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Richard Detling

Posted: 06/22/2024

UNION CITY -- Richard "Dick" S. Detling, 90, of Union City, OH passed away on June 15, 2024 at the Brethren Retirement Community. He was born on July 3, 1933, to the late C.E. and Harriet (Dunkleberger) Detling. Richard was a proud member of the Ansonia High School inaugural football team of 1949. Richard graduated from Ansonia High School in 1951 and graduated from Miami University in 1955. Upon graduation, Richard served in the United States Marine Corps from 1955 – 1958, and continued in the Reserves thereafter. Richard met his wife of 69 years, Jeanette Weiss, in his junior year of high school while sitting for the state of Ohio scholastic test at Miami University. They were married on September 11, 1954; she preceded him in death in February 2024. Since 1963, Richard had lived in Darke County and had been involved in farming, specializing in tomato farming. Richard was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, served on the church council, served on the Mississinawa Valley school boar

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