Just found out of Dick's (Richard)passing, our family sends sincere condolences to the family, Pauline, Richard is whole again and in a better place.
I had the pleasure of working with Dick for many years, he started out in maintenance and through his hard work, integrity, and valuable inputs was promoted to head of maintenance, henceforth his title as he would promote (to select people) was " ": - Head of Maintenance... you fill in the blank.
I appreciated Dick's colorful and direct input, it was refreshing to be around him and witness how he could work, learn and guide others within the organization, myself included.
Dick was a major player in helping Handgards develop from a $ 2.5 Million dollar a year company to the $ 60 Million a year company within a short period of time. That set the groundwork for Handgards to continue to be successful, Dick and other personnel sacrificed alot of quality family time to insure production equipment ran like a top.
We made many trips together all over the United States,looking at equipment and processes, we had challenging, colorful and enjoyable conversations and learned many of life's experiences.
I feel that Dick was a True Friend, and would help you out in anyway that he could.
I was blessed to have worked with, traveled with, and socialize with and learned from Dick, I will miss him dearly, but we see him again in.