Richard Coffey

I hope to be at the Old Town, as long as I can avoid bears and alligators until then. A perfect place for Dick's bon voyage!

When I first started at UM, my Aunt Kay and Uncle Dick had me over for dinners that outdid dorm food by miles. The delicious meals, enthusiastically prepared by Dick, and their company helped me feel welcomed and find a sense of home and family in a new town.

I knew Dick as well as he let anyone know him. We were born within hours of each other, both attended UM and lived with family and dog a couple blocks from each other in Burns Park. We played many, many hands of poker together and I tried to keep up with his solid golf game. But it was outside of Baldwin at the Big Oak Clin and Barothy´s that Dick would let his hair down. We´d share our appreciation for a glass of red and a thick steak. He´d tell those jokes and hold forth deep into the night...

Dick and I were in a group of guys that, for over four decades, headed off for a late-April retreat in the North Woods every April, to celebrate the fact that we - at least most of us -- had successfully made the April 15th deadline, and filed our tax returns. Most returns, but not all, filed in true good conscience But filed, nevertheless... Good times, excellent food and drink, and plenty of time on the water, usually on the Père Marquette, although he and some of the guys (not me, I´ll...

Good guy. I met him at Jack's Shack and we spent many a TG there.

Anne and I had many good conversations with Dick over the years ! condolences to his family, he will be missed ! RIP Dick ! I'll try to carry on our view of things !