Richard Milo Hessler

Richard was born January 7, 1945, in Berkeley, California to J. Paul Hessler and Pauline Ritchie Hessler.

After graduation from Highland High School in 1963, Richard went to Dry Cleaning school and became a dry cleaner, working for years at Vogue and, later, Red Hanger Cleaners. Soon after high school, he joined the United States Army Reserves.

In August 1970, Richard married Janet M. Stone. They brought four children into this world, Diane, Richard, Valerie, and Sharon. Richard was a wonderful husband and father who was always there when you needed him. He was loved by all of us and will be missed incredibly.

Richard earned a bachelor’s degree from Columbia College.

In 1980, Richard had the opportunity to change careers from Dry Cleaning to digital programming. An electronic cash register manufacturer, Kingtron, offered him a position in their Santa Clara, California facility. He wrote a book for them on how to program their cash registers and, as a reward, came home with one of the family’s first computers – a suitcase-sized laptop by Compaq. Richard took the computer skills he learned from that position and eventually got a full-time position in the United States Army. Richard spent 39 years in the military and retired as a CW4 in 2005.

After breakfast out on Sunday mornings, Richard liked to “take a tour” of the latest construction projects in the county. He loved seeing the evolution of our cities and towns and the heavy machinery used to complete the projects. Dad also enjoyed sitting in his recliner with a dog in his lap, watching action movies and documentary-style television shows about how things are built or repaired.

Richard is survived by his wife, Janet, their children, Diane, Richard, Valerie (son-in-law Russ), Sharon and his sister Susan (sister-in-law Tammy). Richard was preceded in death by, his brother, his parents, grandparents, several aunts and uncles and numerous Boston Terriers.

In place of sending flowers, please donate to your favorite charity.

An evening visitation for Richard will be held Tuesday, March 12, 2024, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Wasatch Lawn Mortuary, 3401 S Highland Drive, Millcreek, Utah 84106. At Richard's request, cremation will follow at a later time.