Richard Thiele

Richard Thiele Jr., (better known as Junior), 77, of Waco, passed away Wednesday, February 18, 2015, surrounded by family and friends. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m., Saturday, February 21, at Pecan Grove Funeral Home, 3124 Robinson Drive, Waco with Bro. Jerry Walters officiating. Burial will follow at Robinson Cemetery. The family will receive visitors 6 – 8:00 p.m., Friday, February 20, at the funeral home.
Junior was born May 26, 1937, in Valley Mills, Texas, to Richard and Louise Thiele. He graduated from Lorena High in 1956. He enjoyed farming, gardening, cigars, pickup trucks, spending time with friends and family and he especially loved being outdoors. His children remember him being a hard worker, and always helping out friends and family who were sick by using reflexology. They remember him going home to his parent’s farm in Lorena, so he could continue to help on the farm as it became harder on his parents.
Junior was preceded in death by his mother and father, Louise and Richard Thiele; sisters, Pauline Poehls, Wilhelmine Purvis, and Helen Klatt; daughter Jennifer Thiele; and lifelong best friend Bobby Jennings.
Junior is survived by his sister, Mary Schantz and husband, Robert of Parrish, FL; son, Roger Thiele of Ross; five daughters, Denetta and Paul Stopper of Austin, Janet Dale of Oklahoma City, Paula and David Holley of Hot Springs, Karyn and Harvey Piper of Monticello, AR, and Ronda Thiele of Austin; his seven grandchildren, Brian, Amanda, Jesse, Anthony, Garrett, Penelope, and Memory; four great-grandchildren; and other family and friends including, Kevin and Dawn Schantz, Steven and Brandy Schantz, Alex Grace, Sarah Vladut, Ryan Ellinger, Murl Jennings and family, Sherri Gibson, Christina Whiteside, and Ashley Schantz.
The family would like to give a special thanks to Scott & White Hospice for their wonderful care of Junior.