Donald Richard "Dick" Stansbury, 88, of Champion, died Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at the Hospice of the Valley in Poland.
He was born July 4, 1925 in Brady Lake to Earl and Verta (Pendleton) Stansbury.
He retired after 22 years in the US Navy and 20 years at Bendix Corporation. He was a member of the Lake Brady UMC, Rockton Lodge #316 F&AM, Moose, Elks, the VFW, and Fleet Reserve.
He is survived by his wife, Marcella (Robinson Tuckerman), whom he married on September 25, 1993; sons, Allen (Jan) Stansbury of NC and Ronald (Cheryl) Stansbury of Columbus; step-children, Elaine (James) Thomas of Champion, Steve (Jennie) Tuckerman of Bellingham, WA, Jeff (Tammy) Tuckerman of Hudson, Gayle (Ted) Ganoe of Randolph, Donna (Steve) Emrick of Virginia Beach, VA, Linda (Mark) Gow of Titusville, Florida, Gail Gay of Santa Cruz, CA, Carol Pritt of Virginia Beach, VA Donnie (Jill ) Gray of Twinsburg; grandchildren, Marti Stansbury, Al Stansbury Jr., Neil Stansbury, Leslie Snyder, Erin Koon, TJ Ganoe, Joe Ganoe, Stephanie Ganoe, Jacob Tuckerman, Caleb Tuckerman, Christina (Lee) Troxell, Ashley (Justin) Long and Jeffery Emrick; several great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Mary DeLeone; brother, Earl Stansbury and step-sons, David Tuckerman and Bobby Gay.
Calling hours will be held 9:00-10:00 AM Monday, November 11th at Lake Brady United Methodist Church with memorial services at 10:00 AM with Pastor Gary Glasscock officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of the Valley, 9803 Sharrott Road, Poland OH 44514 and Lake Brady United Methodist Church, 1995 Brady Lake Road, Brady Lake, OH 44240.