Richard Walter Angert

He was born on December 23, 1931, in Hastings, Pennsylvania, to Walter Edwin Angert and Barbara (née Kelly) Angert. He graduated from Ebensburg High School in 1949 before earning a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Pennsylvania State University.

To his grandchildren, he was affectionately known as Pappap, Pop Pop, or Granddad. To friends and acquaintances, he was known as “Dick” or “DA”—names that reflected the special bond each shared with him.

Dick built a distinguished career spanning more than five decades in engineering, sales, and marketing. He began his professional journey with Wagner Electric Corporation, where he worked from 1953 to 1979 in a variety of sales and marketing positions in New Jersey, Buffalo, New York, and St. Louis, Missouri. He later joined Emerson Electric Corporation in St. Louis as a Staff Engineer, serving from 1980 to 1985. He then continued his career with Powercraft Corporation until its closure in 1989, after which he helped establish the Powerswitch Division of Normandy Machine Company in Troy, Missouri, where, to this day more than 50 people owe their livelihood to his efforts!

Among his proudest professional accomplishments was earning a United States patent for a Non-Cup Cutting Master Cylinder, a testament to his ingenuity and lifelong love of engineering.

Beyond his professional accomplishments, Dick was a man of deep faith who was actively involved in his church throughout his life. His faith was a guiding force, shaping the way he lived, served others, and cared for his family. He believed in living with humility, kindness, and integrity, and those values were evident in the example he set for those around him. Dick's greatest joy was his family. He was a devoted husband, loving father, and a proud grandfather and great-grandfather.

Dick is survived by his beloved wife, Anna (née Cleaver) Angert; his sisters, Helen Allemand, Mary Parana, Rosemary Burney, Barbara Jarkovsky, Patricia Shuler, and Roxanne Bennici; his children, Debra (James) Beasley, Mary Angert, Karen (Michael) Dvorsky, Charles Angert, and Kathleen (L. Mason) Osborn; his grandchildren, Erin Beasley, Christopher Beasley, Sara Dvorsky, Emily (Gabriel) Nelson, Claire (Michael) Case, Matthew (Ha) Dvorsky, and Neal (Alexa) Osborn; and his great-grandchildren, Sutton Case, Aurelia Nelson, and Sophia Osborn.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Walter and Barbara Angert, his beloved son, Richard Alan Angert – “Art”, and his siblings Paul Angert, Donald Angert, Elizabeth Duman, Elaine Vay, Margaret Kashuk and Martha Krofcheck.

Dick will be remembered not only for his intelligence and professional achievements, but also for his unwavering faith, quiet strength, generous heart, and enduring love for his family, Polka! … and ice cream!!

His legacy lives on in the lives he touched, the values he passed on, and the memories that will forever be cherished by those who knew and loved him.

Memorial service August 22 at St. Richard Catholic Church at 10 a.m.