Richard Spears

Richard L. Spears was a Milwaukee resident whose life reached 29 years before it ended on January 31, 2015. Public records place him in Milwaukee and note his burial at Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum, a detail that helps confirm the local ties that mattered to him and his family.

Though formal public tributes such as a published funeral-home obituary have not been located, available records make clear that Richard was known within his community. He was 29 at the time of his death, and contemporary city listings and homicide registers identify the date and location of the event that took his life. Those official sources and cemetery records show the factual outline of what happened, but they do not — and should not — tell the whole story of who Richard was to those who loved him.

Because intimate details about Richard’s daily life, work, hobbies, or close family members were not found in public obituary notices or family-authorized memorials, this remembrance focuses on the dignity of the person behind the public record: a young man rooted in Milwaukee whose life is recorded in local memory and whose resting place at Holy Cross Cemetery marks a family’s loss. Even where public information is sparse, the reality remains that Richard’s life mattered to others — friends, family, neighbors — and his loss left a gap that official listings cannot fill.

This page honors Richard L. Spears by placing his name and dates into a gentle, respectful memory. Those who knew him best remain the true keepers of his story; if you are a family member or close friend and wish to add verified memories, photographs, or a family-authored obituary for the memorial page, those contributions will help make this remembrance more complete.