Richard "Dick" T. Pruitt

Richard “Dick” T. Pruitt, Jr. Lt. Col USAF (Ret)

September 23, 1944 – July 9, 2021

Loving husband, father, and grandfather. Dick served in the USAF for 20 years as an Intelligence Officer and then worked for Northrop Grumman until retirement in 2007. He was an avid record collector and Husker fan. Dick made friends everywhere he went and enjoyed keeping in touch with them.

Preceded in death by parents, Richard and Helen Pruitt. Survived by wife, Avis; daughter, Rina Louise Pruitt; step-daughters, Farrah Briggs, Lindsey (Mike) Kime, Kimberly Dawson, and Shana Dale; 11 grandchildren, 1 great grandchild; brother, Harold Pruitt of Salem, VA; sister, Irene Ferguson of Roanoke, VA.

Visitation will begin at 2:00PM on Saturday, July 17, 2021, followed by a Celebration of Life Service at 3:00PM at John A. Gentleman Mortuaries Bellevue Chapel.

To livestream the service, please visit https://heartstreaming.net/richard-pruitt.

Inurnment at a later date at Omaha National Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Duet of Nebraska https://www.duetne.org