Born in Freedom, Pennsylvania to George and Mary (nee Patterson), Richard spent 12 years attending Girard College and proudly graduated in 1944. Richard believed that Girard shaped the person he became and was actively involved in the Alumni Association for his entire life. After his military service, Richard opened his own restaurant and went on to have a long career in the restaurant industry. Retirement didn’t slow him down and he continued to work at Five Ponds Golf Course--a perfect marriage of work and his passion for golf.
Richard was on the vanguard in many ways. A technical man before his time, he was online banking in 1984 on his Apple 2e, long before it was a thing. His move to Warminster sparked in him and Alyce a love of gardening that was less garden and more gentleman’s farm. Richard did everything well.
Above all else, though, was his love of family. Richard somehow found a way to give each of his children the relationship they needed. He always wanted to know what his children and grandchildren were up to and babysat his grandchildren well into his eighties.
If it was four o’clock, you could always find Richard partaking in one of his life’s joys--sipping a manhattan.
Richard is survived by his loving children Richard Luce, Jr. (Eva), Jacqueline Eagle (Tom), and Greg Luce (Kristin Keiser) and grandchildren: Christopher Luce (Michele), Martin Luce (Sophia), Theresa Harris (Stephen), Leah and Jacob Eagle, and Henry and Benjamin Luce. He is also survived by great grandchildren: Meghan, Kaitlin, and Nicholas Luce, and Olivia and Matthew Harris. Also surviving are his sister, Doris Jacobson, brother, Jack O’Donnell, and his devoted companion, Carmella (Mel) Gorgol and many loving nieces and nephews. The family offers a special thank you to caregiver, Michael Mita, who enhanced the last months of Richard’s life.
The family will receive visitors beginning at 10am, Saturday October 6, 2018 with a memorial service at 11am, at the Wm. Rowen Grant Funeral Home, 659 Street Road, Southampton, PA. 18966. Interment will be private.
Family requests donations in place of flowers, in Richard’s memory, be made to the Girard College, https://www.girardcollege.edu/support-us/donate.
