MAYETTA – Douglas M. Reicherter, 79, of Mayetta, passed away on Friday, August 27, 2021 at the University of Kansas Health System, St. Francis Campus, in Topeka.

He was born April 26, 1942 at Lillis, the son of Leo and Teresa Skoch Reicherter. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force.

After his time in the Air Force, Doug worked as a machinist at the Charleston Naval Shipyard in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1974 he began working for the Midwest Machine Works in Topeka. He later was the Supervisor of Plumbers at the Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka. He also owned and operated Reicherter Construction for many years.

He was a member of St. Dominic Catholic Church in Holton, a life member of Holton Knights of Columbus Council No. 4219 and a 4th Degree member of Thomas A. McNeive Assembly in St. Marys.

Doug married Carolyn M. Schurlknight on January 11, 1964 at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Charleston, South Carolina. She survives, of the home.

Other survivors include two daughters, Angela Allen (Joe), Salina and Teresa Reicherter (Ryan Crawford), Leawood; two sons, Keith Reicherter (Jennifer), Mayetta and Paul Reicherter (Jessica Jellison), Prairie Village; and fourteen grandchildren.

Mass of Christian Burial will be 3:00 p.m. Friday, September 3rd at St. Dominic Catholic Church. Burial will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, west of Holton. Doug will lie in state after 9:00 a.m. Thursday at the Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Holton where a Rosary will be prayed at 6:30 p.m., followed by visitation until 8:00. Memorials are suggested to St. Dominic Catholic Church, and may be sent in care of the funeral home, PO Box 1034, Holton, KS 66436.