Richard Breed

1935 - 2013

Breed, Richard "Dick" C.

Richard "Dick" C. Breed, age 78 of Embarrass, WI passed away Monday evening, December 23, 2013 at his home.

Dick was born in Embarrass on December 1, 1935 the son of Fred and Myrtle (Hanson) Breed. On April 17, 1953 Dick enlisted in the U.S. Navy. His sea duty included serving aboard the U.S.S. Des Moines CA-134, a heavy cruiser. He also served aboard the U.S.S. New Jersey BB-62, a battleship, and was on the last cruise of the four existing battleships; New Jersey, Iowa, Missouri, and Wisconsin in 1954. In 1956 Dick was released from active duty to serve in the Navy Reserve where he received his honorable discharge on April 16, 1961. Then Dick went into law enforcement, graduating from the 7th Class of the Wisconsin State Patrol Academy at Camp McCoy on June 11, 1958. In 1960 Dick went to work for the Beverage & Cigarette Tax Division of the then Wisconsin Tax Department. Dick talked about bodily arresting a pimp on Silver Street in Hurley who was walking his Doberman. The man had mistakenly threatened to shoot Dick who was the inside man on a "whistle job" prostitution raid. As Dick carried him across the street, the dog circled, snapped, and growled, but did not bite. Of course, he was circled by several agents with their guns out. In 1963 Dick worked in Chicago for the Treasury Department, returning to join the State Justice Department. In 1970 he was appointed one of the then 12 special agents for the Attorney General. He was one of two supervisors for the newly formed Narcotics Division. Dick was trained in wiretapping and petitioned for the first wiretap by the state. He was involved in the wiretapping and subsequent arrest of a man who killed a game warden (CIRCA) in Brown County in 1970. Dick left the state and entered into private business in 1972. In 1973 he purchased the Columbia Hotel in Clintonville, selling it in 1977. In 1977 Dick got his real estate license and opened the agency formerly ran by George Graf. In 1979 he went to work for Hilgenberg Realty in Shawano, retiring in 2005. Dick was a member of the American Legion Post #63 of Clintonville. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, and playing a good game of Schafskopf or "sheephead".

Survivors include:

His Brother: Michael (Nina) Breed, Ohio.

Sisters: Winifred Reineking, Greenfield & Mildred Ritchie, Franklin.

Also numerous other relatives and friends.

Dick was preceded in death by his parents, brothers; Sylvester, Fred, & Robert, a sister Sylvia Handrich, brothers-in-law; Ken Raddant, Bill Reineking, & Rudy Handrich, and a sister-in-law; Trudy Breed.

A memorial service for Dick will take place later this coming Spring and inurnment will be at the Riverside Cemetery in Embarrass. The Eberhardt-Stevenson Funeral Home & Crematory of Clintonville is assisting his family with the arrangements. www.eberhardtstevenson.com.