Richard Delucchi

Richard Mateo Delucchi

September 14, 1909 - February 6, 2015

At 105 years
Richard was born in San Francisco to Italian immigrants and attended school there through age sixteen. He started his contracting business after learning the trade from his father. He took business and technical courses to assist him in his contracting work.
Richard married Blanche Urrere in 1934. On their honeymoon they drove to Susanville in Northern California to bid on a contracting job. He continued his contracting business in San Francisco then moved it to San Bruno. In 1941 he moved his family to Redwood City. During WWII he gave up his contracting business to work for the war effort assisting in building military facilities at Wendover, UT. After the war he restarted his contracting business building homes and commercial buildings. He was noted for driving a hard bargain and doing a high quality job. He built his home in Woodside and moved his family there in 1952. He developed homes and several industrial buildings in the Redwood City and Menlo Park areas, as well as other areas along the peninsula. His most noted development is Marsh Manor Shopping Center in South Redwood City bordering Menlo Park. Delucchi's Market in the Center is a new market that just opened on October 3rd 2014 and is named after him.
His favorite pastimes were riding horses, driving his motorhome and hunting. He was one of the originators of the San Mateo County Mounted Patrol, now named Mounted Patrol, and helped to develop the grounds at its present location in Woodside. He served as captain in the Mounted Patrol, president in both the San Mateo County Horseman's Association and the Peninsula Contractor's Association. He was also instrumental in forming the Woodside Trail Club.
Richard lost his wife, Blanche, in 2004. He is survived by his daughters Claudette Vogel, Dorine Secrest, Susan Sanchez, and seven grandchildren plus seven great grandchildren.
Family and friends are invited to attend visitation from 6:30pm, Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at Redwood Chapel in Redwood City with rosary at 7:30pm and Funeral Mass at 10am on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Church in Portola Valley with Graveside Service to follow at Gate of Heaven Catholic Cemetery in Los Altos and reception immediately following at Los Altos Country Club. The family respectfully requests any memorial contributions be made to The American Heart Association or Lucille Packard Children's Hospital.