Richard Joseph Vasquez was born December 14, 1978 in Far Rockaway, New York.  He passed away of Cancer at Cox South Hospital in Springfield, Missouri February 16, 2021.

He was raised in New York and moved to Missouri in1989.  He graduated from high school in Weaubleau, Missouri.  He was united in marriage to Stacy Siereks in August of 2003.  This union was blessed with two children, Hunter Joseph and Kimber-Lynn Hope along with two step sons, Travis and Austin Butler.

Richard was preceded in death by his mother, Geraldine.  He is survived by his wife Stacy, of the home; four children, Travis, Austin, Hunter and Kimber-Lynn; daughter-in-law, Kristin Butler; two granddaughters, Daisy and Alaina; sister, Kimberly Newhouse of Strafford, Virginia; aunts Rheva Jane Welpman of Quincy, Missouri, Carol Gramse and husband Theodore of Huntington Station, New York; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Rick and Debbie Faulkner of Osceola, Missouri; brother-in-law and sister-in-law Ricky and Alicia Faulkner; brother-in-law Steve Faulkner of Osceola, Missouri; sister-in-law and brother-in-law Gabby and Johnnie Bray of Quincy, Missouri; several nieces, nephews, cousins and lots of friends.