Post by Henosis SagePost by wernertrpEtznab is dead.
Richard Duane Davoli "Etznab"
58 ist eigentlich kein richtiges Alter zum Sterben.
was he not married ?
I saw no remark in the obituary.
was a faithful member of Samuel United Church of Christ in Clayton, Missouri.
In the US there are many (more than 500?? different churches)
In keeping with A.A.’s Seventh Tradition of self-support, we accept contributions only from A.A. members
Richard was a caregiver for home.
Richard honorably served our country in the Navy.
(I often read such a statement in US obituaries.
Ich habe nie beim Militär gedient)
Yes werner.
https://www.shepardfuneralchapel.com/obituary/richard-davoli
( I must upload some pics he sent me)
He never married but came close a couple of times.
the church there was predominantly chinese folks, where he first learned chinese language.
he was very popular and well loved. many friends he made kept in contact with him when they returned to china.
He'd worked a couple of decades as an aged care provider in people's homes. He was generous and highly respected and loved.
here is Richard's Memorial Service video, not the best audio, sorry
starts about 30 mins in then goes for an hour
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cyxQGPj-2de3olCf-PproEtHGdfLYMCI/view?usp=drive_web
His death was unexpected and a tragic shock to all. Likely an heart attack.
Some comments from the guestbook
Richard was one of our BEST CAREGIVERS here at Home Instead - St. Louis. He loved providing care to his clients and building long lasting relationships. Words cannot express the void we feel. He was so caring, kind, and an advocate for his clients. We had great conversations and laughs over the last 6 yrs. He never wanted to be in the limelight for what he did. I'm attaching pictures of Richard in the role he cherished for 23 yrs!! We are praying for the family and they are in our constant thoughts. We love Richard and he will truly be missed!!!
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Richard was a wonderful kind man. I met him when he was assigned to be my husbands caregiver. He was amazing and let me know I could leave my house and my husband was safe and cared for. We became friends and Richard then came to help me with my garden and chores. We worked , had coffee breaks and sat and visited and talked about everything. I will miss his friendship.
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Richard was the kindest most gentle person I have ever known, he was a wonderful, amazing person.
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Richard meant so much to me, my husband, daughter and late father, John Biondo. Richard became such a big part of our family especially when I witnessed the wonderful care, kindness and tremendous patience he had with my father. He will be dearly missed by me and I know so many others. He always brightened my day when we talked and we laughed so many times when he shared funny stories of my father’s dog Mia who also loved Richard. Mia practically had her lease in her mouth when Richard came in to take care of my dad. God bless you and your family during this time of sorrow.
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Grief can be so hard, but our special memories help us cope.
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Richard cared about people. We knew him from church, having attended studies with him and talked to him a lot. He really enjoyed learning about history and other cultures. He was an enthusiastic participant in Chinese language class and went the extra mile to help immigrants in the classes. We shared an appreciation of similar tv shows too! We talked about Vikings, La Brea, and the new Kung Fu. We will miss Richard.
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and myself ....
It's very tragic and sad. Richard was my best friend. We spoke almost daily on the we chat app voice messaging each other. we became quite close the last several years, but first became good friends around 2010 after years being friendly online. We never met face to face (unfortunately).
anyway, he passed away probably friday night 29th april late or saturday AM, not sure exactly, from a suspected heart attack, but not definite as no autopsy was done. Richard failed to go to work saturday, his work phoned and were concerned when they could not hear back form him. They called police to do a welfare check he was found in his bedroom on monday morning. Then his family were contacted. very sad. Police emergency services said "it looked " like a heart attack.
I know he had high blood pressure at times a concern , he was a tad overweight, we often talked supported each other on that issue. (sigh) He'd been happy recently, overall he was fine, upbeat positive or seemed to be. He'd not mentioned the blood pressure for a while was getting into his vege garden keen on improving diet etc this summer. all seemed fine, really.
it was a great shock to me, i was immediately worried when i did not here from him for two-three days .... I left several messages each day on Wechat, when eventually (luckily) his sister messaged me back on my Thursday 5th and gave me the news .... we've talked a lot, emailed back and forth, I did a write up for his Memorial Service which was held on saturday 7th May. I've been really upset and will miss him more than I can say. It was great chatting back and forth on all kinds of topics and interests and just being friends for each other. We both really valued each other and got on super well.
The service was really nice, about an hour, I watched it on zoom live, his sister read my 'condolences' for me, and a guy there played the song " thank you for being my friend" at the end, which was just terrific they did that. Many of his Chinese friends were on zoom from China too and many others in the US.
Richard was a wonderful truly decent genuine person. He helped me and supported me enormously over the years, always so kind respectful, and caring. I miss him enormously. So sad. He was taken too young and loved by all who knew him well.