Richard Dahler (1920 - 2012)

Born 17 Dec 1920 in Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Elmo Geraldine (Perry) Dahler — married 24 Sep 1960 in Livonia, Wayne, MI USA

Died 26 Sep 2012 at age 91 in Farmington Hills, akland, Mi USA

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Biography

Richard Dahler was born 17 December 1920, in Buffalo, Erie, New York, the last child of German immigrants Walter William Dahler and Mary Magdalena Hauser.

He was in the US Army, stationed in Norfolk, England, but refused to discuss his role there. Afterwards he went to the University of Buffalo and went into the new field of material handling engineering. He worked for Ford tractor in various capacities that took him around the world.

In 1960, he was introduced to the widow Geraldine Dahler. Richard was working temporarily in Dearborn, Michigan at the World Headquarters. They married 24 September, 1960 in Livonia, Wayne, Michigan.

In 1965, his work took him, Gerry, and her two children to Lima, Peru and in 1968 to Mexico City for a year each.

Dick and Gerry took 52 cruises during their 52 years of marriage.

He was murdered by a caregiver, who gave him an overdose of drugs in order to steal. He died of a heart attack two days later 26 September, 2012. The caregiver was not prosecuted as the evidence of the murder had already been destroyed by embalming by the time an autopsy was agreed to.

He was laid in a mausoleum in Oakland Hills Memorial Gardens in Novi, Oakland, Michigan.

Sources

• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Richard Dahler, enlisted 02 Feb 1942, Buffalo, New York, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

• United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Buffalo, Erie, New York; Roll: 3549; Sheet Number: 13; Enumeration District: 65-572

Walter W Dahler 64 Head

Mary M Dahler Wife

Dorothea Dahler 40 Daughter

Catherine Dahler 38 Daughter

Richard Dahler 29 Son

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ5M-GXW : accessed 27 February 2016), Richard Dahler, 26 Sep 2012; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).'

• Richard with his wife Gerry wrote his obituary that is substantially what is his biography.