Richard Shea

Richard E. "Dick" Shea of Beaverkill, NY, a retired engineering assistant for Burroughs Corp. in New Jersey, and a long time area resident, died Sunday, January 29, 2012 at Achieve Rehab. and Nursing Facility, Liberty, NY. He was 81.

The son of the late Joseph M. and Anna Remmelman Shea, he was born November 8, 1930 in Teaneck, NJ.

Dick was the youngest of 3 siblings. After graduation from Dwight Morrow HS in Englewood in which Dick excelled in Football, Basketball and Track, he attended the Kents Hill Prep School in Maine and later attended the University of New Hampshire before serving in the US Coast Guard. He married Sara Sharpless in 1956 and the couple moved to New Milford, NJ as Dick began a career in Quality Control for Burroughs Corporation. In 1961 the couple and their oldest son Rick moved to Basking Ridge NJ. They settled there and raised 2 more children, Laura and Tom, until retirement in 1999 when the couple moved to Beaverkill, NY.

Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Sara "Sally" Shea, at home; two sons, Rick Shea and Tom Shea; one daughter, Laura Shea; and one sister, Patricia Enger and her husband Halvar; five grandchildren, Lee, Dan, Katy, Tom, and Mary; three nieces, Kathy Florchinger, Wendy Florchinger, and Sue Enger; one nephew, Steven Enger; and his brothers-in-law, Dick Florchinger and Carl Bonin.

He was predeceased by one sister, Joan Florchinger.

Visitation will be Tuesday (today), January 31, 2012 from 4-7 PM in the Harris Funeral Home Railroad Ave., Roscoe, NY.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 11 AM in the Gate of Heaven Church Highland Ave., Roscoe, NY. Father Francis Conka will officiate.

Burial will be in the Beaverkill Cemetery, Beaverkill, NY in the Spring.

Memorial contributions in his name may be made to Project ALS at (projectals.org).

Arrangements have been entrusted to the Harris Funeral Home, Railroad Ave. Roscoe, NY. 607-498-4929 or 845-439-5200 www-Harris-FH.com