His loving family includes: wife, LouAnn, Minot; children, Cynthia and Jeffrey Thomas, Hazen, and their children, Erin, Michael, and Megan; Debbie and Rob Paschal, St. Charles, Ill., and their son, Alex; Thomas and Carole Fleck, Woodbury, Minn., and their sons, Christopher and Benjamin; Scott Simon, Minneapolis; Shelly (Simon) and Jerry Peterson, Minot, and their children, Seth and Brooke; sisters, Alice Streitz, Mount Vernon, