Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Willemin, Richard S. "Dick" June 18, 1999
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Ionia Sentinel-Standard - Mon. June 21, 1999

Richard S. “Dick” Willemin, 66, passed away Friday, June 18, 1999, suddenly and 
unexpectedly at home. Dick was born May 6, 1933, in Lansing, the son of Ralph 
and Mary (Hunt) Willemin. He was an honorably discharged member of the U. S. 
Air Force and a member of Portland V.F.W. Post #4090.

Dick owned and operated Dick’s Standard Service (now Portland Amoco) for 35 
years, beginning his business in 1960. He was always available to give friendly 
advice and wisdom on any subject to all who came. 

Dick was a lifelong member of St. Patrick’s Parish in Portland, where he served 
on the school board and the athletic association. He began the girls varsity 
softball team at St. Patrick’s high School in 1974, coaching through the 1983 
season. His team won the 1981 Class D State Championship. Dick also coached 
Little League and Pony League baseball for many years.

Aside from being with his family, he enjoyed coin collecting, travel and 
pinochle games, but his greatest passion was fishing. Dick will be greatly 
missed by his many fishing buddies, who now will have to find the good bass 
holes on their own. God needed another fisherman in heaven and now he has the 
best.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and sister, Marilyn Stump.

Surviving are his wife, Ellen, with whom he celebrated 43 years of marriage on 
June 16; three sons, Ralph (Mary) of Portland, Steven (LuAnn) of Grand Ledge, 
and Thomas (Sherri) of Puyallup, Wash.; one daughter, Nancy of Lansing; six 
grandchildren, Brock, Jessica, Brittany and Cody Willemin, and Sara and Erin 
Fedewa; one brother, William (Elaine) of Crystal Lake; one sister Janice 
(James) Trierweiler of Portland, brother-in-law, Pliney Stump of Pewamo, many 
nieces and nephews.

The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by the Rev. Charles D. Hall, 
pastor, 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Patrick’s Church and Rite of Committal following 
at Portland Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the Schrauben-Lehman 
Funeral Home, 1301 E. Grand River, Ave., today from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. 
to 9 p.m. The rosary will be prayed at 3 p.m. 

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Fr. Flohe Foundation, C/O St. 
Patrick’s, 140 Church St., Portland, Mich. 48875, or to the St. Patrick’s 
Athletic Association in memory of Dick Willemin. 




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Portland Cemetery – lot #E3-63

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