Richard Hartnett |
| Posted 2015-04-23 by Gayle Nelson |
| Richard "Dick" Emmett Hartnett formerly of Sioux City passed away April 8, 2015. Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at St. Pius X, 3030 Gus Thomasson Road, in Dallas, TX. Entombment will be in Calvary Hill Cemetery. A reception will follow at Celebration Restaurant, 4503 W. Lovers Lane in Dallas. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, with a rosary at 7 p.m., at Sparkman-Crane Funeral Home in Dallas. He was born in Sioux City on January 16, 1931 to Thomas and Florence Hartnett. He graduated from Trinity High School in Sioux city. He was the heavyweight Golden Gloves championship in four states and all-state in football. Offered more than 30 football and boxing scholarships including Notre Dame, he chose to play football for Southern Methodist University. He later spent 44 years in the motor freight industry, retiring from Yellow Freight. He was a member of St. Pius X. He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Jessie; sons, Richard Hartnett, and David Dwayne Hartnett and wife, Barbara; daughter, Dana Kylah Willis and husband, Phillip; brothers, James and wife, Emily of Dallas, and Jack and wife, Sharon of Jackson, NE; sisters, Margaret "Peg" O'Neill and husband, Vern of Dallas and Mary Jo Nelson of Houston, TX; grandsons, Chad Willis and Jake Hartnett; granddaughters, Karah Boyd and Amy Hartnett; the extended family of step-daughter, Cindy Bandy; and many great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. He is also survived by his loyal companion, Bear. He was preceded in death by his parents, Florence and Thomas Hartnett; sister, Monica; and brothers, Bob, Bart, Gene, Ned and Bill. |