Robert “Bob” Steven Schrick
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Memorial services for Robert “Bob” Steven Schrick, 70, Linwood, will be held at 2:00 pm, Saturday, June 3, 2023, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence, Kansas. Bob passed away on Friday, March 31, 2023, at his home.
Bob was born on June 16, 1952, in Topeka, Kansas, the youngest son of Raymond Schrick and Ellen (Littleton) Schrick. Bob graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1970. He married Gloria Freeland on September 9, 1972. Bob served in the Army National Guard for eight years beginning on July 15, 1976. After his military service, Bob enjoyed a lifelong career in Information Technology. He worked for the Postal Service and then finally the Department of Agriculture.
Bob enjoyed computers, technology, cars, travel, fishing, hunting, marksmanship, KU basketball, KC Chiefs football, gambling at casinos, tractors, gardening, and tending his land.
Bob was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Kenneth Schrick. He is survived by his wife Gloria, sons Steven Schrick and Jason Schrick, sister Patricia Dearmond, and grandchildren Sabine Schrick and Brighton Schrick.
Memorial contributions of any kind may be made in Bob’s name and may be sent in care of Warren-McElwain Mortuary, 120 W. 13th Street, Lawrence, KS 66044.
Gladys: Sorry to hear of your loss. I know you were of great help to him in his final days and I hope you know you have many friends praying for you and your family at this time. Sorry I won’t be able to come to his service (even though I am just down the road in Ottawa) but know I will be thinking about you and your grief on Saturday.
Dear Gloria, Steven, and Jason,
My sympathy for your loss. I will always remember Bob chasing after me and Kenny as children. Especially, I will remember his make believe friend, “PooBoo” growing up and I will miss Bob’s Sunday evening calls.
All my love,
Patty De Armond
My deepest sympathy for your loss. I worked with Bob at NITC for 20 years and he was a great guy. I know he will be greatly missed by his family and will keep you in my prayers.
Bob and I had been friends since my first day working for the Postal Service in Topeka with him in December of 1979. When our jobs were relocated out of state in1986, we parted ways to different parts of the US, Bob to Minnesota and Me to Pennsylvania, thinking we would probably never work together again. However that changed, thanks in big part to Vern Glover, who was impressed by Bob, and asked him if he knew anyone else with his work ethic. I was the first person Bob thought of. So, instead of another relocation with the Postal Service to Raleigh NC, I was headed to Kansas City to work at the USDA data center, not yet known as NITC. Getting that call from Bob made my life far better than I could have ever imagined. I will be forever grateful for having known Bob all these years, and having been able to call him not only a colleague, but a true friend for life.