McNaughton, Richard Glover
RICHARD MCNAUGHTON
August 7th, 1935 – April 14th, 2015
Richard Glover McNaughton (Dick) passed away after a brief illness with his family by his side on Tuesday, April 14th, 2015. Dick was born in Winnipeg, MB on August 7th, 1935. His family settled in Moose Jaw six years later and he remained in the Moose Jaw/Mortlach area until his passing. Sports were a big part of Dick’s life. As a young man he played hockey with the Moose Jaw Canucks, football and started his baseball career as a batboy for the Moose Jaw Canucks, culminating in a pitching stint for the St. Louis farm team. His love of sports continued throughout his life. He was an avid fan of the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Toronto Blue Jays. Dick was also a talented musician, carpenter and entrepreneur. In 1962 he married the love of his life Judy and together they had four daughters. He began his long and storied business career at the Western Ice Company, his family’s business. There he spent his time cutting ice and driving the horse team delivering to ice boxes around the city. He then had a brief career with the Provincial Government before starting his own business. He was a long-time owner/operator of Pic–a-Pop/Western Bottlers in Saskatchewan and then moved to bottling Prairie Spring Water until his retirement. He spent his retirement years enjoying the outdoors – gardening, bird watching, grass-cutting, spoiling his dogs and spending time with his family. Dick is now re-united with his wife, Judy; granddaughters, Abby and Emily; his parents, Fred and Peggy; his siblings: Fletcher, Jack, Marg, Chuck and Doug; and many close friends. What a beautiful party they must be having! Dick will be dearly missed by his family: Marcy and Kelly Duffey – Tyson, Rhyann (Trevor), and Calder; Audra and Todd Forbes – Justin, Drew (Corallee) and Bren; Lori McNaughton and Jason Kulyk; Jessica McNaughton and Bill Radiuk – Jacob, Jakson and their father Brett McAuley; and mother-in-law, Betty Poelzer. At Dick’s request there will be no funeral service. There will be a gathering celebrating his life and all of his close friends and family are welcome to attend on Sunday, April 19th, 2015 from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the Moose Jaw Wildlife Federation Hall (located behind the Town and Country Mall).
We’ll miss you very much Dad – “100%, Deal’s On kid!”
Arrangements are entrusted to Moose Jaw Funeral Home, 268 Mulberry Lane. James Murdock, Funeral Director 306-693-4550
I know this is a 10 yr old obituary but I just stumbled upon it and would like to leave condolences. I knew Dick for a period of time when he was changing his business plan from pic-a-pop to Prairie Spring Water and I helped him with many things during the conversion process. Dick was honestly one of my favorite people ever. He always had that bright smile on his face, just like in the picture. He was also always busy and as something I have come to learn and believe in, is that death hates a moving target and I think Dick must have thought the same way as evidenced by his long life. I moved away from Moose Jaw in the late 90s and often thought about him and the many little business related things I learned from him. May he rest in peace, he was truly one of the good guys.