RICHARD F. BUGHER Jr.

Dear Peg, Dick, Tricia and family....I am so sorry I did not see this memorial earlier....Such an unexpected and huge loss for your family. Rick always stopped to see me and my parents when he was in Florida. He even got to join us at one of our rib cook-offs which he loved! He had such a great laugh....thinking of it makes me smile! The last time he was here it was after he reconnected with his sweetheart at his reunion. He was so happy to have found her. Your loss can never be measured,...

May God grace Rich's Family (he always spoke so highly of You All), his Dear Julie, and all of his loved ones with the strength to help us understand and deal with our great and untimely loss.

Rich, I will not forget the last racquetball match I “finally” won recently! The beer YOU paid for in the loss went down “extra” easy at Applebee's that night. Likely due to the past 20+ years of matches you typically won. Or, you crushing me in any swimming race we ever did. Or, being a better...

I was saddened to hear of the untimely loss of our friend Rich. I knew him through my visits to the Tempe area to visit Rich's friends Scott Pepp and Eric Knutson. I was very fortunate they shared him as a friend with me. He was quite a charismatic and friendly person. One day he flew us completely around AZ in a little weed hopper making stops in Sedona, the Grand Canyon, south to Nogales and landing back at Sky Harbor's main runway in between the big jets. Another memorable day Rich and I...

I only got to know Rich for a short period of time, as a dispatcher for the air ambulance service, I talked with him on several occasions, including late that evening hours before Our Lord called him home, my heart goes out to his family, though we have never met, Rich was a great person, a hard and dedicated worker who made my life alot easier with his work ethic and easy going attitude. His death caused me to look at my life and take each day as it may be your last.