ON DECEMBER 27, 2020, RICHARD "RICKY" THOMAS O'BRIEN, LOVING SON, BROTHER AND UNCLE, PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 73. RICKY WAS BORN DECEMBER 24, 1947 IN ST. LOUIS, MO., TO LOUIS AND HELENE O'BRIEN. RICKY IS SURVIVED BY HIS BROTHER AND SISTER IN-LAW, LOUIS AND LOIS O'BRIEN, SISTERS HELEN "PENNY" BOWEN AND MARLENE (JERRY) LINDSEY, AND MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS SISTER MARJORIE (CLIFF) WOEHLER.

RICKY WAS BAPTIZED JANUARY 18, 1948 AT SAINT ALOYSIUS CHURCH, IN ST. LOUIS MO.   RICKY WAS A SOFT SPOKEN MAN WHO SHOWED GREAT STRENGTH THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE.  HE HAD A PASSION FOR CARDINALS BASEBALL AND ENJOYED LISTENING TO MUSIC AND THE BALLGAMES ON HIS RADIO.

2 TIMOTHY 1:9-10

HE SAVED US AND CALLED US IN CHRIST JESUS BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF TIME, BUT IT HAS NOW BEEN REVEALED THROUGH THE APPEARING OF OUR SAVIOR, CHRIST JESUS, WHO HAS DESTROYED DEATH AND HAS BROUGHT LIFE AND IMMORTALITY TO LIGHT THROUGH THE GOSPEL.