Richard Michael Fuchs

Fuchs, Richard M. "Rich", beloved husband for 52 years of Karen (nee Strohofer) Fuchs. Loving father of Rick, Jr (Lynn) Fuchs, Jim (Andrea) Fuchs and Chris (Cyrus) Arnold. Cherished grandpa of Bob, Sophia, Joey, Alie, and Lizzie. Dear brother of the late Carol Fuchs and Tom Fuchs. Brother-in-law of Bob (Cherri) Strohofer and Sandy (Ralph) Gubser. Uncle of Jenn (Chris) Smith. Rich was a teacher and coach for 42 years, starting at Roger Bacon High School and later at LaSalle High School. He was a longtime member and vice-president of the Cincinnati Dry Dredgers, an association of amateur geologists and fossil collectors. Rich volunteered for many years at the Geier Center, the Cincinnati Museum Center's collections and research facility, cataloguing fossils in the Invertebrate Paleontology collection. He was proud to have contributed scolecodont micro-fossil specimens he found and prepared to the new fossil exhibit at the Cincinnati Museum Center. Rich loved golf, playing cards, and watching the Cincinnati Reds and Xavier Musketeers basketball. He passed away on April 26th at the age of 79.
Visitation Friday, May 10th from 10am until time of Funeral Mass at 11am at St. John the Baptist Church, 10010 Carolina Trace Rd Harrison, Ohio 45030.
Memorials may be made to St. John the Baptist Church or to Hospice of Cincinnati.