Richard D. Templin, a retired advertising salesman for The Times Herald, died Wednesday at Brandywine Hospital in Coatesville. He was 69.
Mr. Templin, formerly of Norristown, lived in Coatesville. He worked for 32 years at the newspaper, retiring in 1979.
He later worked for three years as a part-time salesman for the Montgomery Observer.
"I worked with Dick for many years and he was a good friend of mine," said David S. John, publisher of The Times Herald and a former advertising salesman with Mr. Templin.
"He was a fine individual and he did an excellent job for this newspaper in all the years he worked here," John said.
Mr. Templin began his career while still in high school, working part-time on weekends as a custodian and telephone operator. After graduating in 1937 from Norristown High School, he came to The Times Herald full time as an advertising salesman.
In 1941, Mr. Templin was drafted into the U.S. Army and served the next four years with the 13th Armored Division as a cadre instructor at camps in Texas, Oklahoma, and California.
While stationed in California, he married the former Elizabeth Salmonson of Yuba City, in 1944.
After returning to Norristown a year later, he resumed work in The Times Herald advertising department.
In 1947, Mr. Templin returned with his wife to California and took a job as an advertising salesman for the Yuba City Independent. They returned to Norristown in 1949.
Mr. Templin was a 1950 graduate of the Charles Morris Price School of Advertising and Journalism, Philadelphia, a member of the East Norriton Chapter of the American Business Clubs.
He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Center Square, where he served as a vestryman and former vestry president. He also was a member of Charity Lodge 190, F. & A.M., Norristown.
Surviving with his wife are a daughter, Elizabeth Ann Ford of Coatesville, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
The funeral will be Monday at 2 p.m. at the Bailey Funeral Chapel Ltd., 815 W. Marshall St., Norristown. The Rev. William P. Welther, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Valley Forge Memorial Gardens. There will not be a viewing.
Published in The (Norristown, PA) Times Herald on Jan. 15, 1988.
Mr. Templin, formerly of Norristown, lived in Coatesville. He worked for 32 years at the newspaper, retiring in 1979.
He later worked for three years as a part-time salesman for the Montgomery Observer.
"I worked with Dick for many years and he was a good friend of mine," said David S. John, publisher of The Times Herald and a former advertising salesman with Mr. Templin.
"He was a fine individual and he did an excellent job for this newspaper in all the years he worked here," John said.
Mr. Templin began his career while still in high school, working part-time on weekends as a custodian and telephone operator. After graduating in 1937 from Norristown High School, he came to The Times Herald full time as an advertising salesman.
In 1941, Mr. Templin was drafted into the U.S. Army and served the next four years with the 13th Armored Division as a cadre instructor at camps in Texas, Oklahoma, and California.
While stationed in California, he married the former Elizabeth Salmonson of Yuba City, in 1944.
After returning to Norristown a year later, he resumed work in The Times Herald advertising department.
In 1947, Mr. Templin returned with his wife to California and took a job as an advertising salesman for the Yuba City Independent. They returned to Norristown in 1949.
Mr. Templin was a 1950 graduate of the Charles Morris Price School of Advertising and Journalism, Philadelphia, a member of the East Norriton Chapter of the American Business Clubs.
He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Center Square, where he served as a vestryman and former vestry president. He also was a member of Charity Lodge 190, F. & A.M., Norristown.
Surviving with his wife are a daughter, Elizabeth Ann Ford of Coatesville, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
The funeral will be Monday at 2 p.m. at the Bailey Funeral Chapel Ltd., 815 W. Marshall St., Norristown. The Rev. William P. Welther, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Valley Forge Memorial Gardens. There will not be a viewing.
Published in The (Norristown, PA) Times Herald on Jan. 15, 1988.
Richard D. Templin, a retired advertising salesman for The Times Herald, died Wednesday at Brandywine Hospital in Coatesville. He was 69.
Mr. Templin, formerly of Norristown, lived in Coatesville. He worked for 32 years at the newspaper, retiring in 1979.
He later worked for three years as a part-time salesman for the Montgomery Observer.
"I worked with Dick for many years and he was a good friend of mine," said David S. John, publisher of The Times Herald and a former advertising salesman with Mr. Templin.
"He was a fine individual and he did an excellent job for this newspaper in all the years he worked here," John said.
Mr. Templin began his career while still in high school, working part-time on weekends as a custodian and telephone operator. After graduating in 1937 from Norristown High School, he came to The Times Herald full time as an advertising salesman.
In 1941, Mr. Templin was drafted into the U.S. Army and served the next four years with the 13th Armored Division as a cadre instructor at camps in Texas, Oklahoma, and California.
While stationed in California, he married the former Elizabeth Salmonson of Yuba City, in 1944.
After returning to Norristown a year later, he resumed work in The Times Herald advertising department.
In 1947, Mr. Templin returned with his wife to California and took a job as an advertising salesman for the Yuba City Independent. They returned to Norristown in 1949.
Mr. Templin was a 1950 graduate of the Charles Morris Price School of Advertising and Journalism, Philadelphia, a member of the East Norriton Chapter of the American Business Clubs.
He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Center Square, where he served as a vestryman and former vestry president. He also was a member of Charity Lodge 190, F. & A.M., Norristown.
Surviving with his wife are a daughter, Elizabeth Ann Ford of Coatesville, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
The funeral will be Monday at 2 p.m. at the Bailey Funeral Chapel Ltd., 815 W. Marshall St., Norristown. The Rev. William P. Welther, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Valley Forge Memorial Gardens. There will not be a viewing.
Published in The (Norristown, PA) Times Herald on Jan. 15, 1988.
Mr. Templin, formerly of Norristown, lived in Coatesville. He worked for 32 years at the newspaper, retiring in 1979.
He later worked for three years as a part-time salesman for the Montgomery Observer.
"I worked with Dick for many years and he was a good friend of mine," said David S. John, publisher of The Times Herald and a former advertising salesman with Mr. Templin.
"He was a fine individual and he did an excellent job for this newspaper in all the years he worked here," John said.
Mr. Templin began his career while still in high school, working part-time on weekends as a custodian and telephone operator. After graduating in 1937 from Norristown High School, he came to The Times Herald full time as an advertising salesman.
In 1941, Mr. Templin was drafted into the U.S. Army and served the next four years with the 13th Armored Division as a cadre instructor at camps in Texas, Oklahoma, and California.
While stationed in California, he married the former Elizabeth Salmonson of Yuba City, in 1944.
After returning to Norristown a year later, he resumed work in The Times Herald advertising department.
In 1947, Mr. Templin returned with his wife to California and took a job as an advertising salesman for the Yuba City Independent. They returned to Norristown in 1949.
Mr. Templin was a 1950 graduate of the Charles Morris Price School of Advertising and Journalism, Philadelphia, a member of the East Norriton Chapter of the American Business Clubs.
He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Center Square, where he served as a vestryman and former vestry president. He also was a member of Charity Lodge 190, F. & A.M., Norristown.
Surviving with his wife are a daughter, Elizabeth Ann Ford of Coatesville, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
The funeral will be Monday at 2 p.m. at the Bailey Funeral Chapel Ltd., 815 W. Marshall St., Norristown. The Rev. William P. Welther, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Valley Forge Memorial Gardens. There will not be a viewing.
Published in The (Norristown, PA) Times Herald on Jan. 15, 1988.
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