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Richard Dietze Obituary
Richard K Dietze of Dumont passed away on August 3, 2025.Beloved husband of Marie Esposito Dietze. Loving father of Christine A. Cornish (nee Dietze). Dear brother of Rev. Peter Dietze and his wife Sharon, the late Walter Meier and the late Helen Escobar. Cherished grandfather of Kathryn Leona Cornish, step grandfather of Anna-Maria Worley and her husband Dylan, and Brianna Cornish; and great grandfather of Jayson Robert Worley and Octavious Antonio Cornish. Also survived by nieces, nephews and ex son-in-law Augustus George Cornish. Visiting at Riewerts Memorial Home, 187 So. Washington Ave., Bergenfield on Thursday 2-8 PM. Funeral service at the funeral home on Thursday at 7 PM. Interment Hackensack Cemetery, Hackensack.
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187 South Washington Ave., Bergenfield, NJ 07621-2987
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