{"id":63342,"date":"2026-04-17T20:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/63342\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T20:25:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:25:00","slug":"richard-michael-mike-dent-70-west-stockholm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/63342\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Michael “Mike” Dent, 70, West Stockholm"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WEST STOCKHOLM — Richard Michael \u201cMike\u201d Dent, 70, of West Stockholm, died on Wednesday, April 25, 2026, at the Canton-Potsdam Hospital after being stricken ill at home. <\/p>\n

Mike was born August 18, 1955, in Bradford, PA, a son of the late Richard L. and Norma Jean (Jamison) Dent.<\/p>\n

Mike graduated from Hemon-DeKalb Central School and from Canton ATC with an electrical engineering degree.<\/p>\n

He worked for and retired from Spectrum after several dedicated years. <\/p>\n

Mike enjoyed roller skating, ping pong, foosball, wrestling, rifle club and was a car enthusiast and dedicated to watching the Mecum Auctions. He always enjoyed visits with his lifelong friend Kermit and going to the casino. <\/p>\n

He is survived by six siblings, Bonnie (John) Friot, Sally (Marshall) Noble, John Dent, Esther (Ronald) Dana, Pamela Dent and Ronald (Becky) Dent, 16 nieces and nephews, 24 great-nieces and nephews and many cousins. <\/p>\n

In addition to his parents, Richard and Norma Jean, he was predeceased by nephews Aaron, Bryan and Joseph Dent, great niece, Sophia Dana and sister-in-law, Christina Dent. <\/p>\n

Calling hours for Mike will be held on Thursday, April 23, 2026, from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm at the O\u2019Leary Funeral Home, Canton, followed by a funeral service at 2:00 pm.<\/p>\n

Burial in the Fairview Cemetery will follow the service. <\/p>\n

Memories and condolences may be shared by visiting his memorial page at www.olearyfuneralservice.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Arrangements for Richard Michael Dent are under the care of the O\u2019Leary Funeral Service of Canton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WEST STOCKHOLM — Richard Michael \u201cMike\u201d Dent, 70, of West Stockholm, died on Wednesday, April 25, 2026, at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63343,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[8755,8754,8764,8765,8748,8766,8760,8751,8761,8750,1453,8752,8749,8747,8762,8753,8763,8767,131,8769,8768,132,8758,8759,8757,8756],"class_list":{"0":"post-63342","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-stockholm","8":"tag-adirondack-foothills","9":"tag-adirondacks","10":"tag-alcoa","11":"tag-arconic","12":"tag-canton","13":"tag-clarkson-university","14":"tag-fishing","15":"tag-gouverneur","16":"tag-hunting","17":"tag-massena","18":"tag-new-york","19":"tag-north-country","20":"tag-ogdensburg","21":"tag-potsdam","22":"tag-snowmobiling","23":"tag-st-lawrence-county","24":"tag-st-lawrence-seaway","25":"tag-st-lawrence-university","26":"tag-stockholm","27":"tag-suny-canton","28":"tag-suny-potsdam","29":"tag-sweden","30":"tag-village-of-canton","31":"tag-village-of-massena","32":"tag-village-of-norwood","33":"tag-village-of-potsdam"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116421926945519257","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}