April 11
April 11
Happy 73rd Birthday, Tio! I miss yous everyday!
This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, Richard (Ritch) Espino, DC, 58 years old, born on April 11, 1951, and passed away on January 28, 2010. We will remember him forever.
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April 11
April 11
Happy heavenly birthday Richard.
Never forgotten, always missed
Never forgotten, always missed
April 11, 2023
April 11, 2023
Thinking of you Richard on your birthday. You left us too soon my friend
April 11, 2023
April 11, 2023
Happy Birthday, Tio. Miss you every day….your wit, wisdom, laugh…life just has not been the same since you’ve been gone.
January 29, 2022
January 29, 2022
Miss you every day my friend I see you every time I look at your boys You would be proud of them
January 28, 2022
January 28, 2022
Lots of great memories but still miss ya. Bet the party continues...you and Tobe rip.
January 28, 2022
January 28, 2022
Another year without you…still not any easier. Missin’ you, Tio.
April 11, 2021
April 11, 2021
Thanks to those who posted the awesome photos! Wow!
Often think about you Ritch and wonder how your family is doing. It would be great to hear where your boys are, and how they are doing. Miss you Bro.
Often think about you Ritch and wonder how your family is doing. It would be great to hear where your boys are, and how they are doing. Miss you Bro.
April 11, 2021
April 11, 2021
Happy Birthday, Tio. Miss you every day.
January 28, 2021
January 28, 2021
I miss you, Tio...
January 28, 2020
January 28, 2020
Dude, I can’t believe it’s been 10 years, can’t tell you how many times I could have used one of our talks I have been through it buddy, nothing even comes close, your the only one that gave me the hope my friend Miss your face Love you my brother
January 28, 2020
January 28, 2020
Dang, I can't believe you've been gone 10 years. Life has flown by, but we all miss you just the same. Love you, Tio.
January 28, 2020
January 28, 2020
I think of you almost every day Miss you so much my friend
January 28, 2020
January 28, 2020
A decade Bro...miss you just as much now.
January 28, 2020
January 28, 2020
10. It has been 10 years. And it still feels like yesterday. Miss yous...
August 20, 2019
August 20, 2019
A friend asked me if I knew a good chiropractor. I was going to ask the best one that I had ever come across for a referral, so I was looking up my A&P professor...
Rich, I can say, as nurse and your student, you that you are still changing lives through us every day, in so many ways.
I am forever grateful I met, knew and learned so much from you.
Rich, I can say, as nurse and your student, you that you are still changing lives through us every day, in so many ways.
I am forever grateful I met, knew and learned so much from you.
April 11, 2019
April 11, 2019
Happy Birthday, Tio. Hope you, Gramps & Granny are having a party! Miss you!
January 28, 2019
January 28, 2019
Well "Inch" 9 years and i still pick up the phone once in awhile to call ya. Miss ya much. But still have the memories.
January 28, 2019
January 28, 2019
Somedays I wanna just call you up and chat....and then I am reminded you are gone. Miss you so much, Tio. Think of you all the time.
January 28, 2018
January 28, 2018
Thinking of and remembering you fondly today and always
January 28, 2018
January 28, 2018
Sure miss you still.
January 28, 2017
January 28, 2017
Tio, I still miss you terribly. You, Gramps and Granny were taken from us far too soon! There were still memories to make, good times to be had and growing and learning still to be done. Love yous!
January 28, 2017
January 28, 2017
Oh my friend how I miss you. The great times we shared and the long talks we had that helped lead us through good times and those trials we went through. I need one of those talks, with our Bailey's and coffee of course. I MISS my Mexican brother. With a tear rolling down my cheek. Hugs to heaven.
May 6, 2016
May 6, 2016
It would be perfect if we could talk today.
April 13, 2016
April 13, 2016
Wishing for peace and joyful memories for beloved friends and family and for you, dear Ritch, as my memories fill me with joy and laughter. I was lucky to work with you, share some jokes, and grab a few "Fourbucks." Your light shines on.
April 11, 2016
April 11, 2016
It's been 6 years and I still can't believe you are gone! It is very hard for me still. But, at least I have Hope that I will see you one day.
