WHO WAS RICHARD,, A FATHER,, GRANDPA, HUSBAND, FRIEND, A  MAN WHO LOVED HIS FAMILY MORE THEN LIFE ITSELF,, A MAN WHO PUT HIS FAMILY FIRST AND WOULD SACRIFICE FOR THEM,, THERE ARE SO MANY WORDS TO DESCRIBE MY DAD,, YES IM HIS OLDEST DAUGHTER KAREN,, DAD AND I WERE VERY CLOSE. I CHERISHED OUR LIFE I COULD NOT OF ASKED FOR A BETTER DAD,, JESUS GAVE ME THE BEST,,EVERYONE WHOM EVER MET HIM LOVED HIM AND LEFT A FOOTPRINT IN THERE HEARTS,, HE WAS A LOVING AND KIND MAN, HE WAS A JOKER AND ALWAYS HAD A CUTE NICKNAME FOR YOU WHEN HE SAW YOU,, HIS FAVORITE ONE WAS "HALF PINT OR HE WOULD SAY  WHAT YOU DOING HALF PINT,, HE WAS A MEMORABLE MAN AND WASLOVED DEEPLY BY HIS FAMILY,, I WAS BLESSED TO HAVE HIM IN MY LIFE 52 YEARS,, I WILL FOREVER MISS HIM,,, UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN DAD, THIS WILL NEVER BE GOODBYE,, I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN,,    I LOVE YOU ALWAYS AND FOREVER YOUR DAUGHTER KAREN