February 1, 1935 - January 2, 2021
Janesville, WI - Janesville native, Richard T. Kingsley, died while under the care of Agrace Hospice shortly after midnight on Saturday, January 2, 2021. He was one month shy of his 86th birthday. Although he survived two bouts of cancer, he could not overcome complications of a long undiagnosed lung condition, which was not covid-related.
Richard was born on February 1, 1935, the third and youngest son of Robert Kingsley and Alice (Finnegan). He was raised, along with his two older brothers, Donald and Robert Jr., on Chatham Street where his parents remained until their waning years his mother baking pies in the kitchen while his father sat next to the radio, listening to the Chicago Cubs on WGN radio with a can of Blatz beer in one hand and a cigarette in the other. During baseball season, Richard (Dick to his friends) would often race home from school or one of his many summer jobs to spend afternoons with his dad, listening to announcers Vin