Richard L. Yatzeck

Diane,
So very sad to hear Dick has departed this earth.
At a cabin I have in Lake Michigan, I enjoy the Russian classics he instilled a great love in for me.
I read Turgenev's Sportmans Sketches every year, and think of him and you.
Remember our Russian Trip 1973 ?
If you ever get to Montana , please look me up.

Penny Hayes a/k/a Penelope Strong

Diane,
Very sorry to hear of Dick's passing.
You and he were the best Slavic trip leaders ,summer of 73. Remember our great cooking !
He endowed a love for Russian literature, poetry, and social justice that has enriched my lifework as a lawyer.
I still read Turgenev's Sportsman's Sketches every summer at our cabin on Beaver Island, where all my Russian books are archived.

Diane, I was very sorry to hear about Dick's death. All of my sympathy to you and your family.
With love,
Martha Fizzell Lofstrom LU '72

I'll never forget my time learning from Prof. Yatzeck at the Lawrence London Center in the early 90s. His whole dear family was there. I want to search for our book list. I think I remember we read Honore de Balzac and Gogol and Dostoyevsky. I remember Prof. Yatzeck's joyful, ghoulish laugh. Exuberant! I remember him translating Russian words and bringing them to life as grand, important concepts. ('To step over' was one of them: phonetic-- peres-too-plenya?) And I remember we all had...

Sorry to hear of Dick's passing. Sympathy to Diane and family. God watch over you during this Difficult time.