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Rich's Memorial at Disneyland |
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Click on a photo to see a the larger
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Many of Rich's friends gathered in his favorite place to celebrate his gentle, sweet soul. |
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Everyone carried a photo of Rich around "the park." |
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We had to take the
photo on the reverse side of the "R" because of the sun, so here is the
"R" reversed. |
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Mary Claire
Garcia, J.C. Solis, as well as Steve Ramos and his
girlfriend Amber Arnold,
arrived later
and are not in the photograph. ,
Steve &
Toni Scolari (in Eureka, CA) and Abbe Levin (in Bethesda,
Maryland)
all called
while we were gathered at "The 'R'" and sent best wishes to all via
telephone.
Dawson
Scolari sent loving text messages.
Carol &
Frank Scolari (Rich's parents), Xeff & Meri Scolari (also in
Eureka, CA)
Melissa Scolari and Artemio Armenta
(Sacramento, CA)
Travis Riner,
Alex Valencia, Richard Sharrah, Simon Vahlne (in Sweden),
Jeff Leatherwood, Rob Morell
and
his husband Mike Madden (in Albany, New York)
Lani Harris
and Tom Langkau and their son Travis (in Orlando, Florida)
David Woodward (Eureka, CA) & the entire
Anderson clan (Ken's Family in Northern California)
all sent
special regrets that they could not be there.
There were
many others who wanted to be there and could not.
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Many of his friends "took a
ride for Rich," note the photos of Rich held up to the camera. |
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Angel, Ken, Mike
Mike was in The Laramie Project with Rich.
Angel is Mike's partner. |
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Derek, Ken, Amy, with
Miranda
Derek is Miranda's husband.
Amy and Miranda are Rich's Nieces. |
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Amber and Steve.
Steve was in What's Wrong with Angry with Rich.
Amber is Steve's partner. |
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Lunch
Brennan's Jazz Kitchen
Rich's favorite Downtown Disney restaurant. |
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Ben, Annette, Matt, and
Ian
in front of The Jazz Kitchen |
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Eric, Brett, Nancy, and
Nick
waiting in line for Splash Mountain, one of
Rich's favorite rides. |
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So many of Rich's friends came to to
lunch at The Jazz Kitchen.
It just felt like he was there and he would have loved it. |
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Ken with Annette |
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Nancy on the Peter Pan
ride |
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Tom, Nancy (Eric
behind)
Ken, Nick, Brent |
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Ken with the rogues |
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Tom, Eric, Nancy, Brent,
Rene |
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Pablo and Lynn with their partners |
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Tom and Rene |
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Half the gang at one table. |
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Steve and Amber |
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Lynn |
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Derek and Miranda, Ken and Amy |
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Waiting for a table. |
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At Rich's beloved outdoor fireplace. |
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In front of The Jazz Kitchen |
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David, Jimmy, & Jewelianna |
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Rich's lanyard |
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David, Jimmy, & Jewelianna |
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Ben suggested a Blue Hawaiian at Lunch. |
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I took our wedding bands to a jeweler and
had them fastened onto one of the chokers that Rich wore often. |
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Ken on Main Street the
night before the memorial |
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