Richard E. “Dick” Waite, Sr., 91, of West Brandywine, passed away on Saturday, May 30, 2015.
He was the husband of the late Ruth A. Waite, his beloved wife with whom he shared 65 years of marriage.
Born on May 13, 1924, in Winchington, Massachusetts, Richard graduated from Williston Academy in 1942 and received a BA degree in economics from Bowdoin College. His college studies were interrupted by service in Europe during WW II as a combat infantryman with the 84th Division. He fought in some of the most significant battles, the Battle of the Bulge and The Siegfried Line and participated in concentration camp liberations.