Richard E. Umstead

Richard E. Umstead, 68, of Chicora died early Friday morning at the Chicora Medical Center, following a lengthy illness.

He was born Sept. 25, 1947, in Chicora, the son of the late Delbert R. Umstead and the late Martha E. Iman Umstead.

After graduating in 1965 from Karns City High School, he served his country proudly in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.

He enjoyed playing baseball and softball from little league to adulthood. In later years he played for the K&R Green League. He was a big fan of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Steelers football and March Madness basketball. He delighted in watching old movies, old westerns and old police shows, and he enjoyed country music, beaches and traveling.

He worked 35 years for Sonneborn in Petrolia, many of those years as a shipping operator. He was a member of the Chicora V.F.W., the Chicora American Legion, the Chicora Moose Lodge and the I.A.M.U.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara M. Craig Umstead, who he married July 19, 1974; his daughter, Angela R. Stahlman of Penn Hills, Pittsburgh; his granddaughter, Brianna L. Stahlman of La Mesa, Calif.; his sister, Sally Wellman of San Jacinto, Calif.; his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, William Craig and his wife, Mary Lou, of Gillette, Wyo.; his sister-in-law, Eileen Balance and her husband, Lee, of Norfolk, Va.; his sister-in-law, Maxine Craig of Chicora; his uncle, John Iman of Chicora; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his sister, Jean Kaiser and her husband, William Kaiser Sr.; and his nephew, William Kaiser Jr.

UMSTEAD — Friends of Richard E. Umstead, who died Friday, May 6, 2016, will be received from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the STEIGHNER FUNERAL HOME, at the corner of 111 E. Slippery Rock and Main streets, Chicora. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with the Rev. Joseph Boomhower officiating.Full military honors will be provided by the Chicora V.F.W., the Chicora and the Bradys Bend American Legion, and the 99th Readiness Command from Coraopolis.Burial will follow at the Hemphill Cemetery, Chicora.