Ricardo "Richie" Benito Sanchez

Service Details

Interment, with military honors, will be held on Friday, November 12, 2021 at 1:00 at Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 21731 Spring Street in Union Grove, WI.

Ricardo “Richie” B. Sanchez, age 71, passed away on September 8, 2021.

Richie was born in Union Grove, Wisconsin on April 10, 1950, the forth of seven children, born to Raul and Juanita (nee: Moralez) Sanchez. Richie served in the United States Marine Corps, attaining the rank of LCPL and was honorably discharged.

Richie is survived by his three children, Toni Vash, Jennifer (Randy) Ebert and Tim (Kelli) Sanchez; grandchildren, LaTesha Vash, Anjelyca (Tiara) Gails, Janessa Vash-Mosley, Amelia Hennegan and Samantha Hennegan; great-grandchildren, Santana Driver, Truth Jones, Reign Jones, Keyari Cuevas, Rhylee Gails, Rhyan Gails and Maurice McBride III; sisters, Rosa (Rudy) Castaneda, Mary Barrows and Estella (Duane) Miller; sisters-in-law, Janet Sanchez and Jane Steker Moralez; nieces, nephews, couisns, aunts. He was preceded in death by his parents: mother, Juanita, on April 26, 1957, when Richie was only 7 years old; father, Raul, on August 14, 1997; step-mother, Frances R. on July 1, 2014; brothers, Roberto, KIA Quang Tri Province – South Vietnam on May 2, 1968; Roy Moralez on September 23, 2014; Rudy Sanchez on December 24, 2020; grandparents, Nicholas and Geronima (Lopez) Sanchez; nephews, Nick Sanchez and Robert Castaneda; and brother-in-law, Don Barrows.

Interment, with military honors, will be held on Friday, November 12, 2021 at 1:00 at Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 21731 Spring Street in Union Grove, WI.