Richard A. Wilder

Richard (Dick) A. Wilder, 85, formerly of Munsonville and Keene, New Hampshire, passed away on June 9, 2018 surrounded by his immediate family at Ocala Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Florida due to injuries sustained in a golf cart / car accident on May 12, 2018.

Richard was born on Sept. 13, 1932 in Munsonville, New Hampshire to Everett and Rose Wilder. He graduated from Keene High School, Keene, in 1950. He was a loving husband and father to his wife Jean and his two children, Nancy and David. He lived in Charlestown, New Hampshire, was an active member of the United Church of Christ, and helped rebuild the Sunday school and meeting area after a devastating fire. He also volunteered as a member of the Recreation Department funding and construction committee for the town swimming pool. He was a founding member of what is now know as the River Valley Community College, Machine Engineering Program. In Keene, he was a member of the Congregational Church and later retired in Lady Lake, Florida, where he loved to go to Disney with his wife every week. He was a mechanical design engineer for 36 years at Jones and Lamson Machine Co. in Springfield, Vermont, for one year at Kingsbury Machine Co. in Keene, and for seven years at Bryant Grinder Co. in Springfield. He proudly served in the U.S. Navy as a Boatswain’s Mate (BM2) during the Korean War, from 1951 to 1955, traveling the world 2.5 times aboard the Destroyer U.S.S. Black DD666.

He is survived by his wife Jean of 62 years, currently of Lady Lake, Florida; a daughter, Nancy St. Pierre (Victor) of Charlestown, and a son, David Wilder (Lysa) of The Villages, Florida. He is also survived by grandchildren Stephanie Connell (Andrew), Heather Wellington (Allen), Justin Wilder (Jackie), and Patrick St Pierre (Grace); and great-grandchildren Jazelle, Dylan, Xander, Pierce, Jordyn, Preston, Parker, Reid, Becca, Jack and Sloane, along with numerous nieces and nephews.

He is predeceased by his brother Alden Wilder, sisters Linnea Hunt and Christine Chandler; and granddaughter Hillary St. Pierre-Ford.

A Celebration of Life will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, June 15 at 1012 Ann Ave., Lady Lake, Florida. His New Hampshire services and burial will be handled by Foley Funeral Home in Keene (www.foleyfuneralhome.com) at a later date in the family cemetery in the Munsonville.

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