Richard E. Michel of the Birches in Newtown and formerly of Yardley, PA died surrounded by his family on Thursday, January 17, 2019.  He was 90. He will be missed by all who loved and knew him.

Born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, Richard was the husband of 65 years to the late Rose Marie Kist Michel and he was the son of the late Elmer and Emma Davies Michel.

Richard owned and operated a packaging company for many years until his retirement in 1994. He was a Veteran of the United States Marine Corps Reserves and was Past Master of the Free and Accepted Masons Dormont-Whitehall Lodge Number 684 in Pittsburgh. A longtime member of the Pittsburgh Athletic Association and the Yardley Lions Club, he was also a volunteer for over 10 years at St. Mary Medical Center.  Richard attended and studied accounting at Duquesne University and used his education as a tool to build a successful business that would go on to support his family and many charitable endeavors that were close to his heart.

He enjoyed planning and preparing meals, going out dining with friends and family, traveling abroad with his wife, and spending time in Hilton Head, but he most loved the yearly trips he took with his children and grandchildren to Disney World and the Jersey Shore.  Richard will be greatly missed, but eternally loved by his children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, sister and niece.

Richard is survived by his three children, Maureen Ann Loesberg and her husband, Kenneth, of Collegeville, PA, Cynthia Lynn Kiskurno and her husband, Jeffrey, of Newtown, PA, and Lori Beth Newman and her husband, Michael, of Washington Crossing, PA. He is also survived by his sister Carol Feltz and her husband Walter of Pittsburgh, his nine loving grandchildren, Melissa Loesberg-Turner and her husband Paul, Jason, and Andrew Loesberg, Ryan (Kristina), Scott, and Brandt (Kandace) Kiskurno, Adam, Drew (Brittany), and Brett Newman, and his great grandchildren,  Kandace and Mia Kiskurno and Margaret and Eleanor Turner.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend his viewing on Thursday, January 24, 2019, from 10:00 AM until his Funeral Service at 11:00 AM in the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home, 800 Newtown-Richboro Road (at Holland Road), Richboro, PA 18954.  Interment will be private at Newtown Cemetery. 

In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory may be made to Shriners Hospitals for Children, 3551 N. Broad St. Philadelphia, PA 19140  or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.