Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Lilly, Richard "Ricky" Dale  April 12, 2005
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Richard Dale Lilly
Services: Sat., April 23, 10 a.m.

Services will be held at Candle Light Chapel, 1800 Brundage Lane, Saturday, 
April 23, 2005, at 10:00 a.m. for Richard "Ricky" Dale Lilly, 49, who passed 
away April 12, 2005. All are welcome to attend. 

Ricky was born in Santa Cruz, California on November 26, 1955. Shortly after 
his birth, his family moved to Kern County. They lived in and around Delano 
and McFarland until they moved into Bakersfield in 1965. Ricky attended Horace 
Mann, Wayside, Golden State Jr. High, and South High schools. He was married 
in 1975 and began working as an oil field roughneck. In 1990 he moved to Las 
Vegas and began working in construction. The reason for this move was so that 
he could be closer to his mother and several of his brothers and sisters who 
all lived in Las Vegas. He lived there until he moved back to Bakersfield in 
1996. 

Ricky will be remembered as a very special person who loved his children 
dearly. Visitors to his home noted the special bond he had with his kids and 
how he always put them first in his life. He had a simple but unique 
personality, a big heart, and a great sense of humor; simply put, "he was just 
a good person to be around". Most who knew him will remember him as a person 
who made them laugh and feel good about themselves. Very rarely, if ever, did 
anyone have anything bad to say about Ricky! He had lots of friends and very 
few enemies.

He is preceded in death by his father, Thurman, his younger sister, Gina, and 
his grandparents, Troy and Clara. He is survived by his three children: 
Richard, Crystal, and Jessica, his mother, Mildred, his five brothers: Mike, 
Danny, Gary, Terry, and Ronnie, his three other sisters: Diane, Sandy, and 
Tina. In addition, he leaves behind five grandchildren. Ricky was a fantastic 
person and will be missed by all who knew him. 


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