Richard Leroy
Casson, Sr. , 77
July 29, 1944 ~ February 21, 2022
DOVER - Richard L. Casson, Sr. passed away on February 21, 2022 at Kent General Hospital. Mr. Casson was born July 29, 1944 in Wilmington, Del., son of Clifton Leroy Casson (1914-1986) and Louise (McCain) Casson (1918-2021).
He grew up in Townsend with his parents working at their Texaco Station. He went to Middletown High School and later served in the Army National Guard. Following in his father's footsteps, he would remain in the automotive field most his life, working at General Motors on the assembly line, and later becoming a master auto mechanic, working at Shallcross in Middletown for almost thirty years, and at Shirey's Auto Sales in both Dover and Milford before his retirement.
After his marriage to Ruth Sehorn in 1986, they spent many years going out on Saturday nights dancing with their friends in Denton, Md. and various places that played country music, including the Moose Lodge in Camden-Wyoming, of which he was a member for many years. He especially loved the Starlighters. In his spare time he enjoyed gardening, hunting, boats, fishing, crabbing & his remote control air planes. At home he enjoyed listening to country music and watching his westerns.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and his brother, Robert Leroy Casson (1940-2017).
He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Ruth; his son, Richard Jr.; his daughter, Kathryn Hall (Philip); two stepsons, Alan & Bob Sehorn; his sister, Janet Neff (the late Buzz); extended family and friends.
Funeral Service Thursday, March 3, 2022, 11 a.m. at Pippin Funeral Home, Wyoming, Del., where friends may call beginning at 10 a.m. Interment to follow at Sharon Hills Memorial Park. After services please join the family at the Camden-Wyoming Moose Lodge.
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