Richard Grant Conlin

Age 93, Husband, Father, Grandfather, Great-Grandfather, Brother, Uncle Extraordinaire Dick was born in Toledo, OH, on August 17, 1917, and grew up in a large and loving Irish-Catholic family. After serving in the European Theater in WWII, he went on to a career as an officer with the US Army Corps of Engineers. On retirement from the military he returned to his passion of land development and real estate. His lifelong loves were his wife, with whom he celebrated 65 wonderfully happy years, his family, his Catholic faith, history and world politics. We will always remember his great sense of humor and elaborately planned jokes, vacationing in Florida, and his mornings with coffee, a bagel, and the Wall Street Journal. He said he never met anyone who had a happier life than he did. Dick died on July 12th surrounded by his family, who sang him home to God. He is survived by his wife, Ursula (Becky); his children, Mary Eileen, Susan, Richard (Bud) and his wife, Susan, Patrick and his wife, Katherine. He is also survived by 11 grandchildren, Meagan (Michael) Phillips, Katie, Brenna (Luke) Healy, Emily (Thomas) Westlund, Suzy (David) Gorski, Maura (Bobby) Marko, Liam Goodacre, Alex, Ben, Daniel, and Ricky, and by 6 great-grandchildren. Waiting for him in heaven are his parents, Joe and Elsie; his sister, Betty Ann; his daughter, Sherri; and his infant daughter, Kathleen. Mass of Christian Burial Monday, July 18, 3 p.m. at the Church of St. Mark, 2001 Dayton Ave., St. Paul. Visitation Sunday 5-7 p.m. at Willwerscheid Funeral Home, 1167 Grand Ave., St. Paul and at church 1 hour prior to Mass on Monday. Burial 2 p.m., Tuesday at Fort Snelling National Cemetery (Meet in Assembly Lane #4). Memorials may be sent to the St. Paul Seminary or the Society of the Divine Word.