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Richard L. Timmons

Posted 10/29/06

Richard L. Timmons, 85 OCEAN VIEW - Richard L. Timmons of Ocean View died, after a long illness, Friday, Oct. 27, 2006, in his home. He was 85. Mr. Timmons was a graduate of Lord Baltimore High …

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Richard L. Timmons

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Richard L. Timmons, 85

OCEAN VIEW - Richard L. Timmons of Ocean View died, after a long illness, Friday, Oct. 27, 2006, in his home. He was 85.

Mr. Timmons was a graduate of Lord Baltimore High School, where he served as class president and captain of three major sports teams, and later studied diesel engineering at Jordan Technical School, Philadelphia.

He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the 80th Infantry Division, 3rd Army. He was sent into combat as an automatic rifleman during the Battle of the Bulge, remaining in the infantry as it moved through Germany, until the end of the war. After the war, he served as a military policeman during the occupation of Germany.

Mr. Timmons subsequently made his living by farming and building homes.

In his retirement years, he produced wooden toys that he sold at various craft shows. He was an accomplished woodworker, and loved the river, actively fishing and crabbing throughout his life.

Mr. Timmons was a member of Ocean View Presbyterian Church and the Lord Baltimore Lions Club, where he was a member for more than 46 years, and he was one of the original members of the Delaware Solid Waste Authority Board of Directors. He was elected to the Sussex County Levy Court in 1968, and oversaw the transition of the county to home rule with the establishment of a county council form of government, becoming the first president of Sussex County Council in 1970. During his time in office, he led the effort to form and implement a planning-and-zoning ordinance, established sewer and water districts and eliminated uncontrolled garbage dumps.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Violetus and Grace (Malin) Timmons; his wife, Ruth, whom he had married after the war, in 2001; three sons and two daughters-in-law, Richard Jr. and Linda Timmons of Middletown, Donald and Marian Timmons of Berlin, Md., and Glenn Timmons of Springfield, Va.; five granddaughters, Carrie Timmons of Middletown and Jenny Timmons of Forest, Va., and Nicole (Timmons) Kressin, and her husband, John,, Anna Timmons and Erin Timmons, all of Berlin; and two brothers, Harry Timmons and James Timmons, both of Ocean View.

Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday in the Frankford Chapel of Melson Funeral Services.

Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday in Ocean View Presbyterian Church, following which, there will be a reception in the church's Memorial Hall.

Instead of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to the Ocean View Presbyterian Church Building Fund, PO Box 287, Ocean View, DE 19970.

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