Richard William Chapins, 80

MILLSBORO - Richard William Chapins, of Millsboro, passed away on Sunday, June 1, 2008, at the Delaware Hospice Center, Milford. He was 80.

Mr. Chapins was born on Nov. 17, 1927, in Bronx, N.Y., to the late George G. and Teresa Coleborg Chapins.

Mr. Chapins was a sales representative for the printing and promotion industry for many years beginning in Northern Virginia and for 12 years here.

He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Seaford.

Mr. Chapins loved the New York Yankees his whole life; when he was a baby he was bounced on Babe Ruth's knee.

He was a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of World War II, operated in sales of typesetting equipment, was a member of the Henlopen Senior Citizens, loved to sing and sang in shows, and he had a terrific sense of humor. He could tell 10 one-liners while you were still laughing at the first one.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Dorothy, in 1961.

Mr. Chapins is survived by his wife, Amanda Jeane Chapins; four sons, Richard Chapins, Andrew Chapins and his wife Kathy, David Chapins, and Jeffery Chapins and his wife Teresa; three daughters, Georgette Wilson and her husband Charles, Pamela Roan and her husband Dean, and Gaye Fisher; and seven grandchildren.

Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the First Baptist Church, 543 N. Bradford St., Seaford.

Pastor Michael Hopkins will officiate.

Interment will be at a later date in Williamsport, Pa.

Instead of flowers, the family asks for contributions to the Delaware Hospice Center, 100 Patriots Way, Milford, DE 19963.

Arrangements by Watson Funeral Home, Millsboro.