Richard Lee Lisk
1934 - 2011 (77 years)
Generation: 1
1. Richard Lee Lisk was born on 16 May 1934 in Bloomfield, Morrow County, Ohio; died on 22 May 2011 in Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida; was buried in Columbiana County Memorial Park, East Liverpool, Columbiana County, Ohio. Notes:
SPRING HILL, Fla. - Richard L. Lisk Sr., 77, of Grapewood Road, Spring Hill, died Sunday evening May 22, 2011, at the Sturgill Hospice Care Center in Brooksville, Fla., following a brief illness.
Born in Bloomfield, Ohio, on May 16, 1934, a son of the late Howard F. and Edna Mae Lisk, he was employed by Conrail as a railroad engineer from 1957 until his retirement in 1985. Mr. Lisk came to East Liverpool as a young boy where he graduated from St. Aloysius Grade School. In 1952, he graduated from Sacred Heart Missionary in Girard, Pa., and then attended two years of college in Conesus, N.Y. A resident of Florida since 1989, he went to St. Francis Cabrini Catholic Church in Florida and was a member of St. Aloysius Catholic Church in East Liverpool. Mr. Lisk was a veteran of the Korean Conflict serving three years with the U.S. Army. He was a member of American Legion Post 0400 in Orlando and VFW Post 66 in East Liverpool. He was also a member of AARP and the ASPCA. Mr. Lisk enjoyed watching major league baseball and football, and using and playing games on his computer.
Survivors include his wife, ; three daughters, and a son, and a sister of Ohio.
Other survivors include five grandchildren, and five nieces. He also leaves behind his favorite pet companion, Alliwee.
Preceding him in death was a brother, James Russell Lisk, and a step-mother, Annie Lisk.
A Mass of Christian Burial is planned for 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Aloysius Catholic Church with Fr. Peter Haladej officiating.
Friends may visit at the Dawson Funeral Home on Friday where the family will be present from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m.
Burial will take place in Columbiana County Memorial Park where full military honors will be provided by the Tri-State Veterans Burial Group.
Family and friends will gather at the Dawson Family Center following the services.
View this obituary and send condolences online at www.dawsonfuneralhome.co
Richard married Marilyn Joann Phelps on 31 Jul 1982 in Frederick County, Virginia. Marilyn (daughter of Sherman Gillis Phelps and Verna M. Burchett) was born on 10 Aug 1936 in East Liverpool, Columbiana County, Ohio; died on 27 Feb 2020 in Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida; was buried in Columbiana County Memorial Park, East Liverpool, Columbiana County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]