Potsdam: Richard J. Del Guidice, 81, Potsdam, died Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at Canton-Potsdam Hospital from complications of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
Richard wrote his own obituary âso Kathryn wonât have another duty at a difficult time.â Excerpts follow:
Richard was born September 20, 1939 in Manhattan to Dominic and Ellen Tobin Del Guidice, who were wonderful parents in all ways. He and his beloved brother, Robert, were blessed by their limitless love and guidance.
Richard grew up in an apartment building in Astoria, where his motherâs sister also lived with her husband and three girls. The two sisters created one family that made cousins into sisters and brothers. Richard attended public schools, and âwhen not in school, it was stickball, street football and, in warmer weather, sandlot baseball.â
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POTSDAM Richard J. Del Guidice, 81, died Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at Canton-Potsdam Hospital from complications of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
Richard wrote his own obituary “so Kathryn won’t have another duty at a difficult time.” Excerpts follow:
Richard was born September 20, 1939 in Manhattan to Dominic and Ellen Tobin Del Guidice, who were wonderful parents in all ways. He and his beloved brother, Robert, were blessed by their limitless love and guidance.
Richard grew up in an apartment building in Astoria, where his mother’s sister also lived with her husband and three girls. The two sisters created one family that made cousins into sisters and brothers. Richard attended public schools, and “when not in school, it was stickball, street football and, in warmer weather, sandlot baseball.”
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