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Richard D. Stansbury Albuquerque, NM QCWA # 17472 Chapter 94 |
Richard Dean Stansbury, age 93, born Sunday, September 5, 1926, in El Dorado, Kansas, went to join our Heavenly Father on Saturday, August 22, 2020. He was raised in Whitewater, Kansas. His Dad, Clifford Brown Stansbury, was manager of a lumber yard and died in 1935 when Richard was nine years old. With his Mother, Velma Belle (Hurd), and his sister, Betty Lorraine, they moved to Eureka, Kansas, and on to Howard, Kansas and then to Wichita, Kansas, so the children could get a better education.
He was a World War II veteran, proudly serving in the US Navy as Electrician Mate 3rd class of aboard the USS Enterprise and then Air Force National Guard as a radar technician. After the war he went to Wichita State College to further his education. He earned his pilot's license while in college and instrument rating in Albuquerque, NM. He was also a Ham Radio Operator for a long time.
After his military service, he met his wife on a blind date, set up by his friend, with his friend's sister. That was on a Labor Day dance. It was instant love. He married Dorothy Mae Lickey just three months later, on Saturday, December 28, 1946, in Wichita, Kansas. In 2016 they were married for 70 years, still just as much in love.
He was a police officer, postal worker, worked for Boeing working on B 59's, B 50's & B 52's. He was a 3rd Degree Mason, Scottish Rite, and a Shriner. He retired from the Federal Aviation Administration after 30 years of service. He also worked for Sperry Company after that, in the aviation department setting up a modem lab for equipment. He and his wife were members of First Christian Church for about 40 years where Richard served as a church elder. They have been NM residents over 50 years.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Stansbury; his children: Cheryl D. Stansbury, and her two children, Barbara Clary and Robert W. Webster; Gary C and Prescilla Stansbury and their two children; Joseph and Adriana Stansbury; Victoria Anaya; Roger D and Linda Stansbury and their daughter, Shelly K; and John Green. In the families are a combination of five grand kids, 14 great grandkids.