Richard Joseph Love

November 15, 1936 - January 28, 2020

A Mass of Christian Burial for Richard Joseph Love will be held at 11:30 A.M. at St. Rita Catholic Church on Saturday, February 1, 2020, with Msgr. Bruce Miller officiating. Interment will follow at Greenwood Memory Park cemetery under the direction of John Kramer & Son Funeral Home. Richard passed from this life on January 28, 2020, at 8:45 A.M. in his residence surrounded by his family. Visitation will be held from 9:00 A.M. until 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, February 1, 2020, at Kramer Funeral Home. Richard is preceded in death by his parents, Norman M. and Mary Ethel Slate Love; two brothers, Norman “Jr” M. Love, and Jimmy Turner; and one sister, Betty Lou Shiflet. Richard was born on November 15, 1936, in Fort Worth, Texas. His family moved to Alexandria, LA in the 1940’s. He graduated from Bolton High School in February in 1955 and immediately joined the United States Air Force. He retired from the Air Force in 1975 and worked at the Alexandria VA Hospital until retirement in 1995. He was baptized in the Roman Catholic Faith at St. Rita Catholic Church in April of 1996 and was a member until his death. Those left to cherish his memory include his wife, Linda Gail Daigre Love of Pineville, LA; one son, Ricky Wayne Love of Alexandria, LA; one daughter, Vickie Lynn Luoma (Dan) of Hutchinson, KS; his grandchildren, Mandy Lynn Cooper, Terri Ann Cooper (Steve) of Hutchinson, KS, Shawn Robert Joseph Cooper (Brandey) of Nickerson, KS, Caleb Jeremiah Love and Charity Chole Love of Alexandria, LA, and Pamela Love of Wichita, KS. Those also left include his great-grandchildren, Kaiden Hamby, Kiela Hamby, Kamryn Hamby, Gage Cooper, Gabriel Conde, Garrett Conde, Natalie Cooper, McKinnley McAllister, Ashton McAllister, Brooklynn McAllister, Savannah Luoma, Kristopher Luoma; his great-great-grandchildren, Jace Love, Oden Love, Levi Pavey, as well as, many nieces and nephews. Pallbearers honored to serve will be Shawn Cooper, Caleb Love, Brian Daigre, Chad Daigre, Chance Daigre, and Jeffery Faust. Charitable donations in Richard’s memory can be made to the Manna House, The Food Bank, or St. Rita Catholic Church. To extend online notes of condolence to the Love Family, please visit www.KramerFunerals.com.