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Richard William "Dick" Teesdale

1934 - 2025

Richard William "Dick" Teesdale obituary, 1934-2025, Oroville, CA

BORN

1934

DIED

2025

Richard Teesdale Obituary

Richard "Dick" W. Teesdale of Oroville passed away on August 3, 2025. Richard was born in Los Angeles in 1934. He would join the Marines and eventually meet and marry his wife of 67 years, JoAnn. He would spend most of his life working as a farmer and with the Farm Bureau, spending 34 years in Sutter County and 56 years in Butte County. Richard was preceded in death by two sons: Richard "Rick" and Ronald "Ron" Teesdale. He is survived by JoAnn Teesdale (wife), son Mark Teesdale (Betsy) of Oroville, son Raymond Teesdale of Bangor, 7 grandchildren: 9 great grandchildren, and 3 great-great-grandchildren. A Celebration of life will be held Wednesday September 3 at the Gridley Moose Lodge, beginning at 2:00 p.m.

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Published by The Gridley Herald on Aug. 22, 2025.

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Dear Mark and Family, We were very sorry to read of your father“s passing. We will keep family and friends in our prayers.

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