Richard W. Baril

1940 - 2017

RICHARD W. BARIL 1940 - 2017
BROOKLYN - Richard W. Baril, 76, of Windham Road died Friday January 13th at home with his loving wife by his side.
He was born, Feb. 21, 1940 in Putnam CT to the late Adrian and Viola (Guertin) Baril.
He was the husband of Arlene (Benson) Baril with whom he shared 55 years of marriage.
He lived most of his youth in the village of Wauregan. Then moving to Brooklyn in 1961 when he married Arlene and has lived there since. Richard attended Sacred Heart School in Wauregan, Plainfield High School graduating in 1958 and then took classes at UCONN, Eastern and QVCC. He worked at Kaman Aircraft in Moosup from 1960-1964. He traveled extensively for Kaman doing Tech Support Modification at Air Force bases to upgrade military helicopters. He then worked for Doring Label from 1964-1981, where he started as a press operator and then elevated himself to Vice-President. May 1981 he took some great advice and a lot of help from family and friends, and started his own printing company, AD Label and continued to work there until his "retirement" in 2010. He took pride in the fact that he was able to succeed as a business owner.
Richard was a pivotal member of the local community volunteering for many organizations over the years. He and his wife Arlene were just honored in 2016 by the Northeast Chamber of Commerce, receiving the Civic Achievement Award. In his early 20's, he started volunteering as a Boy Scout leader for Troop 44 in Brooklyn. He spent many hours volunteering his time with the boy scouts over the next 15 years. He would take them on canoe trips, camping trips and ski trips.
In the late 1970's he started volunteering for the Northeast Cancer Crusaders for the yearly dinner dance that raised money for The American Cancer Society and then in most recent years The Oncology Department at Day Kimball Hospital. He and Arlene have represented this committee as the Chairpersons since the late 1970's. He always felt that it was important for the money raised by this committee to go directly to the Oncology Department, and would in most recent years be a patient in this department.
Dick always enjoyed outdoor activities such as camping and skiing. He was a member of the National Ski Patrol in CT and VT.
He was a member and president of the Danielson Rotary Club where he was awarded the Paul Harris Fellow.
Dick has always had a passion for cars. It started in the 1960's when he purchased his first car, a 1959 Austin Healey Sprite. He and his wife Arlene would participate in local road rallies and never came in less than 2nd place. He later would acquire many other antique cars. He became a member of the Yankee Yesteryear Car Club. He shared his passion with his grandsons who have worked alongside of him on the restoration and care for his cars. He loved to drive around town in his cars and took pride in them. He and his grandsons would yearly attend the Stowe Antique Car Show and drive in the car parade. He was able to attend two wonderful milestones with his cars, the 100th Anniversary of the Maxwell and then the 100th Anniversary of the Model T, both in Indiana.
Travel was always an important part of his life. It started as a child, when he would travel alone from Wauregan to Lewiston, Maine to visit his Aunt Skip. He, Arlene and extended family and friends were his travel companions over the years both within the US and to Europe. He shared his travel experiences with anyone who would listen. His famous lines, "Have passport, will travel", or, "I'll see you on the beach".
Dick had a passion for flight as well. He would have endless conversations with his Uncle Norman about flight and radio communication. He became a HAM Radio Operator at an early age. He decided later in life that he would get his pilot's license. He succeeded and then bought two planes and enjoyed flying all over the northeast.
He enjoyed sailing and boating. He enjoyed racing sailboats with his friend Don. He helped his father-in-law build a sailboat and spent many hours sailing on the ocean. He later would buy his own boat and would enjoy fishing trips with his grandsons.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by his two daughters, Karen Crescimanno and her husband Michael, Heidi Hare and her husband Jim, three grandsons, Zachary Hare, Matthew Hare and Joseph Crescimanno, a sister Kathy Schimmelpfennig and her husband Joseph, a brother-in-law Robert Benson and his wife Marilyn, Nieces, Nephews, numerous Cousins and Many Dear Friends.
A Celebration of His Life will held at 11:00am on Sunday January, 22, at Lord Thompson Manor, 286 Thompson Hill Road, Thompson, CT.
In Lieu of flowers, Dick requested that memorial donations be made to one of the following:
Northeast Cancer Crusaders, 37 Tunk City Road, Danielson, CT 06239
DKH Hospice & Palliative Care of NECT, 320 Pomfret Street, Putnam, CT 06260 We can not express enough how thankful we are for the wonderful care Dick received from Hospice. Tillinghastfh.com