Just looking at Ricks golf photo reminds me of some of the games I had with Rick . He was an excellent golfer & tennis player . I always enjoyed our rounds of golf & our tennis matches !!!

Happy heavenly birthday.
The grief slowly passes.
My memories shall never fade.
All my love. Carol

You are still on my mind and forever in my heart. Wishing you another heavenly birthday.

Miss you so much gramps. Love you always.

i miss you everyday gramps, i hope you’re proud of me ❤️

If I could put time in a bottle I would put my memories of you.
Miss you so much.❤️

I think of you every day.
Your memory will never fade in my mind and heart.

Seven years have passed. Miss you everyday. You are my guardian angel .
My light , my love.❤️

Oh my it’s six years.
The time does slip by, when at first when I lost you I thought it never would.
Day to day my thoughts are of you, the little things and the huge tasks.
March 11 2021

Time does pass too quickly . But we do have our good memories . We enjoyed our time in Dubai! Among our friends were Rick and Carole . We had such good times on our Fridays at our beach at Chicago Villas , our hockey games and our evening tennis matches . All these people were our overseas family !

Happy Birthday Rick❤️ You are so missed!!! Think about you often! I miss our wonderful talks so much!!
Love you
Chrissy
XO

It’s your heavenly birthday.
I wish I could hug you tight and kiss you.
I feel your presence,always remain in my light!
I am sure we will be together again. I hope so.❤️

Miss you pops, It was great connecting with through Samantha, I'm glad you found her for us. Love you miss you. Here are the lyrics to a song I wrote about us.
Gifts that you gave
I feel you in heaven, I know that your there, watching over all of us
I know now you can see, what we have all become
*Singing to you helps ease the pain
*Did it all wrong and I took too long
The gifts that you gave remind us of you, It’s not the same without you here
The lessons we learned making sense now, Feel you around guiding the way
*Now I try to seize every day
*Make them beautiful can’t waste anymore
I know that I will see you again, Heavens gonna wait for me
I listen to you and I know now what I gotta do down here
*Got a long way to go but I know
*Slow it all down take it day by day

Christmas 2020.
Dear Rick,
How I miss you.
I still have dreams of you and I hope I always do!
I hope we are together again someday.
Every day I think of you, you will always be on my mind.
I need you as my guardian angel looking over me.
Love Carol

Hey Dad, I just added a song I wrote about us in your gallery. I was hoping it would show up as a tribute but I'll see if I can figure that out. I know you've already heard it cuz I felt your presence when I recorded it awhile back. More to come love ya miss ya

Rick you were a great guy, we think of you often and still can’t believe your gone. rIP ❤️

Betty & Brian

How can it be five years.
Think of you each and every day!
Everlasting love for you,Rick.

Our last days together, will be in my mind forever, thank you for that opportunity. You are such a great man. 

Many good times with Rick ! Another one of my pleasant memories ! We went to the offshore platform to net a type of Crayfish ( Like a lobster without the claws ) , but they would only come at night . They were attracted by the light from the flare by the platform. So we went to the platform by helicopter , slept a couple of hours . Went out in a Zodiac to net these critters. As we caught them and the Zodiac floor was up to our ankles with these crayfish . We would take them and the night shift cleaners would box them. Near daylight Rick stated we are close to 1000 . If we go over 1000 we will have a new record . I remember I was SO VERY tired . But we carried on & set the new record . Every one onshore was eating crayfish for weeks after that! We had to buy a freezer to keep the crayfish!!!! 

Thinking of you always, but especially on your special day. I’m sure your getting lots of hug from our loved ones.  Love you

Sitting here thinking of you...Missing you

Maybe some of this is a repeat from a previous note ! Rick was a very good friend to both Donna and myself! we still think of the great times we had with both Rick and Carol in Dubai . We had no family there so we were more than friends , we were part of the expat family !!!

Still think of you so often.You are never far from our thoughts..Well on the 27th your sister joined you..May you all hold each other close..Until we met again...Love you

Happy Birthday day pops. Wrote a song for you but you heard it. More to come... Love ya miss ya

Another year has passed.
Some small thing will trigger loving thoughts of you.
Love you always.

my dear Rick,
How I miss you.
The grief lessens and the wonderful memories fill the pages of my mind.
I so loved you, and think of you every day without fail.
What a great life we had together. I wanted more years with you, my love.

The photos bring back pleasant memories of the time Donna & myself knew Rick in both Dubai and back in Canada. Rick was a very good friend to us both !
Rick and I played a lot of tennis and hockey together. Had many great parties in Dubai ! As I said so many terrific memories !

Well another year has so quickly gone by..Can still picture your smile in my mind and hear your laughter in my heart..Love you still today,as yesterday..Miss you..

I can't believe it's been 3 years!!! Think about you everyday! I know they say it gets easier with time, i really just miss having you around. Miss our talks, you always had great advice!!! Love and Miss so much!!! XO

We live, we die, and like the grass and trees, renew ourselves from the soft earth of the grave. Stones crumble and decay, faiths grow old and they are forgotten, but new beliefs are born. The faith of the villages is dust now... but it will grow again... like the trees.

What the heart has once owned and had, it shall never lose.

