Richard Doty
January 22, 1934 – June 21, 2021
Richard (Dick) Doty was born in Lake City, Iowa, on Jan. 22, 1934, and peacefully passed away on June 21, 2021. He is survived by his loving wife Rosalyn (Lynn) of 65 years; by daughters, Sherry Schreck and Cynthia Bradford (Kyle); grandchildren Nicole and Corin Schreck, and Jeremy and Lexie Sokol; sister, Rosemary Eichorn (Ron); sister-in-law Marian Young; and two nieces and two nephews. He is predeceased by his brother, Ted Doty.
Dick graduated from Iowa State University and worked for 25 years as an instructor for IBM. During this time he taught on all continents, bringing the knowledge of computers to the world.
He was passionate about his many hobbies, which included sailing, canoeing, flying kites and star gazing. His major hobby was building model railroads. He was active in the Sun City Center Train Club, building HO and N gauge railroad layouts and exciting the children at open houses and Christmas. He also engineered a garden railroad in his back yard.
He spent his retirement years touring all 50 of the states, Mexico and Canada in an RV and seeing the world on many cruises.
Dick graduated from Iowa State University and worked for 25 years as an instructor for IBM. During this time he taught on all continents, bringing the knowledge of computers to the world.
He was passionate about his many hobbies, which included sailing, canoeing, flying kites and star gazing. His major hobby was building model railroads. He was active in the Sun City Center Train Club, building HO and N gauge railroad layouts and exciting the children at open houses and Christmas. He also engineered a garden railroad in his back yard.
He spent his retirement years touring all 50 of the states, Mexico and Canada in an RV and seeing the world on many cruises.