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10 Dec 1988 card from Mary Louise Maule
The Bismarck Tribune April 9, 1998, Thursday,

                   Copyright 1998 The Bismarck Tribune,
                   a division of Lee Enterprises, Inc.
                           The Bismarck Tribune

                  April 9, 1998, Thursday, METRO EDITION

SECTION: Pg. 11A

LENGTH: 2289 words

HEADLINE: OBITUARIES

BODY:
Richard Timmins

Dr. Richard H. Timmins, 74, Bismarck, died April 7, 1998, in a Bismarck
hospital. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian
Church, Bismarck, with the Revs. Dr. Jack Seville, Dr. Larry L. Hickle, Dr.
Tyra Talley and Arabella Meadows-Rogers officiating. Burial will be in
Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Ottumwa, Iowa.

Visitation will be from 3-9 p.m. Friday at Bismarck Funeral Home, and will
continue at the church one hour before services.

Dr. Richard H. Timmins was born Jan. 24, 1924, in Ottumwa, to Mr. and Mrs.
Isaiah P. Timmins. He graduated from Ottumwa High School in 1941 and
entered the University of Iowa at Iowa City. His college work was
interrupted by World War II, but he returned to the university after the
war and received his bachelors degree. Later he earned a masters degree at
Iowa, and went on to receive a doctorate from Columbia University in New
York City. In his military life he served both as an enlisted man and an
officer, and was stationed in the United States, South Pacific and Europe.
He held various positions in governmental activities, education
institutions and foundations. In World War II he helped develop the first
Special Service Forces which are now known as Special Forces or Rangers.
After the war he lived in Germany and Austria and worked in support of the
United States High Commission for Austria. Returning to the United States,
he entered work related to higher education serving in several posts,
including the presidency of Huron College and Western States College. From
1979 to 1996 he was president of the North Dakota Community Foundation in
Bismarck.

He held appointed or elected offices in several state and national
organizations including, among others, chairman of the board of the College
of Mid-America, president of South Dakota Association of Private Colleges,
president of SDEA, Department of Higher Education, a member of the advisory
board of Springwall Education and Research Trust, a member of the N.A.I.A.
President's Advisory Committee, and member of the Advisory Committee on
Higher Education of the Midwestern Conference of the Council of State
Governments. In 1973 the Trustees of Huron College named a new building,
the Timmins Fine Arts Center, in his honor. He was honored further by
election to Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Delta Chi, Kappa Tau Alpha, Phi Delta
Kappa and Pi Gamma Mu. He was a frequent contributor to professional books
and periodicals. He was chosen for inclusion in Who's Who in America, Who's
Who in the World, Who's Who in Religion, Who's Who in the Midwest, Who's
Who in American College and University Administration, Who's Who in
Education and Who's Who in Public Relations.

Dr. Timmins was appointed by the Secretary of Defense as the North Dakota
Chairman for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve in March of 1997. He
was recognized for his countless hours of service as members of the Guard
and Reserve responded to the worst natural disasters in North Dakota's
history.

His travels, on business and pleasure, have taken him to Europe, the
British Isles, the Middle East, Africa, China, Japan, the Philippines, the
South Pacific, the islands of the Caribbean, the Azores, Mexico, Canada, to
some of the U.S. possessions or protectorates overseas, and all 50 states.

An Air Force veteran of World War II, he was a member of the American
Legion and held life memberships in the Air Force Association, the Reserve
Officers Association, the Retired Officers and the Military Order of the
World Wars.

Memberships were also held in the Shriners, the Elks, the Order of
Lafayette, the Aviation Hall of Fame, and the Rotary including designation
as a Paul Harris Fellow.

Dr. Timmins was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Bismarck. He was
an ordained elder, serving as a commissioned Lay Pastor. He was very active
in the church, serving on several committees with a special interest in
endowments and memorials. He was currently serving as the vice-moderator of
the Presbytery of the Northern Plains.

He is survived by his wife, Mischelle; one daughter, Christene Mitchell,
San Angelo, Texas; one son, Sam Mitchell, Seattle; an aunt, Lola Timmins,
Ottumwa; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Dee and Kelly Talley,
Milwaukee, Wis., Arlin and Carolyn Talley, and Doug and Chris Talley, all
of Coleraine, Minn.; his parents-in-law, Tyra and Janette Talley, Grand
Rapids, Minn.; and several cousins.

He was preceded in death by a wife, Jean Ardelle; and a daughter, Cynthia
Timmins Maule.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the Richard H. Timmins Fund
at North Dakota Community Foundation.


Marriage To ----- Mischelle ()
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Children by ----- Mischelle 
TIMMINS Cynthia (26 Apr 1949 - 26 Jan 1994)

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