Richard Samsel

Richard E. Samsel, 82, of Perkasie, died Sat. Dec. 23 in Phoebe Richland Health Care Center. He was the loving husband of Deborah (Hance) Samsel for the past 58 years. Born in Quakertown, he was the son of the late Ernest M. and Helen (Keshanech) Samsel. He graduated from Quakertown High School, Class of 1953 and served in the PA Army National Guard, Headquarters Co., Sellersville. Dick drove truck for many years for numerous companies including the former Landis Meat Co., Quakertown, former Valley Explosives, Allentown, and Former Atlas Overhead Door Co., Quakertown. A lifetime railroad enthusiast, he was a member of the local Anthracite Railway Historical Society, the National Railway Historical Society, and was instrumental in the early phases of restoring the former Quakertown train station with the Quakertown Train Station Historical Society. He was a member of Quakertown Lodge #512 F.&A.M., the Lehigh Consistory, and the Rajah Temple, Reading. Surviving with his wife, son Jeffrey M., wife Kim of Nazareth and grandsons Daimler, Owen, & Thomas. A memorial service will be held 11 am Fri. Dec. 29 in the Naugle Funeral & Cremation Service 135 W. Pumping Station Rd., Quakertown with a calling hour preceding from 10 - 11 am. Interment will be in St. Paul's Cemetery, Red Hill. Memorial contributions may be made to the Quakertown Train Station Historical Society, 15 Front St., Quakertown, PA 18951.