RICHARD E. DERICK

Dick was a Counselor for the VA when I knew him. I was under his care and believe he saved my life. I served with the USMC '69-70' in Vietnam. He liked a poem I had written. If any of his close friends read this note and want to get in touch with [email protected] Rest In Peace Richard E. Derick, you will not be forgotten.

From 1999 to 2001 I lived in the apartment above Dick at his 415 High Street address while attending my second and third years at the UM Law School. Dick and I got to be good friends. We would often cook dinner together on weekends. His Airedales at the time were Bo and Lady. Bo was happy-go-lucky and mild-mannered. Lady was cranky and a vicious killer of squirrels and occasionally even raccoons. Dick was a great conversationalist and very civic-minded. I can still remember him...

I'm so sad to see that Richard passed. I coordinated volunteer programs at Gus Harrison Correctional Facility where he graciously came in to do a PTSD group for prisoners for many years. He rarely missed a week unless he was going on one of his travels or was worried about driving to Adrian in bad weather.

Over the years I got to know him well and loved listening to so many of the stories he had to tell....always relaying them with such enthusiasm. He had a very caring and...

I never had the honor of meeting him, but from everything I've read he sounds like an absolutely wonderful, wonderful man. I know he will be greatly missed by the entire Ann Arbor community.

I lived in the apartment above Dick's in the 1990's and he was a good neighbor and landlord. We kept in touch a bit after I bought a house nearby. I was shocked to hear of his death. My condolences to his friends and family. - Regan Knapp