Richard Ervin, 79, of Cottonwood died January 28, 2011. He was born September 6, 1931 in San Jose, California, the son of John and Lottie Mae (Brush) Ervin. He served his country in the Navy as a boilerman 3rd class during the Korean War. He worked as warehouse manager for KBM Office Furniture for 40 years. He was preceded in death by a sister Roberta; He is survived by his wife Jean; sons Kevin (Suzette) of Tampa, Florida and Shawn of Sacramento, California; brothers Jack (Hazel) and Bob (Irene), all of Sonora, California and Rodney of San Jose, California; and two grandchildren. Private inurment was held at the Prescott National Cemetery. An online guestbook is available at www.westcottfuneralhome.com