LANCASTER: Richard Allan Schleiffer, age 90, passed away peacefully in Knoxville, TN on May 5, 2014 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease. "Dick" was born in Cleveland, Ohio on October 27, 1923, the only child of Lloyd L. and Elizabeth B. (Winnen) Schleiffer. He is survived by two sons, Scott Christopher and Candy (Nenn) of Algonquin (IL), and Keith Emory and Debbie (Erdevig) Schleiffer of Knoxville (TN); five grandchildren; and seven great grandchildren. Dick graduated from Thornton Township High School, Harvey, Illinois in 1942 and married Wilma Jean Smith in October. He enlisted in the Navy and served as a signalman with the First Naval Beach Battalion in Anzio, Salerno, and Sicily, Italy, fierce battles in WWII. Later divorced, he graduated from the American Television Institute of Technology in 1948 and began working for NBC Chicago live television. On January 1, 1954, Dick married Ethel Gertrude Warnken, loving wife of 42 years and raised two sons. Dick worked 29 years for Motorola Inc. as a technician installer serving in Chicago, Seattle, and abroad in Turkey. He was a 33rd Degree mason and Knights Templar member of the Masonic Lodge, Lancaster, Ohio; 50 year member of The Quarter Century Wireless Association; life member of the American Radio Relay League; member of First United Methodist Churches in Carpentersville (IL), Bellevue (WA) and Lancaster (OH). In 1998 he married Lois A. Sweeney Ramsey Hamman of Lancaster, Ohio. He will be remembered for his puns and easy-going nature. Dick enjoyed golfing, reading, ham radio and coffee. Dick will be laid to rest in Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland next to his beloved wife Ethel and her parents. Please make donations to Alzheimer's Association, P.O. Box 96011, Washington DC 20090. The family welcomes condolences via Guest Book at knoxnews.com. Published in the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette on May 11, 2014