I love you and miss you,
Your Sis
I love you and miss you,
Your Sis
January 31, 2016
January 31, 2016
Tedd and I miss you so very much. There are no words, just tears?❤️
January 30, 2016
January 30, 2016
Your always in my heart and mind, miss you cuz.
December 29, 2015
December 29, 2015
I just learned about Richard's passing. He was a special friend, and we had some great times together in the late 60's. Wish we hadn't lost touch for so many years, but oh the memories...
April 11, 2015
April 11, 2015
Wish you were here to celebrate your 64th birthday. Miss you all the time
January 30, 2015
January 30, 2015
Miss you, forever!!
I see your picture on my desk every day.
(Thank you Norma for the magnet)
I see your picture on my desk every day.
(Thank you Norma for the magnet)
January 28, 2015
January 28, 2015
Tio,
Missing you...always.
Missing you...always.
January 28, 2015
January 28, 2015
Thinking of you often, wishing I could talk to you again. Missing you always
October 3, 2014
October 3, 2014
Fall Term 2014......every year when school begins I think of you and all the funny times we shared at CCC. I think of and miss you all the time.......
April 12, 2014
April 12, 2014
Happy Birthday, Tio. Wish you were here to help navigate this thing called life.
April 12, 2014
April 12, 2014
Hey Bro, I still pick up the phone to call...miss ya...
April 11, 2014
April 11, 2014
Happy birthday my friend. Wish I could call and tell you that and remind you how much you're missed
April 11, 2014
April 11, 2014
Birthdays are never quite the same without you here to celebrate! Always thinking of you and missing you.
January 29, 2014
January 29, 2014
Miss yous...a lot...still...forever.
January 28, 2014
January 28, 2014
I was accepted into nursing school this year and just finished my first term. I have you to thank for that. Your time that you put into helping me understand the information in A&P helped me to get where I am. I wish you were here so I could tell you all about it. THANK YOU!
January 28, 2014
January 28, 2014
4 years have gone by and I still think about you every day. You are a friend like no other....and I feel honored that you were a part of my life. Miss you with all my heart.....forever...
"Death ends a life, not a relationship.”
― Mitch Albom
"Death ends a life, not a relationship.”
― Mitch Albom
January 28, 2014
January 28, 2014
Forever in our hearts and missing you every day....Kerry and Tedd
January 28, 2014
January 28, 2014
Thinking of you especially today...missing you
April 11, 2013
April 11, 2013
My Tio...You are still missed so very much. I think of you often and wish you were here for a long chat and some laughs. Most of all some of that wonderful encouragement you always gave. Happy Birthday!
April 11, 2013
April 11, 2013
April 11th...Happy birthday Richard. I wish I could call you, hear your voice, your laugh when I would remind you that you were always a month older than me. How I wish you were still here with us so we could remind you daily how much you are loved, how much you are needed. Rest sweet friend in the arms of Jesus
April 11, 2012
April 11, 2012
Tio - I thought, with time, that the loss of you would not be so hard. Wrong. Just as with Gramps and Granny, your wisdom, love and sense of humor are terribly missed. Happy Birthday! Wish you were here to celebrate it. Love u!
April 11, 2012
April 11, 2012
Tio,
It's often that the words, "this reminds me of my Tio!" come out of my mouth. It's at those moments I realize that our loss is so great, and never really gets easier! Miss you Tio, especially today, your birthday! I love you and wish you were still here with us! HUGS
It's often that the words, "this reminds me of my Tio!" come out of my mouth. It's at those moments I realize that our loss is so great, and never really gets easier! Miss you Tio, especially today, your birthday! I love you and wish you were still here with us! HUGS
April 11, 2012
April 11, 2012
Happy Birthday Tio! Sure could use some words of wisdom right now. Love you always!
