Richard L. Fedell 82 of Rapid City passed away Saturday, June 18, 2005 at Rapid City, SD. Dick was born January 11, 1923, in Frontenac, KS, son of Neva and Charles Fedell. He grew up and attended grade and high school in Frontenac. As a boy he worked in the drug store owned and operated by his mother and father. During World War II he served as a pilot of a four engine B-24 heavy bomber where he flew 29 missions with the 15th Air Force based in Italy. After the war Dick attended college and graduated with an engineering degree from Kansas State University at Manhattan, KS. Later, while he was employed as an oil filed engineer, he met Peggy Belin. They were married June 16, 1951, in Smackover, AR. Peggy and Dick lived in Casper, WY for a year where Dick continued to work in the oil filed. After that they moved to Baxter Springs, KS, where Dick was employed by Spencer Chemical Company. It was there, nine years after the end of WWII, that Dick contracted polio. After that they moved to Ft. Collins, CO where he was employed as an engineering instructor at Colorado State University. By that time they had three children, Susan, Sherry, and David. They then moved to Madison, WI, where Dick obtained a graduate engineering degree that would permit him to make a career of teaching engineering. The family moved to Rapid City, SD where Dick taught in the Civil Engineering Department at SD School of Mines & Technology for 28 years. He retired in 1988 Dick was a member of Rapid City YMCA where he swam regularly to stay in shape. He was also a member of First United Methodist Church, American Society of Civil Engineers, and American Legion. Dicks children are grateful to their father for embodying the values of integrity, optimism, compassion, humility, and reason. He was preceded in death by his parents and older brother, Robert. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Peggy. Also by his brother, Jack Fedell, and his sister, Lavonne Macheers. He will be lovingly remembered by his children and their families: Sherry and Mike Little, and daughter Kayla (Sioux Falls); David Fedell and Ellen McDearmont, and children Tyler, Dylan, Nick and Cara (Northglenn, CO); and Susan Fedell and Dan McFarland, and children Chris and Brianna (Rapid City). Private family inurnment will be held a Black Hills National Cemetery at a later date. Arrangements have been entrusted with Carlsen & Aldinger Funeral Home of Sturgis.