Ricky Lynn "Rick" Fields Obituary (1956

Mr. Ricky Lynn "Rick" Fields, age 68 of Deputy, Indiana, entered this life on July 7, 1956 in Madison, Indiana. He was the loving son of the late James R. and Mary Esther Gassert Fields. He resided nearly all of his life in the Deputy community. In 1975, Rick was united in marriage to Linda "Kaye" Grimsley. They were blessed with a son, Bobby Joe Fields. He was married in 1981 to Della Ruth Mack in Deputy, Indiana. This union blended two families and was blessed to raise Theresa, Vivian, Kenneth, Peggy, and Bobby Joe. He worked early in life for Rose Acres in Seymour and helped area farmers. He last worked for Phillips Saw Mill for many years. He was a member of the Madison Moose Lodge No. 765. He enjoyed playing bingo, hunting, fishing, trapping, tinkering on vehicles, watching westerns, and hunting mushrooms and ginseng. Ricky died on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at 2:41 p.m. at the Norton Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. Please Click Here to View the Video Tribute Please Click Here to View the Funeral Service Recording A LOVING FAMILY Ricky will be missed by his daughters, Theresa Abbott and her companion, John Long of Madison, Indiana, Vivian Girdler and her husband, Tom of Edinburgh, Indiana; his sons, Kenneth Mason, Jr. of Madison, Indiana, and Bobby Joe Fields of South Carolina; his grandchildren, Shawn Bliton (Alex), Brandie Weisz (David), Chelsae McLane (Jake), Jennah Tennell (Cole), Tessa Hawley (Blake), Markita Turner, Amanda Haws (Bill), Lesli Schroeder (Brian), Dustin Mason, and Kayla Dell; 24 great-grandchildren; his sisters, Linda K. Rook and her companion Rick Hopkins of Unionville, Iowa, Donna Jean White and her husband, Ossie of Deputy, Indiana; his brothers, Kenneth R. Fields of Dayton, Ohio, Robert K. Fields and his wife, Becky of Paris Crossing, Indiana; numerous nieces and nephews; plus he was very close to other relatives. He was preceded in death by his father, James R. Fields, his mother, Mary Esther Gassert Fields, his wife, Della Ruth Mack Fields, his daughter, Peggy Hamlett, his sisters, Marsha Diane Fields Royalty and Nancy Sue Fields Grider, his brother, Anthony L. Fields, and his grandson, Daniel Bliton. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, March 20, 2025, at 2:00 p.m., at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. Interment will follow at a later date in the Lick Branch Cemetery near Deputy, Indiana. VISITATION Friends may visit Thursday, March 20, 2025, from 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to the Ricky L. Fields Remembrance Fund. Cards are available at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centres of Madison and Hanover. Online condolences, remembrances, and memorials can be left at www.morgan-nay.com To Place An Online Memorial Donation To send a flower arrangement in memory of Ricky Lynn "Rick" Fields, please click here to visit our sympathy store.