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Richard E. Sheedy

Richard E. “Dick” Sheedy, passed away Sunday, December 23, 2018 at his Maryland residence at

Fairhaven Retirement Community, surrounded by family. He was 99. Born on July 10, 1919 in

Dunkirk, NY, he was a devoted husband of 68 years to Mary “Betty” Wirtner Sheedy, also of Dunkirk, NY. Dick enlisted in the Army Air Corps after Pearl Harbor and was eventually stationed in Port Moresby, New Guinea. Upon his discharge, he returned to New York and he and his wife raised a family of four girls in Melville, LI. He became an Engineer and did

extensive traveling to South America, Saudi Arabia and Germany during his career. Upon retiring in 1985, Richard and his wife moved to Sykesville, MD and were members of the St. Joseph Catholic Community in Eldersburg, MD. Surviving members of his much beloved family are his daughters and sons-in-law, Carole Ferlazzo, of Flag-staff, AZ, Kathleen and Scott Maizel of Ellicott City, MD, Patricia and Richard Pfistner, of New Market, MD, and Mary and

Reid Thompson of Lexington, KY; his nine grandchildren and his nine great grandchildren.

Richard was predeceased by his wife, Betty, his grandson, John Ferlazzo, and his son-in-law Paul Ferlazzo. A Funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, January 4, 2019 at the

Fairhaven Chapel, 7200 Third Ave., Eldersburg, MD Interment will be at a later date inGarrison Forest Veterans Cemetery in Owings Mills, MD.