Richard "Dick" H. Oliver

RICHARD "DICK" HERBERT OLIVER, 81, OF STAFFORD SPRINGS, FORMERLY OF ENFIELD, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON FRIDAY, May 27, 2011 AT HARTFORD HOSPITAL. HE WAS BORN FEBRUARY 2, 1930 IN ENFIELD TO THE LATE FREDERICK AND JULIA (GINOCCHIO) OLIVER. HE WAS A MEMBER OF CHRISTIAN LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD IN WILLIMANTIC FOR 38 YEARS. HE RETIRED FROM BRIDGE MANUFACTURING IN HAZARDVILLE IN 1992. HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS GENEROSITY, KINDNESS AND COMPASSION. DICK WAS A VERY GIVING PERSON WITH HIS TIME, ALWAYS READY TO HELP MOW A LAWN, HELP WITH A GARDEN, OR SHOVEL A DRIVEWAY. HE WAS A FRIEND TO ALL. HE WAS A LOVING, DEVOTED HUSBAND, FATHER, GRANDFATHER, AND A GREAT STORY TELLER. HIS FAVORITE PASTIME WAS ORGANIZING COUPONS FOR THE WEEKLY SHOPPING TRIPS. HE WILL BE SORELY MISSED BY ALL. BESIDES HIS WIFE, MARY "DOLLY" OLIVER, HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SON, MICHAEL MARTIN AND HIS WIFE FRANKIE, HIS GRANDSON, NICHOLAS MARTIN AND GRANDDAUGHTER ASIA BARNES, A SISTER, PHYLLIS ZIMMERMAN, A SISTER-IN-LAW, ELIZABETH OLIVER, AND SEVERAL NIECES, NEPHEWS AND COUSINS. HE WAS PREDECEASED BY FIVE BROTHERS, FREEMONT, FREDERICK, LEROY, ERNEST, CARLTON, AND FIVE SISTERS, DOROTHY, CORABELLE, CYNTHIA, ERNESTINE, AND ROMA AND TWO NEPHEWS. HIS FAMILY WILL RECEIVE RELATIVES AND FRIENDS ON TUESDAY MAY 31ST BETWEEN 6:00 AND 8:00PM AT POTTER FUNERAL HOME, 456 JACKSON ST. (RTE. 195) WILLIMANTIC. HIS FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY JUNE 1ST AT 10:00AM AT CHRISTIAN LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD, 143 WINDHAM RD. WILLIMANTIC. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW AT 12:00PM IN NEW HAZARDVILLE CEMETERY, CORNER OF ELM AND NORTH ST., ENFIELD. MEMORIAL DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO CHRISTIAN LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD, 143 WINDHAM RD., WILLIMANTIC,CT. 06226. FOR ONLINE MEMORIAL GUESTBOOK AND DIRECTIONS TO THE FUNERAL HOME, PLEASE VISIT WWW.POTTERFUNERALHOME.COM .