John's service has been postponed to a later date.

John Richard Ulch was born on September 29, 1932, in Elberon (Tama County), Iowa to Fred Bohemial and Tillie (Vochaska) Ulch and passed away on March 15, 2020, in Lincoln at the age of 87 years, 5 months and 15 days.

John attended school in Elberon through 7 ^th grade and completed his education as a graduate of Belle Plaine High School. John served in the U.S. Navy from February 1952 to February 1956 and served aboard the USS Pickaway APA 222.

On February 10, 1957, he married Alice Ann Mouchka of Belle Plaine, Iowa at the First Congregational Church. To this union four sons were born, John D., David, Brian and Craig. During this time, he worked on heavy equipment for road construction and for Funk Brother Seed Company. In 1973, Funk Seeds transferred John and his family to Nebraska to start a corn research station near Goehner. In 1988, John retired from the seed corn business. After enjoying a year of he and Alice traveling extensively around the U.S., he spent several years working part time for Todd Ricenbaw and Jerry Hackbart as a farm hand. John served 16 years as a volunteer in the Belle Plaine Iowa Fire Department and in 1999, John retired after twenty five years as a member of the Goehner Volunteer Fire Department. He was a member of Friedens United Church of Christ of Goehner and the Beaver Crossing American Legion Post 178. John was a life member of the Seward, Nebraska VFW Post 4755. He enjoyed being with his family, deer hunting, fishing, playing cards and traveling.

John was preceded in death by his wife, Alice; parents, Fred and Tillie Ulch; brothers, Dale, Harold and Johnnie; parents-in-law, George and Nadene Mouchka; brother-in-law, Donald Mouchka; sister-in-law, Ruth Ann Ulch.

John is survived by his sons, John D. Ulch, Lochbuie, Colorado, David and Tami Ulch, Elkhorn, Brian "Fred" Ulch, Goehner and Craig Ulch, Portland, Texas; four grandchildren, Derek Ulch, Austin Ulch, both of Omaha, Haley Gabel, Rogers and Sara Ulch, Santa Maria, California; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Joyce and Blair Williams, Marion, IA, Donna and Ron Pyle, Prosper, Texas, Joyce Ulch, Cedar Hill, Missouri, Dean and Roxie Mouchka, Wheatland, Iowa; cousins, nieces, nephews and a host of friends. To this obituary we add our thoughts, prayers and memories of life shared with John.