Richard Herman Schieber

Richard Herman Schieber, of Doylestown, Pennsylvania since 1970, departed this life on May 12, 2025. Richard was born in Philadelphia on February 6, 1937, the oldest of four children born to Marion Blanche (Shaffer) Schieber and Herman Gottlieb Schieber. Richard, who was known as "Dick," was proud to have been born only a few months before the completion of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, one of his favorite vacation destinations.
He had an interesting and sometimes challenging youth, growing up in the Olney section of Philadelphia with two younger brothers and a sister. He spent much of his free time playing stickball in the streets with his pals and idolizing his favorite baseball heroes like Ted Williams and Robin Roberts. He was an avid fan of the Philadelphia Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, and the Boston Red Sox. When his father passed when he was only 15, he took on several part time jobs to help support his mother and three siblings while still remaining in school. Through these experiences, he learned lifelong skills which remained with him as he gained confidence, knowledge, and perseverance in the business world. Having a good understanding of both math and science, he found interest in the field of drafting and design, and went on to graduate from the Murrell Dobbins Technical High School in Philadelphia.
Around the same time, he met his future wife, Cass (Catherine) on a blind date arranged by mutual friends at a house party. They dated a few years and married in June of 1958, and later had two daughters. While maintaining a full-time job and supporting his family, Dick wanted to take his career further and applied to Drexel University's Evening Program to study Engineering. He did this for eight years and graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with Honors in 1970. A few years before graduating, he applied his drafting skills and designed his family's dream home, which was built by a local custom builder and completed in the summer of 1970, nestled in a beautiful, picturesque valley in Doylestown Township.
He began his career with Philco Ford, then moved on to Honeywell, before joining the drafting department at American Meter Gas Measurement Company, which later became Singer/American Meter. Dick quickly moved up through the company, holding both engineering and managerial positions until his retirement in 1999 as Director of Marketing. He traveled the world for business and conducted lectures at Gas Measurement Schools in the United States and abroad, all the while making lifelong friends and colleagues. He was truly admired for his strong work ethic, knowledge of the gas measurement industry, and for his warm and engaging personality. His greatest professional accomplishment was the design of a Radical Flow Valve, for which he was awarded a patent on June 8, 1999.
In his free time and after retiring, he immersed himself in all the things he enjoyed so much, including traveling with his wife Cass to their favorite destinations. They frequented Carmel and Monterrey, California and Kauai, Hawaii, where he loved to golf, snorkel and feed the fish. He listened to jazz and classical music and to greats like Sinatra, Miles Davis, and so many others. He always anxiously awaited spring training and the start of the Phillies season, a love he shared with his daughter, Lisa. He enjoyed tinkering around the house and was always busy fixing, woodworking, or creating beautiful Japanese gardens and training Bonsai specimens with patience and determination. He was inspired by the works of George Nakashima, an American Architect and woodworker who maintained a studio and workshop, which he visited in New Hope. He soon created furniture and clocks himself, made from walnut he purchased locally. Dick enjoyed reading about our Founding Fathers; he was quite a history buff and never shied away from learning all he could. He became a Big Brother, wanting to give back to young boys who didn't have a significant father figure. He once said that he had four grandchildren that were all grown up and doing well and wanted to be there for other youths to make a difference in their lives. He certainly did that and so much more! He thoroughly loved his granddaughter Laura, with whom he shared a passion for crossword puzzles; his grandson Greg, with whom he fondly shared his love of woodworking; and his grandsons, Matthew and Jonathan, with whom he had many special memories.
Dick is survived, and will be dearly missed, by his daughters, Lisa Herrmann of Doylestown, and Linda Mingone (Nick), his grandchildren, Laura Herrmann Durazo (Daniel), Gregory Herrmann (Ariana), Matthew Pontecorvo, and Jonathan Pontecorvo (Marine), and his great-grandsons Leonardo Durazo and Lincoln Herrmann. He is also survived by his sister, Carol Mitchell (Lawrence decd), and sister-in-law, Susie Schieber and family (William decd), the family of Frederick Schieber (decd), and by his wife's cousin, Ann Grisan and her extended family. His loving wife of almost 67 years, Cass, predeceased him on October 2, 2024.
A Celebration of Life honoring Dick and Cass will be held on what would have been their 67th wedding anniversary on June 7, 2025. Funeral services will be private for the family and will be held at Historic Doylestown Cemetery. For those that would like to honor their memory, donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association and Dementia Society.
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