My wife and I hadn't been on many fun trips since my mom died in December. Win or lose we were going to enjoy the IU football game together as my son couldn't go to the game. We had a good time and returned home late. She went to bed and I stayed up as I can't sleep after driving home.
I heard her running toward the stairs and knew something was wrong. Her brother had collapsed and was on the way to the ER. He was not breathing despite CPR beginning almost immediately at home. He had been happy and having fun playing cards with his wife, daughter, and a sister in law. The game had ended and the sister in law hadn't left yet when he went down.
Rick was an avid IU supporter like me. He loved all sports and was a very good golfer like his dad. He was proud that someone in the last 3 generations in the family had attended IU (His grandpa, Aunt, and my wife). Like me, our majors led us to other schools, but we had been IU fans since we could sit in front of a TV to watch a basketball game with our fathers.
He wasn't a regular poster on these boards, but I know he lurked around and quoted some of the things I had read on here. He was only 56. He was 2 years older than me and we have known each other since we attended elementary school. My wife was in my kindergarten class and I knew her big brother during those early years as well or better than I knew her. We became the best of friends the moment my wife and I started dating. We would sit and talk about sports during the time I was supposed to be on a date with my wife.
I will miss our monthly dinners at restaurants located between us. He wanted to make sure we got together after their parents passed away. We found some pretty good places off the beaten path. We missed this month because he had taken his wife to Las Vegas, but we were together on my birthday at Sandy's Pizza in Fort Branch.
As my son said, " He got it". He knew what was important. Family. My son also pointed out that his favorite baseball team, the Braves, clinched a spot in the playoffs on the day he died. Tiger also won. RIP RICHARD the 3rd. We lost a great and knowledgeable supporter of IU.
I heard her running toward the stairs and knew something was wrong. Her brother had collapsed and was on the way to the ER. He was not breathing despite CPR beginning almost immediately at home. He had been happy and having fun playing cards with his wife, daughter, and a sister in law. The game had ended and the sister in law hadn't left yet when he went down.
Rick was an avid IU supporter like me. He loved all sports and was a very good golfer like his dad. He was proud that someone in the last 3 generations in the family had attended IU (His grandpa, Aunt, and my wife). Like me, our majors led us to other schools, but we had been IU fans since we could sit in front of a TV to watch a basketball game with our fathers.
He wasn't a regular poster on these boards, but I know he lurked around and quoted some of the things I had read on here. He was only 56. He was 2 years older than me and we have known each other since we attended elementary school. My wife was in my kindergarten class and I knew her big brother during those early years as well or better than I knew her. We became the best of friends the moment my wife and I started dating. We would sit and talk about sports during the time I was supposed to be on a date with my wife.
I will miss our monthly dinners at restaurants located between us. He wanted to make sure we got together after their parents passed away. We found some pretty good places off the beaten path. We missed this month because he had taken his wife to Las Vegas, but we were together on my birthday at Sandy's Pizza in Fort Branch.
As my son said, " He got it". He knew what was important. Family. My son also pointed out that his favorite baseball team, the Braves, clinched a spot in the playoffs on the day he died. Tiger also won. RIP RICHARD the 3rd. We lost a great and knowledgeable supporter of IU.