Share a memory of Richard
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More condolences from Ottawa from Mel’s sister Candy, husband Gord and family. We always looked forward to Richard’s company and stories on visits to TO and have been fans of his artwork for quite a while. He lives on everyday for us through his vibrant Costa Rica landscape which adorns our hearth.
I had the pleasure of working with Richard at St Charles Manor for the last 2 and a bit years. He was always smiling, loved a good joke (or a bad dad joke!). I remember telling him this joke my 8 yr old daughter told me and his laughter still fills my soul. ?
Where do bad rainbows go?
Prism
You are so very missed Richard!
Love Sarah and your St Charles Family
Where do bad rainbows go?
Prism
You are so very missed Richard!
Love Sarah and your St Charles Family
Richard was a wonderful friend and long-time neighbour. Mel and I will miss him greatly but we also take comfort in all the memories, going back nearly 40 years to when we moved into Lotus Co-op in Toronto and discovered Richard and Anita as our new next-door neighbours! Cooking meals and drinking wine together, road trips, fishing for bass and pike and perch in southern Ontario, visits in Victoria after he moved, and of course so many classic stories which always began with "I'll never forget ..." Although born in the US Richard would often say about Canada, for example when free public transit for a disable person arrived for one of our neighbours, "It's an f...... good country".
In the beginning, Anita and I were principals in the same school board and became fast friends as well as professional colleagues. When it was getting to be time for our husbands to meet, we were very concerned. What if they did not like each other, or get along? That would put a serious crimp in our relationship.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Richard and my late husband Jim very much enjoyed each other's company, and the four of us spent many good times together, including joining them for a weekend at Tanglewood, and many evenings of dinner followed by card playing and eating pounds of Bridge Mix and other delights!
We purchased 2 of Richard's paintings, and our children gave us a third for our 25th anniversary twenty years ago. These three pieces bring back so many happy memories of our times together.
I missed Richard very much when he left Toronto, but so glad that he found happiness and joy in the west.
Sincere condolences to Sheleena. We have all lost a truly wonderful man.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Richard and my late husband Jim very much enjoyed each other's company, and the four of us spent many good times together, including joining them for a weekend at Tanglewood, and many evenings of dinner followed by card playing and eating pounds of Bridge Mix and other delights!
We purchased 2 of Richard's paintings, and our children gave us a third for our 25th anniversary twenty years ago. These three pieces bring back so many happy memories of our times together.
I missed Richard very much when he left Toronto, but so glad that he found happiness and joy in the west.
Sincere condolences to Sheleena. We have all lost a truly wonderful man.
My condolences Sheleena.
Richard was loud-he was quiet-he was thoughtful- he was funny -he was hilarious-he was smart- he was witty-he was talented-he had empathy-he was good at cooking, conversation, catching bass, listening and all those things that one could possibly want in a friend and companion.
Yeah! Richard!
what an absolute joy to have been a part of your life.
Richard was loud-he was quiet-he was thoughtful- he was funny -he was hilarious-he was smart- he was witty-he was talented-he had empathy-he was good at cooking, conversation, catching bass, listening and all those things that one could possibly want in a friend and companion.
Yeah! Richard!
what an absolute joy to have been a part of your life.
We knew him first as Rocky Racoon. My brother and I were 9 and 7 and we visited Lorna in San Francisco. Our first day there Richard made fresh pasta for his lasagna. Never saw anything like that before. Still remember making a bowl in the flour for the eggs. Within the next few days he treated us to adventures in camping, avoiding snakes for Lorna, trying to protect organic eggs from the racoons (bears got them anyway) and made any number of bathroom jokes that still make us laugh. That was 50 years ago. Over the many decades since that first meeting we have laughed, enjoyed food and drink and learned more important life lessons from Richard. Or as my teenage son says "That guy. Fucking love Richie, fucking love Richie." Peace & Love Kate