Funeral service for 1st SGT (Ret.) Richard Joseph Silbaugh, age 73 of Palmyra, will be at 11 a.m. on Friday, June 19, 2015 at the Kentucky Veteran’s West Cemetery. Burial will follow in the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery West with full military honors. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Thursday, Jun 18, 2015 at Sykes Funeral Home.
Mr. Silbaugh passed away on Sunday, Jun 14, 2015 at Select Specialty Hospital. He was born on August 2, 1941 in Alliance, NE to Richard Wayne Silbaugh and Violette Olsen Silbaugh.
He is survived by his wife, Sherry Jackson Silbaugh; son, Richard Joseph (Laura) Silbaugh II; daughter, Tonya Yvette Battles; 5 grandchildren, Jessica (Josh) James, Georga (Darrell) Williams, Savanna Silbaugh, Billy G. Battles III, Tory Yevette Battles; 1 great-grandson, Nathan James.