Dick Steinke
July 25, 1950 ~ July 22, 2018
Richard 'Dick' Steinke, 67, of Cedar Rapids, passed away peacefully with his family by his side Sunday, July 22, 2018, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House, Hiawatha, after battling Alzheimer's disease. Gathering of Family and Friends: 4-7 p.m. Thursday, August 2, 2018, at Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services, Cedar Rapids. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include his wife, Pamela; children, Jessica (Tom) Wilcox, Brock (Lisa) Steinke, and Aaron Steinke; grandchildren, Quinn and Izzie Wilcox; Lexi and Charlee Steinke and Jack and Zoey Miles; siblings, Don (Michelle) Steinke, Debbie (Claude) Papesh, Doug Steinke, Deann (Jim) Thompson, and Dennis (Deann) Steinke; mother-in-law, Betty Watson; special friends since childhood, Joe and Ellen Hakes; nephew, Brian Usher; and many extended family including aunts, uncles nieces, nephews, and friends.
Richard William Steinke was born July 25, 1950, to Wayne and Betty Lou (Misbach) Steinke, in Cedar Rapids. He attended Washington High School, where he met Pamela Watson while tutoring her in geometry. He graduated in 1968, and they were married September 4, 1970, in Cedar Rapids. Dick attended Mount Mercy, earning a Bachelor's in Business Administration, and worked for many years with the city and county parks and streets departments, retiring in 2013. Though he was a quiet guy, he always kept busy, remodeling the family home, golfing, deer hunting, spending time with his children, fostering children, and even played on a softball league. Dick cherished the time he spent with his wife and children, and will be greatly missed by those who love him.
Dick was preceded in death by his parents; and siblings, Sandy and Bobby.
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To the Steinke family:
Please accept our condolences on your loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you at this most difficult time. We hope that comfort and peace come to you. We know he will truly be missed.
May God bless all of you.
Jim and Carol Voss
I didn’t know Dick Steinke, but I do know that the fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree in that his daughter, Jessica, is kind and bright!
May all the Angels, Saints, Holy men and Holy women welcome him into God’s eternal Grace.
I hope the family can celebrate his life, turning tears to smiles and laughter as they share stories. The Thorsteinson family shares our deepest sympathies and condolences.
May God Bless the memory of Dick Steinke.
I am very, very sorry to hear of the loss of your loved one, Dick Steinke. Jessica and I are colleagues at Prairie High School where she is a valued team member.
Jessica and family, please know that you are in my thoughts and prayers.
Lori Danker
To the Steinke family: I am so sorry to hear of your loss. I will always remember what a great guy he was during the times our boys were playing summer baseball together. Please accept my condolences and sympathies. Rick Tierney
Happy birthday buddy hope you had a great round today and some cold dp, twma
I only met Dick when I was dating his sister Bobby in the 60’s. She was a lovely girl.
My condolences. Harvey Hop.
I’m so deeply sorry for your loss Pam and family
Knew Dick while working at the City of Cedar Rapids. Such a friendly, gentle, caring man; always brightened up my day when he was around. My heart is with you.
I am so sorry for your loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with you
I have spent many of formative years, and all of my adult years looking up to my father-in-Law, adviser and friend, Dick Steinke. In short he is the best man I have ever known. I have often referred to him as Superman, a nod to my love of comic books, but an accurate title. Dick was everything I aspire to be as a Man,. He was an incredible husband, an awesome Dad, a place to turn to for advise and help. He could fix it, drive it, build it, he was a mentor in a all traditional manly trades. He was also an example in the more important manly trades. Never hesitated to help his kids, love his family and show herculean amounts of patience. Perhaps no wonder is bigger in my eyes than his well of patience and his ability to apply to areas I have yet to master. Superman you will continue to be my source of inspiration, the lessons, quietly given by example, will continue to be my guide. Thank you for accepting a goofy 15 year old boy immediately into your family, never giving a voice to my own concerns that I did not belong. Thanks for teaching me how to fix an exhaust system with a tin can and a coat hanger, thanks for hours of quiet company and equal hours of thoughtful counsel. I will tell your Great Grand-kids about the best man I ever knew, I will talk of the traits that made Dick Steinke, my Superman.
May God’s peace be with you all as you cherish time and memories spent with Dick. God bless! The Larry Roberts Family