Richard D. Schaadt, 91, of Fellowship Community, Whitehall, died on Jan. 13, 2020, at Above and Beyond at the Knights, Allentown.

He and his wife Nancy J. (Nagey) Schaadt were married 54 years.

Born May 29, 1928, in South Whitehall Township, he was the son of the late Monroe H. and Margaret (Wetherhold) Schaadt.

A graduate of the former South Whitehall High School, now Parkland, he was captain of the league winning Trojan basketball team in his senior year.

Following graduation from Muhlenberg College in 1951 he immediately entered the U.S. Army.

He faithfully and honorably served in the Army Security Agency in Korea until his discharge in 1953.

After his Army service, he began his banking career with the First National Bank of Allentown, which subsequently merged with Meridian Bank.

He earned a Master’s degree at the Stonier School of Banking, Rutgers University.

He retired in 1990 as a vice president in the mortgage loan administration.

He was a member of the Trojan Alumni Varsity Club where he served as treasurer for 35 years, and of Jordan Evangelical Lutheran Church, Orefield, where he sang with the choir.

Throughout his life, he sang with numerous choirs and enthusiastically supported classical music in the Lehigh Valley.

An avid fisherman, he was a supporter of environmental causes, and a lover of all animals.

In addition to his loving wife, he is survived by daughters Jennifer C. Schaadt of Bluffton, S.C., Susan E. Youngs and her husband. Christopher, of Coopersburg, Amy K. Readshaw and her husband, Harry. of Coraopolis; son Richard D. Schaadt and his wife, Anne Ozolins, of Brandywine, Md.; brother Dalton M. Schaadt; grandchildren Amanda and Katie Youngs, Elizabeth, Frances and Harrison Readshaw, and Sophie and Richard Schaadt, and his beloved cat Sir William of Whitehall.

His memorial service will be 11 a.m. Jan. 27 in the Zentz Community Center at Fellowship Community, 3000 Fellowship Drive, Whitehall.

Expressions of sympathy may be made at heintzelmancares.com.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Forgotten Felines and Fidos, Inc. c/o the funeral home P.O. Box 196 Schnecksville, PA 18078-0196.

Arrangements were made by Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Schnecksville.