- Date Of Birth: February 13, 1921
- Date Of Death: September 11, 2012
- State: Connecticut
Dr. Richard A. Ern, 91, of Southbury, passed away on September 11, 2012 at Danbury Hospital after a short illness. Richard was born in New York City to August Frederick Ern and Louise Schaefer Ern on February 13, 1921 and married Frances Prosser of Goshen, NY in 1950. During WWII he worked for Pratt & Whitney in their Glider plant in Deep River CT and later served in the US Army Air Corps as a gunnery instructor. He subsequently went to Europe as part of the United States Strategic and Tactical Air Forces, employing his knowledge of German in the translation of captured German documents. Upon discharge from the army he resumed his undergraduate studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and later studied Dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania. He then worked in private dental practice in Scarsdale, NY for over 30 years before retiring to Charlottesville, VA and then Southbury, CT. As an avid traveler and photographer, Richard traversed North America with his wife Frances in an RV. Just before he became ill, he had taken a trip to Germany with his wife and elder son’s family. Richard is survived by his wife Frances, sons Carl, Eric, and daughter Alyssa, their spouses and six grandchildren.
