Dick Ober died April 13, 2013, in Baltimore, where he lived all his life. At the time of his death he was living at Blakehurst, a retirement community.
Dick graduated from Gilman School. At Princeton he majored in economics and was on the varsity wrestling team, varsity lightweight crew, and intercollegiate dinghy racing team.
Dick graduated from Harvard Law School and served four years in the Army Air Force, attaining the rank of colonel. He began his legal career with Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. He was named general counsel of the Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland, where he became senior vice president and secretary. He was a director of the Maryland Insurance Guaranty Fund, a member of the American and Maryland bar associations, and chairman of various Maryland Chamber of Commerce committees.
Dick held leadership positions with the United Way of Maryland and was on the executive council of the Baltimore Area Boy Scouts. He was an avid sailor, hunter, and fisherman and had an interest in canoeing and gardening.
Caroline Fischer Gary, Dick’s wife of 69 years, died in 2011. He is survived by their children, Douglas, Charles, and Richard; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. We express our deepest sympathy to them all.