Richard E. French, 85, of Silver Lake, Ind., died at 10:15 p.m. Thursday, July 26, 2012, at his residence. He was born May 28, 1927, in Howard County to Charley and Mamie Gearheart French. On May 10, 1947, at the Silver Creek Church of God, Silver Lake, he married Donna Belle Bucher French. He retired in …read more.