- Date Of Birth: September 27, 1934
- Date Of Death: May 1, 2019
- State: Michigan
Richard H. (Dick) McCreadie, age 84 of Midland, passed away on Wednesday May 1, 2019 at his residence. The son of the late John and Mary (Sasse) McCreadie was born at the family home on W. Main Street in Midland on September 27, 1934. He was raised in Midland and graduated from Midland High School in 1952.
Dick entered the U.S. Army in 1954 and served with the 4th Signal Group a part of U.S. Army Headquarters Europe in Heidelberg, Germany thru 1956. In 1958 two years after returning to Midland he opened his own business on S. Saginaw road in Midland. He remained in business at this location until his death. In 1968 he was elected to the Midland City council and served thru 1975. He was always proud of the Midland park system and during his first term the council set the policy to buy all the homes on the west side of the river which flooded every year. Today many people enjoy the park land that is there.
To protect the parks Dick wrote the first pencil idea of a change to the city charter to require a vote of the citizens to change the use or sale of a park. This charter change was the result of discussions with many of Dick’s friends. In1995 Dick warned the City Council at three public meetings they couldn’t put a road thru Emerson Park. The city proceeded with plans to put the road in. Dick along with a few good friends filed suit in Circuit Court against the city manager and city council and the road wasn’t put in. He hoped that there will be citizens in the future that would do the same thing to protect the parks.
Dick was preceded in death by his parents, brothers, John McCreadie, Robert McCreadie and sisters Elizabeth Norton and Margaret J. Black.
Dick leaves very good friends Mike and Sue Vezina and their daughter Allison. Dick called Allie his girlfriend from the day she was born. Mike worked with Dick in the business since 1984 and he will continue the business.