April 11, 2012
April 11, 2012
I wish I could pick up the phone and call you so I could tell you Happy 61st Birthday. It's still so hard to grasp the thought that you are gone from us--you are still and will always be greatly missed and loved
April 11, 2012
April 11, 2012
Ritch, I think of you often and I really miss your advice. We had great conversations and I was able to share my victories with you. You won't be there when I graduate nursing school this September and it will sadden me! I think of you daily and use your teachings more than I realized. I love you my brother and miss you deeply-Clackamas has never been the same for me since you left! Hans
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April 11
April 11
Happy 73rd Birthday, Tio! I miss yous everyday!
April 11
April 11
Happy heavenly birthday Richard.
Never forgotten, always missed
Never forgotten, always missed
April 11, 2023
April 11, 2023
Thinking of you Richard on your birthday. You left us too soon my friend
Gallery
The "Lord Led"
Missing you two immensely today.
Rich and John Dragoun (1967?)
Nico sitting on his daddy's motorcylce Feb. 19, 2010
Nico and Jess with Ritch's 58 chevy bel aire. Feb 19, 2010
Ritch's dream car the paint job is beautiful
Ritch's Chevy Bel Aire 1958 just back from the painters
Ritch's dream car
We'll all miss those bear hugs!!
Recent stories
Turtle Lake
January 29, 2012
by Jamie Davis
In 1976, the late Mrs. Evelyn Chartier was a strict, outspoken, 'old time religion" preacher who ran a Bible camp at Turtle Lake, Saskatchewan with her husband Bud. Modestly was the rule and no bikinis were allowed! She made girls wear T-shirts over their swim suits. And the boys and girls were not allowed to go swimming at the same time.
"The day that Ritch Espino arrived at Turtle Lake Camp" still makes me laugh out loud. It was 36 years ago, Ritch (who was a youth pastor at the time) was totally ripped and muscled up from weight lifting. He was in amazing shape, and built like a Greek god.
When old Mrs. Chartier saw his body she gasped! I thought she was going to have a heart attack! She was so overwhelmed that she implemented a new rule, declaring that the Lord wanted Ritch to wear a T-shirt while swimming! Of course the rule did not effect the rest of us guys at camp - just Ritch! LOL!!
Of course Ritch was always a great sport. He took it in stride, and he arranged for "1920"s style bathing suits for him, and the band (Bobby, Randy and Tuppy?). The kind with tops and bottoms that covered you up from neck to knee.
I miss him.
Little Flowers
July 21, 2010
Wow, I was so shocked to hear that Richard went to be with the Lord! I have loved his music for many years. Periodically his name will get brought up and always the song Little Flowers follows after his name. I got to know Richard along with a whole youth choir whom he and Randy and Bob travelled with for one summer, or at least part with Bob and Randy, in Canada. I had the pleasure of also knowing them before then at Camp Crestview in Troutdale. Foursquare summer camp. Richard always made us laugh. He was a great teacher and of course singer. I cannot wait to get to heaven and finally get to sing a duet with him in the Heavenly Choir. Cuz I GARUANTEE he is in that choir! Richard.....Look down and sing Little Flowers for us once in a while. Oh and say Hi to Harvey Oxner, who is no doubt leading the choir! Love in Him, Jeanette Drews%uFEFF
Heartbroken but Hopeful
February 23, 2010
by R Ibarra
Tio, my heart still aches for you! However, because I believe in the God that saved you (me) through His son, Jesus Christ, I am comforted by this truth:
"For... neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:38,39
Until I see you again , Tio, I'll always miss you, never forget you, and forever love you! Renay
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Save A Place For Me by Matthew West
Don't be mad if I cry
It just hurts so bad, sometimes
'Cause everyday it's sinking in
And I have to say goodbye all over again
You know I bet it feels good to have the weight of this world off your shoulders now
I'm dreaming of the day when I'm finally there with you
(Chorus)
Save a place for me
Save a place for me
I'll be there soon
I'll be there soon
Save a place for me
Save some grace for me
I'll be there soon
I'll be there soon
I have asked the questions why
But I guess the answers for another time
So instead I pray, with every tear
And be thankful for the time I had you here
(Chorus)
I wanna live my life Just like you did
Make the most of my time Just like you did
And I want to make my home up in the sky Just like you did
Oh, but until I get there...
Until I get there...
(Chorus)
To see the video go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUjL6bVD2vw