Richard Francis Weeks

Richard Francis Weeks, age 71, a resident of the Otterbein Lifestyles Retirement Community in Lebanon, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, May 15, 2016 at Bethesda North Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. Richard was born September 1, 1944, in Bangor, Maine to Robert Richard Weeks and Florence Isabel (Nash) Weeks. When Richard was two the family moved to Bellefontaine, Ohio. After moving to Washington C.H., Ohio when he was 8 and the family settled in Hamilton, Ohio when Richard was 14. He was a 1963 graduate of Hamilton Taft High School and joined the United States Navy. He graduated with honors from Hospital Corps School at the Great Lakes Naval Station in Chicago and was assigned to medical service at the Naval Hospital in Beaufort, South Carolina. In 1965 he was attached to the Fleet Marines and sent to Vietnam where he took part in the first U.S. military offensive combat actions which began what has come to be known as the Vietnam War. In August, 1966, he was very seriously wounded and returned to the states for rehabilitation. Richard not only received the Purple Heart for his injuries in combat but the Vietnam Service Medal with FM Combat Insignia and two Bronze Stars. He was able to obtain his private pilots’ license and loved to fly, but never owned his own plane. His life took him to Indianapolis, Indiana; St. Louis, Missouri; Hannibal, Missouri; and Xenia, Ohio before retiring to the Otterbein Lifestyles Retirement Community in Lebanon, Ohio. He was preceded in death by his wife Gloria (Brown) Weeks, his father Robert Richard Weeks, paternal grandparents, Roscoe & Frances Weeks; maternal grandparents Lee & Eleanor Nash. He is survived by his mother Florence, age 93; and siblings, David & wife Jeanne Weeks of San Bernardino, California; Rev. Thomas and wife Janet Weeks of Union, Ohio; and sister Connie and husband David Bowling of Trenton, Ohio; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Richard attended the United Methodist Church at the Liifestyles Retirement Community. Private graveside services at the Dayton National Cemetery will be officiated by his brother, The Rev. Thomas Weeks. Arrangements are by the Weigel Funeral Home, Hamilton, Ohio.

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Richard Francis Weeks

September 1, 1944 - May 15, 2016