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Richard C. "Dick" Rudolph
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Dick attended Rosendale High school and later completed an engineering apprenticeship through Giddings and Lewis. He was united in marriage to Kathleen Mae Feldner on May 18, 1963. Dick retired as an engineer after 40 years with Giddings and Lewis.
Dick was an avid hunter and outdoorsman who loved to hunt and camp in Black River Falls with his brothers-in-law. Dick enjoyed taking road trips to Wisconsin state parks and spending summer vacations at a cottage in Mt. Morris with his family. He enjoyed riding his motorcycle, hiking, and maintaining the home and yard.
Dick will be dearly missed by his wife Kathleen; children Anne Rudolph of New Berlin, Matt (Karen) Rudolph of Neenah, Julie (Paula Waite) Rudolph of Hayward, and Mary (Milo) Thomas of Wauwatosa; grandchildren Shayna, Alicia, Brianna, Elizabeth, Abigail, Kathryn, Luke, Steven, Meredith, and Charlie; sister Jean (Dennis) Wittchow of Modesto, California; in-laws Richard Collier, Richard and Pat Lanning, Mary Remillard, Lyn and Donna Benkoski, Paul and Janice King, Rick and Judy Feldner, Charles and JoAnn Feldner, Dave and Lynette Kelley, Warren and Pamela Leemon, as well as many nieces, nephews, and friends.
Dick was preceded in death by his parents; parents-in-law Edmund and Irene Feldner; sister Deborah Collier; grandparents Fred and Laura Martin, Albert and Nora Rudolph; brother-in-law Lawrence Feldner and sister-in-law Deborah Jones.
Dick's family invites relatives and friends to a time of visitation on Thursday, May 19, 2022 at Chapel of the Risen Christ – Calvary Mausoleum, 686 Fond du Lac Ave, Fond du Lac, from 11:00 A.M. until 12:15 P.M. A memorial service and inurnment will follow visitation at 12:30 P.M.
In lieu of flowers please donate to St. Vincent de Paul Society Contributing Member Campaign, 330 N. Peters Avenue, Fond du Lac, WI 54935.
The family would like to give a special thank you to the St. Agnes Hospital Clinical Team who provided care to Dick in his final days.
Visit www.zacherlfuneralhome.com to send condolences.
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
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George & Barb Mattheis
May 21, 2022
Kathy - We weep with you over Dick´s death. But we rejoice with you over his life and now his entry into life eternal. We both remember Dick from high school. Barb remembers him also - I think I missed the bus to high school like twice during the whole high school time. As you know, Janis Pfeiffer and Rhea Rudolph were good friends from the Eldorado bank, and Janis called him and Dick came and picked me up, maybe twice. At the time, I felt we were on totally different planes, he was a cool guy and I was a geeky girl. He came with several of his `cool´ friends in his car, picked me up and dropped me off at the school, then they went on to the restaurant. My point is that he (& they all) were very nice to me - obviously, if I still remember that part.
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