The obituary published Wednesday for H. Richard Littleton should have said that he died Feb. 16.
The Sun regrets the error.
H. Richard Littleton
Company founder
H. Richard Littleton, founder and former president of MHI Corrugating Machinery Co., died Friday after suffering a heart attack while vacationing on Sanibel Island, Fla. He was 67 and a resident of My Lady's Manor in Baltimore County.
In 1978, he founded MHI for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of
Tokyo, which has its North American, European and Australian headquarters at Hunt Valley. He stepped down as president last year but remained vice chairman.
He began his career with Westinghouse Electric Corp. in 1949. In 1956, he joined Samuel M. Langston Co., a manufacturer of machinery for making corrugated boxes in Camden, N.J. In 1972, he went to work for the Koppers Co. in Glen Arm.
Born and reared in Camden, he graduated from high school in 1944 and briefly attended the Drexel Institute of Technology before enlisting in the Army. He was discharged with the rank of sergeant in 1946.
He earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from Drexel in 1949, then studied at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
He was a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Baltimore Engineering Society and the Hunt Valley Golf Club.
He was a member of Chestnut Grove Presbyterian Church in Jacksonville.
Plans for a memorial service were incomplete.
He is survived by his wife of 45 years, the former Elizabeth Margaret Taylor; two sons, Mark Littleton of Columbia and Steven Littleton of Sparta, N.J.; a daughter, Rebecca Littleton Corbett of Baltimore; five granddaughters; and several nieces and nephews.
Memorial donations may be made to Chestnut Grove Presbyterian Church, 3701 Sweet Air Road, Phoenix 21131; or Drexel University, 32nd and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia 19104. Read A. McCaffrey, a lawyer who specialized in tax and probate law, died Saturday of complications from a brain tumor at Keswick. The Guilford resident was 82.
At the time of his death, he was president and director of the Milton M. Frank and Thomas B. Sprague Foundation Inc., and the Schluderberg Foundation Inc., private tax-exempt foundations that make grants to hospitals, schools and religious and other organizations.
PD He retired in 1992 after nearly 50 years with the Baltimore firm
Wright, Constable & Skeen.
He was born and reared in Baltimore and graduated from City College. In 1939, he graduated from the University of Baltimore law school.
He was a member of St. David's Episcopal Church, 4700 Roland Ave., where a memorial service was to be held at 1:30 p.m. today. A private burial with military honors will be held Friday at Arlington National Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife of 29 years, the former Wiladean Whetstone; two sons, Read K. McCaffrey of Baltimore and Robin H. McCaffrey of Dallas; two stepdaughters, Teri Dismukes of Houston and Paula House of College Station, Texas; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
R. Wilton Kreider Sr.
Budget analyst
R. Wilton Kreider Sr., a retired budget analyst at Aberdeen Proving Ground, died Monday of complications of Alzheimer's disease at Carroll County General Hospital in Westminster. The Perryville resident was 85.
He retired about 20 years ago as a civilian employee of the Army.
Graveside services were to be held at 2 p.m. today at Spesutia Cemetery in Perryman.
His wife, the former Esther Ansalvish, died in 1990. He is survived by a son, Robert W. Kreider Jr. of Sykesville; a daughter, Judith K. Baldwin of Hockessin, Del.; and three grandchildren.