Richard P. “Dick” Aschenbrenner, age 87, passed away on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, at Copperleaf Assisted Living of Marathon.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, January 31, 2025, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Auburndale, where the visitation will be from 9:00 am until service time. Rev. Keith Kitzhaber will officiate. Burial will be in the parish cemetery where military honors will be conducted. Rembs Funeral Home is assisting the family.
Richard was born on June 13, 1937, in Auburndale, to Fred and Kathryn (Scholler) Aschenbrenner, and was a 1956 graduate of Auburndale High School. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force. He married Delia C. Langston on July 4, 1959, in Newton Grove, North Carolina. They were married for almost 64 years until she passed away on May 8, 2023.
Growing up, and as a young man, Dick worked on the family farm. He then became employed at Consolidated Papers, Biron Division, beginning as a laborer, then as a Research and Development printing technician, and later as environmental technician, retiring in 1997 after 37 years.
Dick played baseball beyond high school, trying out for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He enjoyed hunting and fishing, his lawn and landscaping, gardening and his workshop. After retirement he and Delia treasured many years at their cabin on the chain of lakes in Phillips. He was a member of the American Legion.
He is survived by his children, Mary Alice Sieczka, Scott (Linda) Aschenbrenner and Connie (Cory) Mayer and three grandchildren, James Sieczka, Alexander Hackman, and Nicklaus Mayer.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, a brother, Fred Aschenbrenner and sisters, Betty Baltus, and Shirley Lindow.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be sent to an animal / dog rescue of the doners choice.
Condolences may be sent online to www.rembsfh.com
Author: News Desk
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