- Date Of Birth: January 1, 1938
- Date Of Death: July 28, 2021
- State: Indiana
Richard “Dick” Nelson Effner, age 83, passed from this earth to his heavenly home on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 at Cobblestone Crossings Health Campus in Terre Haute. He was born January 1, 1938 in Terre Haute, Indiana to Ehrman and Marie Okes Effner. Richard was the youngest of their six children.
Richard graduated from Glenn High School in 1955. He married the love of his life, Barbara Duguid on August 29, 1958. They were married for 42 years.
Richard is survived by his three children, Chris (Lori) Effner of Terre Haute, Indiana, Melinda (Martin) London of Palm Harbor, Florida, and Jonathan (Lisa) Effner, of Cory, Indiana; four grandchildren, Haley London, Megan Effner, Elizabeth (Jimmy) Harden, and Nelson (Samantha) Effner; five great grandchildren, Corbin Harden, Maddie Harden, Sawyer Wallace, Samantha Wallace, and Sydney Wallace; granddaughter-in-law Laura Wallace; brother-in-law, Grover Allen of Dayton, Ohio, several nieces and nephews, and countless friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Ehrman and Marie Effner, his wife Barbara Effner, five siblings, Owen Effner, Evelyn Knecht, James Effner, USN Ret. Capt. Dorothy Effner, and Caroline Allen, and grandson Frankie Wallace.
