Richard (Dick) V. Ross, Sr., 86, of Lititz, passed away on October 23, 2018. He was born in Union, Oregon and raised in North Carolina. Dick and his wife, Patricia were married for 45 years, and had six children. He retired in 2004 from Woodstream Corporation, where he worked as a machinist for over 30 years. Dick had also worked at New Holland Machine Company. In the Korean war, he was a Navy Electronics Technician 3rd Class and served on Midway Island. He graduated from McCaskey High School. Dick enjoyed working on cars and gardening and old-time country music.

He is survived by his children Richard, Ronald, Sharon, and Robert, six grandchildren, and two great grandsons. He is also survived by his brothers Paul and Blaine Story, and his sister Patricia Story. He was preceded in death by his wife Patricia (Spangler), his children Teresa and James, and his sister, Jeanetta Chambers.

Friends and family will be received on Monday, October 29, at 9 a.m., with the memorial service to follow from 10 to 11 a.m. at Charles F. Snyder Jr. Funeral Home & Crematory, 3110 Lititz Pike, Lititz. Interment will be held at 1:30pm at St. Joseph New Catholic Cemetery, Lancaster. In lieu of flowers, please make contributions in Dick's memory to Lititz Meals On Wheels, 300 W. Orange St., Lititz, PA 17543.