Richard (Dick) Allen Irwin was born May 10, 1948, to Dale and Erlene Irwin in Warsaw. He has an older brother Don (also a Vietnam veteran) and three younger siblings Peggy, Keith and Nancy. The family was raised in and around Atwood, when the kids were growing up.

The family will receive friends for a time of visitation from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19, at United Pentecostal Church of Bourbon. A service to celebrate Richard’s’s life will be held immediately following the visitation with Pastor Matthew and Bishop Mark Cottrill officiating. Burial will take place in Etna Green Cemetery, Etna Green, Indiana with military honors.