Richard Paul Devlin Obituary (1928 - 2017)

Richard Dick Devlin, age 89, passed away on Tuesday, December 12, 2017 after a long battle with dementia at the VA Hospice Unit in Bedford, MA. He was the beloved husband of Susan Marie (Kramer) Devlin with whom he celebrated 61 years of marriage. He was born in Waltham, MA on September 13, 1928. A son of the late Horace Edward Devlin and Lucy Anne (Doucette) Devlin. Richard attended Our Ladys Grammar School in Newton, MA, and graduated from Newton High School in 1945. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in Physics from Boston College in 1949. He graduated with a Masters in Meteorology from MIT in 1953 and an MBA from University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business in 1958. He was a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Air Force as a Meteorologist stationed at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. He worked for Raytheon for 10 years as a Sales Manager and for Digital Equipment Corporation for 22 years as a Product Line/Marketing Manager. He was the Product Line Manager for the PDP-15, the most successful 18-bit computer in the history of the company. Richard enjoyed family, outdoors, gardening, golf, Boston sports and taking pictures. He was known for his humor, smile, and kindness. He was an early member of St. Anselm parish in Sudbury. He was the first parish council president, a cantor, and eucharistic minister. He spent retirement years in New London, NH enjoying golf, mountains and the Our Lady of Fatima Parish community and choir. Besides his loving wife, Susan, he is survived by four children, Lucy (Devlin) McNamara of Westwood, MA, Richard Devlin Jr. of Chelmsford, MA, Julie (Devlin) Olivier and her husband, Jim of Westford, MA and Amy (Devlin) White and her husband, Leo of Mont Vernon, NH. He had twelve grandchildren, Ricky, Chris, Daniel, Anna Lee, Tim, Joe, Kathryn, Elizabeth, Greg, Bridget, Emma, and Tess; his sister Jane (Devlin) Barry of Westwood, MA, sister-in-law Eleanor (Reynolds) Devlin of Framingham, MA and brother-in-law Thomas Anastasi Jr. of Concord, NH. He was a brother of the late Robert Edward Devlin and Dorothy (Devlin) Anastasi and father-in-law of the late Joseph McNamara. Visitation will be held on Sunday, December 17, 2017 from 1-5pm at the Blake Chelmsford Funeral Home, 24 Worthen Street, Chelmsford. His Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Monday morning at 11am at St. Anselm Parish, 100 Landham Road, SUDBURY, MA. Kindly meet at the church. Interment will follow at the Mount Pleasant Cemetery, 329 Concord Road, Sudbury, MA. For those who wish, donations in loving memory of Richard may be made to: Bedford VA Hospital memo: David James Hospice Unit (Unit 2C). Donations can be mailed to: Bedford VA Hospital, David James Hospice Unit, Unit 2C, 200 Springs Road, Bedford, MA 01730 and to: St. John Neumann Day Away, 708 Milford Road, Merrimack, NH 03054. Service Details Visitation When December 17, 2017 1:00pm - 5:00pm Location Blake Chelmsford Funeral Home Address 24 Worthen Street Chelmsford, MA 01824 Service When December 18, 2017 11:00am Location St. Anselm Parish Address 100 Landham Road Sudbury, MA 01776 Interment When December 18, 2017 12:30pm Location Mount Pleasant Cemetery Address 329 Concord Road Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776