Richard C. Perschmann, 87, of Coal Valley, died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, in an automobile accident near DeWitt, Iowa.
Services are 11 a.m. Monday in the Celebration of Life Chapel at Trimble Funeral and Cremation Center, Coal Valley. Burial is at National Cemetery, Arsenal Island, where Moline American Legion Post No. 246 will present military honors. Visitation is one hour before the services. Memorials may be made to Honor Flight of the Quad Cities, with which he participated in May.
Richard Charles Perschmann was born Nov. 25, 1921, in Minneapolis, Minn., the son of Enslen Carl and Lillian Corrine Franzen Perschmann. A proud veteran, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II and died on Veterans Day.
Richard was a longtime sports announcer, writer and promoter. He did sports broadcasting throughout the country using the name Dick Charles. He was active in the American Basketball Association and designed the first manual scoreboard, and was commissioner of the National Bowling League for many years. He was an avid bridge player, and played in tournaments throughout the country, earning the title "Ace of Spades." He was a member of the American Legion and enjoyed casinos.
Dick is survived by five children, Rick Abelson, Plymouth, Minn., Gary Perschmann and his wife, Cindy, Coal Valley, Bill Perschmann, Beaumont, Texas, Kim Baron and her husband, Steve, Burlington, Conn., and Rebel Bowling, Tampa, Fla.; 18 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and a special friend, Eva Fuglsang, DeWitt. He was preceded in death by two sons, Randy Perschmann and Paul Perschmann, a professional wrestler known as Playboy Buddy Rose; and a brother, Robert Perschmann.
(Rock Island Argus, Nov. 12, 2009)
Services are 11 a.m. Monday in the Celebration of Life Chapel at Trimble Funeral and Cremation Center, Coal Valley. Burial is at National Cemetery, Arsenal Island, where Moline American Legion Post No. 246 will present military honors. Visitation is one hour before the services. Memorials may be made to Honor Flight of the Quad Cities, with which he participated in May.
Richard Charles Perschmann was born Nov. 25, 1921, in Minneapolis, Minn., the son of Enslen Carl and Lillian Corrine Franzen Perschmann. A proud veteran, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II and died on Veterans Day.
Richard was a longtime sports announcer, writer and promoter. He did sports broadcasting throughout the country using the name Dick Charles. He was active in the American Basketball Association and designed the first manual scoreboard, and was commissioner of the National Bowling League for many years. He was an avid bridge player, and played in tournaments throughout the country, earning the title "Ace of Spades." He was a member of the American Legion and enjoyed casinos.
Dick is survived by five children, Rick Abelson, Plymouth, Minn., Gary Perschmann and his wife, Cindy, Coal Valley, Bill Perschmann, Beaumont, Texas, Kim Baron and her husband, Steve, Burlington, Conn., and Rebel Bowling, Tampa, Fla.; 18 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and a special friend, Eva Fuglsang, DeWitt. He was preceded in death by two sons, Randy Perschmann and Paul Perschmann, a professional wrestler known as Playboy Buddy Rose; and a brother, Robert Perschmann.
(Rock Island Argus, Nov. 12, 2009)
Richard C. Perschmann, 87, of Coal Valley, died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, in an automobile accident near DeWitt, Iowa.
Services are 11 a.m. Monday in the Celebration of Life Chapel at Trimble Funeral and Cremation Center, Coal Valley. Burial is at National Cemetery, Arsenal Island, where Moline American Legion Post No. 246 will present military honors. Visitation is one hour before the services. Memorials may be made to Honor Flight of the Quad Cities, with which he participated in May.
Richard Charles Perschmann was born Nov. 25, 1921, in Minneapolis, Minn., the son of Enslen Carl and Lillian Corrine Franzen Perschmann. A proud veteran, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II and died on Veterans Day.
Richard was a longtime sports announcer, writer and promoter. He did sports broadcasting throughout the country using the name Dick Charles. He was active in the American Basketball Association and designed the first manual scoreboard, and was commissioner of the National Bowling League for many years. He was an avid bridge player, and played in tournaments throughout the country, earning the title "Ace of Spades." He was a member of the American Legion and enjoyed casinos.
Dick is survived by five children, Rick Abelson, Plymouth, Minn., Gary Perschmann and his wife, Cindy, Coal Valley, Bill Perschmann, Beaumont, Texas, Kim Baron and her husband, Steve, Burlington, Conn., and Rebel Bowling, Tampa, Fla.; 18 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and a special friend, Eva Fuglsang, DeWitt. He was preceded in death by two sons, Randy Perschmann and Paul Perschmann, a professional wrestler known as Playboy Buddy Rose; and a brother, Robert Perschmann.
(Rock Island Argus, Nov. 12, 2009)
Services are 11 a.m. Monday in the Celebration of Life Chapel at Trimble Funeral and Cremation Center, Coal Valley. Burial is at National Cemetery, Arsenal Island, where Moline American Legion Post No. 246 will present military honors. Visitation is one hour before the services. Memorials may be made to Honor Flight of the Quad Cities, with which he participated in May.
Richard Charles Perschmann was born Nov. 25, 1921, in Minneapolis, Minn., the son of Enslen Carl and Lillian Corrine Franzen Perschmann. A proud veteran, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II and died on Veterans Day.
Richard was a longtime sports announcer, writer and promoter. He did sports broadcasting throughout the country using the name Dick Charles. He was active in the American Basketball Association and designed the first manual scoreboard, and was commissioner of the National Bowling League for many years. He was an avid bridge player, and played in tournaments throughout the country, earning the title "Ace of Spades." He was a member of the American Legion and enjoyed casinos.
Dick is survived by five children, Rick Abelson, Plymouth, Minn., Gary Perschmann and his wife, Cindy, Coal Valley, Bill Perschmann, Beaumont, Texas, Kim Baron and her husband, Steve, Burlington, Conn., and Rebel Bowling, Tampa, Fla.; 18 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and a special friend, Eva Fuglsang, DeWitt. He was preceded in death by two sons, Randy Perschmann and Paul Perschmann, a professional wrestler known as Playboy Buddy Rose; and a brother, Robert Perschmann.
(Rock Island Argus, Nov. 12, 2009)
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