Rick Pritchard

Rick L. Pritchard, 60, of Victorville, Calif., passed from this life Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017.
Father Joey Kaump of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church will conduct a burial blessing at Terrace Hill Cemetery near Troy at 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
He was born in Kankakee, Ill., on Oct. 13, 1956, to the late Richard L. Pritchard and the late Mary Virginia (Burton) Kitchen.
He spent most of his life in Southern California and graduated from Bloomington High School. The horseracing industry was a major interest in his life from the age of 13.
He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Lancaster, Calif., and the California Horseracing Association.
He is survived by two children, Jessica Marie Pritchard of Anaheim, Calif., and Tyler Aiden Scott Pritchard of Lancaster; one grandson, Beaux Giovanni Jeffries of Anaheim; three sisters and their spouses, Lisa (Pritchard) and Scott Holzer of DeSoto, Mo., Brenda (Pritchard) and Ralph King of Fulton and Glenda (Dean) and Wayne Lovett of Fort White, Fla.; three brothers, Elmer and Ann Pritchard of Rapid City, S.D., Gary Pritchard of Hesperia, Calif., and Daniel Hart of Rapid City; two aunts, Elaine Merrill-Seay of Florida and Melda Pritchard of Princeton, Ill.; one uncle, Jim Burton of Minden, Nev.; nine nieces, Kris (Pritchard) Reiling, Jeri (Pritchard) Trotheim, Shelly (Pritchard) Landers, Jennifer Lorraine (Pritchard) Kane, Lori (Lovett) Carpenter, Christy (Lovett) Skaggs, Iris Olivia Holzer, Gillian Grace Holzer and Roselyn Hart; and three nephews, Jay Dustin King, Richard Trace King and Robby Hart.
He was also preceded in death by his nephew, Jay Pritchard; his grandparents, Jay and Alma Pearl (Wilcox) Pritchard and Edward Burton and Dorothy (Johnson) Mer-rill; and his uncle, Robert Pritchard.
Published 11.1.17