Lawrence Lowell Riche

Lawrence Lowell Riche Lawrence Lowell Riche, born March 3, 1945, lost his battle with Gastroesophageal cancer on November 23, 2009. He was 64 years young. Larry will be remembered for his love of family, country, music and God. At age 7, Larry began playing the trombone. He was first seat trombonist in the Weldonian Marching Band, the Arroyo High School Band, the 6th U.S. Army Band and the 9th Infantry Division Band. He played for a brief time with Neighborhood Church Orchestra in Castro Valley. After returning from Vietnam in 1968, he joined the Alameda County Sheriff's Department and began a long career in law enforcement. In 1971, he joined the Foster City Police Department. As a sergeant, he was involved in leadership and diversity training for officers. He was a founding member of Inter-perspectives: a Leadership Program for police officers. He retired as a Commander from the Belmont Police Department in 2000. He then began his own polygraph business in 2001. Larry served his community as a soccer coach for the Boys Soccer and Girls Soccer of Fremont from 1979 to 1989 and as a baseball coach for Centerville Little League from 1981 to 1984. He was also a member of the Foster City Rotary Club where he served as President from 1999-2000. Larry is survived by his wife, Carmen of Castro Valley; daughter and son in-law Shannon and Tim Rice of Virginia Beach, VA; son and daughter in-law Aaron and Alison Riche of San Jose, CA; son and daughter in-law Ben and Leslie Zuffi of San Jose, CA; daughter Tamara Zuffi of Walnut Creek, CA; grand-daughters Summer and Brooklyn Riche and Siena Zuffi; father- and mother in-law Phil and Aurea Bettencourt of Brooks, CA; Sister in-law and brother in-law Mary and Gary Nunes of Fremont, CA. The family requests donations in lieu of flowers: Stanford Cancer Center, In Memory of Lawrence L. Riche, Development Office, 2700 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025. The Rotary Foundation, In Memory of Lawrence L. Riche, 14280 Collections Center Dr., Chicago, IL 60693.