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IDA, Mich. — Richard M. Barkenquast, a restaurant owner, assistant fire chief, and county emergency dispatcher who took his high-pressure duties in stride, died Aug. 14 in Regency Hospital, Sylvania. He was 69.

Mr. Barkenquast of Monroe County’s Ida Township had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lymphoma and suffered a stroke in 2012, his family said…