My husband Dick Mitchell was 49 and he had worked at General Motors in Wilmington for 30 years. He had just retired in April.

He loved to go fishing on his boat and the family often went with him. He was a dedicated fan of Dale Earnheart who died just 2 months after my husband died.

He also loved the Pittsburg Steelers and Lynard Synard. At his service we played the song, Freebird in his memory. He loved our children so much. When I met him 4 years ago, all his children were grown and he took mine under his care and loved them so much.

Dick and J.P and Matt did so much together. He loved being a pop-pop to little Donnie. He was a responsible and dedicated husband and father.

During the housefire, he died trying to save J.P. Matt, Shannon and little Donnie, he could have gone out the window with me but instead, he stayed in the burning house to save our children.

He reached my son J.P. and they were found together trying to reach the window to get out.

He will always be remembered as a hero to me because he gave up his life to try to save the children.

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