Richard Leslie Dana 1946-2022 ….
Richard Leslie Dana
1946-2022
Richard Leslie Dana, born May 29,1946, in Taft, California, passed on Oct. 18, 2022 in Los Alamitos.
The son of Leslie Ramon Dana lr. and Maxine Lucille Klieby, Richard attended La Mirada High School, graduating in 1964. He married Sandra K. Belles on Feb. 8, 1969, at the St. lohn of God Catholic Church in Norwalk, California, and later attended Cal Poly Pomona College, where he graduated in 1978.
He worked as a computer programmer and senior programer analyst for Hunt Wesson Foods in Fullerton and later Unified Western Grocers in Commerce, California.
He loved his family and going to many events such as graduations, football, basketball and baseball games, swimming events, and gymnastics.
He had recently been involved in a Bible study at St. loseph in Long Beach, RICA, Confirmation, and the Long Beach Human Trafficking Task Force. His clubs in Leisure World included the Rollin’ Thunder Golf Cart Club and the Astronomy Club. He also enj oyed swimming and walking his dog Minnie.
Richard is survived by his spouse, Sandra; children leanie Marie, lamie Lynn and loseph Leslie Dana; grandchildren Brett, Troy, Kyle, Raymond, Zachary, Iordan, Elijah, Hallie, Selah and Caleb; great-grandchild Ocean Dana; and siblings Margaret and Sharon.
