Richard A. "Dick" Rossell Sr.

Richard A. Rossell Sr. PANAMA CITY BEACH - Richard A. "Dick" Rossell Sr., 59, who retired as a deputy state traffic operations engineer for the Florida Department of Transportation, died Friday, May 7, 2004. He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Jeannette Rossell. The memorial service will be at 2 p.m. CDT Saturday, May 22, at Kent-Forest Lawn Funeral Home in Panama City (850-763-4694). Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 205 Forest Park Cir., Panama City, FL 32405. He had lived in Panama City Beach for four years, moving from Tallahassee. He retired from FDOT after 31 years of service. Before his employment with FDOT, he was an engineer with Boeing Corp., where he worked on the first Apollo manned lunar landing program at Cape Canaveral. The son of the late Alphonse Rossell and Rita Rossell, currently living in Pennsylvania, he was born Oct. 5, 1944, in Methuen, Mass. He was a 1966 graduate of Norwich University in Northfield, Vt., where he earned a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering and was in Chi Epsilon Honor Society. He then received a master's degree in business administration from Stetson University in De Land. Dick was past president of the Big Bend Florida Chapter of the International Transportation Engineers and was a registered professional engineer. He was a member of the Tallahassee Optimist Club, the Holiday Golf Association in Panama City Beach and the Friends of St. Andrews State Park. Other survivors include a son, Richard A. Rossell Jr. of Birmingham, Ala.; a brother, Robert A. Rossell (and wife Judie) of Bethlehem, Pa.; a sister, Arlene Collins (and husband Charles) of Stoneham, Mass.; his mother-in-law, Mildred Apollo of Panama City Beach; and four nieces and nephews. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Krisin Rossell-Butler.