Richard B. Long
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Goshen-Richard B. Long, 81, died Monday, Feb. 24, at Goshen Hospital where he had been about a week.
He was born Aug. 25, 1938 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania to Robert and Anna (Eamigh) Long.
On Oct. 26, 1959 he married Mary Ann Dollar in Winchester, Virginia.
She survives along with two daughters, Teresa (Jim) Kerezman, Middlebury and Karen (Frank) Marsh, Howe; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren and a brother, Edwin Long, Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
A U.S. Army veteran, Mr. Long served as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne. He was a member of the Iron Workers Local Union #395. When iron work was slow, he worked as a truck driver.
He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters, Vivian Klosky, Roberta Haase and Anna Maye Ressler; and five brothers, Robert C., George C., Calvin W., Roger Lee and Alvin Lewis Long.
Cremation will take place at Yoder-Culp Crematory, Goshen.
Online condolences may be shared at www.yoderculpfuneralhome.com.