Sennett, Richard

A. Richard “Dick” Sennett, 87, of Pinehurst, passed Wednesday February 16, 2011 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Mr. Sennett was born May 14, 1923 in the beautiful Adirondack Village of Saranac Lake, NY; to the late Allan Richard Sennett, Sr. and Mildred Mary Morgan Sennett Dick spent his childhood years in Saranac Lake where he graduated from Saranac Lake High School earning two athletic scholarships that launched his college dreams. Years later Dick was honored by an induction into the Saranac Lake Sports Hall of Fame for basketball, football, and baseball. After serving his country in the US Airforce, Dick graduated from Clarkson University in 1947. He was a member of Lamba Iota Fraternity. Dick and his bride Donna married on February 8, 1969. They lived in Syracuse, NY; and Wilmington, MA; where dick worked thirty three years for General Electric. Dick and Donna retired to Pinehurst in 1988 and enjoyed twenty three wonderful years of golf, travel, and friendship. Dick was a member of the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church and the Pinehurst Country Club where he managed to shoot his age at eighty years old, winning the Tin Whistle Tournament. He is survived by his wife of forty two years Donna H. Sennett. Two daughters, Karen Young and husband Chip of Naples FL; and also of Fayetteville, NY; Barbara Keller and husband Larry of Ventura, CA; four grandchildren, Trevor Young and wife Sharon of Rochester, NY; Taylor Brown and husband Adam of Manlius, NY; Lauren O‘Neil and husband Dylan of Torrance, CA; and Hayley McEachen and Fiancé Chad Carty of Santa Barbara, CA; six great-grandchildren, Anna Young, Allison Young, Avery Young, Sawyer Brown, Hudson Sennett Brown, Eleanor O‘Neil. A Funeral Mass will be held 10AM, Wednesday February 23, 2011at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Pinehurst with the Rev. James M. Labosky officiating. Rite of Committal will be at a later date. In lieu of flowers memorial donations can be made in memory of A. Richard “Dick” Sennett to the Tin Whistle‘s Educational And Research Foundation, INC. at 300 Highway 5 South Suite 4 Pinehurst, NC 28374