October 12, 1925
November 9, 2019
Dick, as he was known to his family and friends, a longtime resident of Pasadena, passed away Saturday, November 9. He was 94. Dick was born in Los Angeles on October 12, 1925 to Thornton H. Hamlin Sr. and Mabel Patten Hamlin. Dick attended Pasadena elementary and middle schools and San Marino-South Pasadena High School. He served in the United States Navy as a Seabee in the Pacific during World War II. After returning to civilian life, Dick attended the University of Michigan, where he earned a B. Sc. in Wood Technology and an MBA.
While in Michigan, Dick met Vera Sedlar. They married in 1955 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Dick and Vera lived most of their lives together in Pasadena and raised two sons before Vera passed away in 1988. Dick and Susan Dixon met at a San Marino-South Pasadena High School reunion. Susan had three children from her marriage to Lloyd A. Dixon, Jr., who had passed away in 1979. Dick and Susan were married in 1990. They enjoyed travel, golf, and their new extended family until her passing in 2011.
Dick is survived by children Greg and Karen Hamlin of Arcadia, and Ryan and Sarah Hamlin of South Pasadena; stepchildren, Lloyd and Elizabeth Dixon of Culver City, Leslie Dixon of Mill Valley, and Jeff and Liz Dixon of San Marino; grandchildren Nolan Hamlin, Nick Hamlin, David Hamlin, Anouska Hamlin (Adam Hurst), Natasha Hamlin, Samuel Dixon, Wesley Dixon, William Dixon, James Dixon and Katharine Dixon; and great-grandson, Aedan Hamlin-Hurst. Dick was preceded in death by his parents; his sister Mary May Azary; and his brother, Thornton Huntington Hamlin Jr. A memorial service was held Friday November 22 at Mountain View Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations in Dick’s memory be made to Villa Esperanza or CEC/Seabee Historical Society.
