wayne Price officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Ever-Rest Memorial Park, North. The family will receive friends at the Langeland Family Funeral Homes, Westside Chapel, 3926 S. 9th St. on Sunday from 2-4. Memorials may be directed to the Kalamazoo or Michigan Humane Societies, the Salvation Army, Westwood United Methodist Church Love Fund, or the Borgess VNA and Hospice. www.langelands.com 343-1508