Richard R. Wiss, who retired in 1972 as president of J. Wiss & Sons Co., shears and scissors manufacturer in Newark, died Saturday of a heart attack at the home of friends in Chatham, N.J. He was 61 years old and lived at 214 Channel Lane, Mantoloking, N.J.
Mr. Wiss, a graduate of Mercersburg Academy and Cornell University in 1936, was an Army major in Ordinance in World War II and had been a member of the executive committee of the American Hardware Manufacturers Association.
Surviving are his wife, the former Virginia Drake; a son, R. Garin Wiss; two daughters, Gail Heyer and Linda Trinkaus, two sisters, Ruth Ward and Mrs. Karl W. Corby, and six grandchildren.