Dick was born in Lowell and raised in Chelmsford. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree from Suffolk University, and later graduated from New England Institute of Funeral Directors and Embalming. For 35 years, Dick owned and operated Blake Funeral Home in Chelmsford until he retired to sunny Naples, Florida in 2010 where he could golf to his heart's content.
An avid golfer, Dick was a longtime member of Vesper Country Club in Tyngsboro and of Quail Creek Country Club in Naples.
Dick was very active in the community including serving as a former member and past President of the Chelmsford Police Foundation, Inc., former board member of the Chelmsford Business Association, former member of the Chelmsford Rotary Club, former member of the Board of Directors of the Paul Center, former member and past Vice-Chairman of the Chelmsford Historic District Commission, former member of the Lowell Cemetery Board of Trustees, and former Corporator for Lowell General Hospital. Dick was elected as a Corporator for the Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank in 1976 and Director in 1979, serving in both capacities until 2011. He also served as a member of the Executive Committee for over thirty years providing guidance on the oversight of the bank. In 2005 Dick served as a founding member of the Lowell Five investment committee.
Dick was a very kind and caring man who had a wonderful way of putting people at ease which was greatly appreciated by the countless families that he served over the years at the Blake Funeral Home.
It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we share the news that Dick passed away on Sunday morning March 4th, 2018 but he will always be a part of the Blake Chelmsford Funeral Home and will be dearly missed.
