Richard Joseph

Peasel

Richard Joseph Peasel Sr. September 03, 1923 - November 25, 2021, 98, died November 25, 2021, at his home in Marthasville, Missouri. Richard Peasel retired from General Motors working as a plant security guard in the Saint Louis Assembly Plant and later transferred to GM Parts Plant in Hazelwood. He was honest, hardworking with a simple humor that would entertain you with down to earth exaggerations. Hardworking is an understatement for he was born on a farm in Silex, Missouri where his father, Frank Peasel, taught him to be a jack of all trades including plowing the fields behind mules. He was blessed with a loving wife and 18 children working 7 days a week until he retired. As a security guard he worked a 6-day week. On the 7th day he would relax either by working for a shoe repair shop in town or repairing his children's shoes; any extra free time was spent turning over soil in the backyard to install a garden to feed a growing family; or install an additional bedroom or bathroom as the family grew, and even added an extra kitchen and family room in the basement of the house. For vacation he traveled with his sons to his lake property spending his free time clearing the land of brush and building a two-bedroom vacation house with an outhouse. Richard and his wife, Roberta, retired to Marthasville, Missouri where his spent a relaxing retirement gardening, keeping up the place, and horseback riding and taking care of his horse. When Richard had his first stroke in his late 80's, he told the doctor he just put his horse in the stall, repaired a fence, and was raking up leaves in the driveway. The doctor asked Richard if he thought he was superman. When God called him home, He took him painlessly and peacefully.

Richard is survived by his sister, Elvadeen Bobeen; and his children, Richard (Sharon) Peasel Jr., David (Fran) Peasel, Roberta, Michael, Kathleen (Phil) Hofert, sister Debbie(Vanhook)Bill, Mary Theresa Scaggs, John, Terrence, Patricia Mennerich, Gary, Joseph, Jane (Dean) Pfeiffer, Victoria (Kevin) Wagner, and James Peasel. Cherished generations of grandchildren numbered at 85, and also nieces, nephews, and cousins. Richard was preceded in death by his wife Roberta (Quinn) Peasel, his parents, Frank and Frances Peasel; and his siblings, Catherine (John) Doherty, Rita (Ralph) Cook, Leo Peasel, Lillian (Roy) Sutton, Raymond Peasel, and his children Robert, Kim, and Thomas Peasel.

We will celebrate the life of Richard Joseph Peasel on Thursday, December 2, 2021, 9:00 AM -9:30 AM at Martin Funeral Home in Marthasville, MO. A funeral mass will be held on Thursday, December 2, 2021 at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Parish in Marthasville, beginning at 10:00 AM. Burial will follow at Mount Olive Cemetery in St. Louis.