Obituary of John Edward Richter

Services will be held on Sunday, June 30th for John "Jack" Edward Richter who passed away on Thursday, June 20, 2013 suddenly, after a fall. Jack was born in San Francisco and lived his younger years in Kentfield. Later, he moved to Willow Glen where he attended elementary school. After graduating from Bellarmine College Preparatory School, he furthered his education at University of Santa Clara and earned his degree in Mechanical Engineering. He then married Helen and moved to San Jose to raise his family. He enjoyed building his "cabin" in Felton where the family spent many happy days. Jack started his career at Wooldridge Mfg. and quickly advanced to Chief Engineer. Later, he joined Gould Bros. as a partner and Engineer of a fruit harvesting company in Milpitas. The company merged and moved to Modesto as AGMAC and was later purchased by FMC. After retirement, he moved back to the Santa Cruz area. Jack was a "MacGyver" type person that could fix anything from electrical, automotive to woodworking with no problems! He was well respected by his traveling trailer folks, mobile park friends and at his neighbors in Aptos. Jack is preceded by the death of his loving wife Helen on October 4th 1997 and is survived by his son John and daughter -in -law Joy of Felton; 2 grandchildren: Todd Richter of Ben Lomond and Sheri West of Aptos; 4 great-grandchildren: Darren Richter, Todd Richter Jr., Jacquelyn Richter and Kaile West and 2 reat-great- grandchildren: Faith and Brooklyn Richter. A private family funeral service was held on Tuesday June 25th at Santa Cruz Memorial Park. The Richter family would like to thank the staff at Dominican Hospital and his care-givers for the excellent care that they provided. Donations in his honor may be made to Dominican Hospital or the University of Santa Clara. A celebration of life for Jack will be held on Sunday June 30th at "The House Jack Built", 519 Fall Creek Drive, Felton CA between 1PM and 5PM. Please call (335-7433) if you have any questions.