RICHARD EACHUS

Richard Darvin Eachus Richard "Dick" Darvin Eachus went home to be with the Lord on November 15th, 2011 at the age of 76 following a courageous battle with cancer. Those left to cherish his memory include his wife Patricia Eachus of Santa Rosa, son Richard Jeffrey Eachus (Sheri) of Santa Rosa, daughters Stacy Friedman (David) of El Dorado Hills, CA, Tami Brumley of Folsom, CA, and Trisha Novotny (Steve) of Gig Harbor, WA, and his nine loving grandchildren, Stephen, Jarred, Shelbi, Samantha, Savannah, Richard, Caleb, Joshua, and Nathaniel. His family rejoices in the knowledge that he is with his daughter, Erin Reed, and other family and friends who preceded him. In 1987 he and his wife Pat joined Youth With a Mission (YWAM). Together they established the first mainland YWAM Christian Discipleship Training School in Los Angeles, pioneered YWAM San Francisco, YWAM Chico, and YWAM Tepic, Mexico, and continued to oversee ministry programs. Dick and Pat made Gig Harbor, WA their home base in the mid-1990s, later moving to Kona, HI in 2002 to help grow YWAM's University of the Nations campus. Service to be held Sun., Dec 18, 2011 at 2:30 pm at the Oakmont EAST Recreation Center, 7902 Oakmont Drive in Santa Rosa, CA. Please consider a donation to Youth With a Mission (YWAM) in Dick's name, in care of Lori Mathias, 476 Flower Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95404, will go toward building a home in Mexico for a needy family.