Floyd "Dick" Richard Hamlin Obituary

FLOYD "DICK" RICHARD HAMLIN, 88, of Baxter, died March 8, 2023. He was born Nov. 3, 1934 in St. Cloud to Floyd and Evelyn Hamlin  and was the youngest of three boys. After graduating from St. Cloud Tech High School, Dick joined the U.S. Navy as a Sonar Tech and later went on to graduate from Mankato State University. Anyone who knew Dick knows he was a born salesman. He had successful sales careers with Revlon, Yellow Pages and later his used car lot. Dick was the life of the party and enjoyed spending time with family and friends. He always had a grand story or two (or three or four) to share. Dick was preceded in death by his parents Floyd and Evelyn and his two brothers, Bob and Don. Dick is survived by his wife, Maria, his two children, Tom (Kathy) Hamlin of Nisswa and Tina (Ivan) Hamlin of Port St. Lucie, FL; three stepdaughters: Loethers Hirsch, Silvia Bravo and Maria Acosta; eight grandchildren, Kandice, Samantha, Peyton, Kasey, Kristina, Jonathan, Natalie and Keith and two great-grandchildren. Visitation will be Thursday, April 20 from  1 to 4 p.m. at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery, Little Falls. A Military burial will be Friday, April 21 at 2 p.m. with a Celebration of Life immediately following at Brainerd American Legion from 3 to 5 p.m.