Perhaps they are not stars but rather openings in heaven where our loved ones shine down and let us know they are happy.

love starry skies, hugs your way :)

You are always in my thoughts and I often think back on all the great memories I have spending time with you when I was young. Miss you and wish we were closer as I grew up. I always looked up to you and was proud to have you as an uncle. You were a kind and generous man. Thank you for being a part of my life and including me in yours.

Today you would have turned 70 years old.
do wish you were here, but you are my guardian angel and my guide in life. Think of you a hundred times a day!

Still missing you,thinking of you..Happy Birthday. Love and Hugs..

How quickly time passes we were so looking forward to getting to know you better but you are in our thoughts and will remember all the short times we did spend with you. Rest in peace!

Thinking of you always , especially on your birthday day. Had a dream and you were with mom so I know you are in good hands.. Miss you,
Love you.

Just wanted you to know how missed you are. Your smile, your laugh❤️ I had a dream about you it was so real. You had Jessie with you. I said to you, oh your here! You said I have always been here❤️ I know you are watching over all of us!! Love you so much❤️ xo

Hey Dad,
I miss you tons and it's taken me awhile to write to you. Lots of good life lessons and an amazing legacy to carry on. I feel you around us all the time and I'm very thankful to have had you as my father. I will do my best to live my life as honorably as you did. Love ya, your boy!

We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love... and then we return home. Rick had a great adventure in this life he has now returned home.

We have fond memories of Rick,Carol and family in Dubai. We had
so many good times there and have tried to keep in touch with each
other since those days. Rick you will be missed. Carol,you and the
family will be in our prayers....Ron & Dianne

This was a poem that my grandfather had hanging on his wall beside his bed...he fashioned his life/behaviour after it. My dad did the same. When I think of Rick....his gentle spirit, all that he overcame...his strength both for himself and the strength that he shared with Carol, during the difficult moments in her life, plus all the love and sharing Carol did about Rick when she visited with Dan and I... it struck me that Rick lived his life by this creed as well. With love and hugs to Carol, Tracey, Rob, Shayna , Saskia, Ryan, Chrissy, Jaden and Riley....I send you my courage and strength to you during this sad time. 

My Creed

By Edgar Guest

To live as gently as I can;
To be, no matter where, a man;
To take what comes of good or ill
And cling to faith and honour still;
To do my best, and let that stand
The record of my brain and hand;
And then, should failure come to me,
Still work and hope for victory.

To have no secret place wherein
I stoop unseen to shame or sin
To be the same when I’m alone
As when my every deed is known;
To live undaunted, unafraid
Of any step that I have made;
To be without pretense or sham
Exactly what men think I am.

To leave some simple mark behind
To keep my having lived in mind;
If enmity to aught I show,
To be an honest, generous foe,
To play my part, nor whine
That greater honours are not mine.
This, I believe, is all I need
For my philosophy and creed.

I will always remember that warm smile of yours Rick. Rest in Peace.


love, Elizabeth

Our sincerest condolences to you Carol, Tracey, Rob , Shayna , Saskia, Ryan, Chrissy, Jaden and Riley. Rick will be greatly missed. Rick was such a great man, and he will live on in each and every one of you! 

"Walk tall as the trees,
live strong as the mountains,
be gentle as the spring winds,
keep the warmth of the summer,
sun in your heart, and the great
spirit will always be with you."
(American Indian Proverb)

Love and hugs from Ted, Tammy and Sadie

I am the breeze that kisses your cheek. I am the sun that warms your face. When you look at the purple evening sky, it is me. When you see a majestic mountain, it is me.
When the birds sweetly sing, it is my voice. When the water gently laps against the shore, it is my heartbeat.
I am the green grass against your feet. I am the refreshing shade of summer.
In the stars, you see my eyes. In the blue sky, you see my body.
Feel the air that surrounds you, I am there.
Feel the love in your heart, I am there.
He will be all around you for ever Carol, love and hugs.

Rest in peace Rick, you will always be fondly remembered .

Love and prayers to Carol, Tracy, Ryan and families.

Brian & Betty Becker

We will always remember the great times we had in Dubai. Rick was the greatest golf partner I ever had and will cherish those memories forever. The good parties and laughs we had, he taught me to play tennis.
You are missed!!!

Rick, I'm glad we had a healthy farewell dinner before you moved from Cochrane. We will remember you for your smiling face and quick wit at all the family gatherings. I especially appreciated your warm Dubai hospitality. Rest in peace. Our deepest sympathy to Carol, Tracy, Ryan and families.
John and Edna Tamminen

Our family would like to offer our deepest sympathies to Carol and family on the passing of Rick. Rick was such a kind, soft spoken person who would of given the shirt off his back to help.
I got know Rick a lot more in the past few years with our golf excursions he and Ryan came on with us and his deadly accuracy we all wish we had in our bags, never missed a beat.
Rick your now burning up the courses up there Im sure.

Marc & Huguette Phaneuf

So many wonderful memories of the good times we all shared while living in Dubai have been brought to mind. Rest in peace Rick.
Karen and Red McKenzie

Your smile and warm heart,
Will be forever in ours.
Love you today, tomorrow and allways

"Rick memories will remain in our hearts forever" Zak, Jon and Malou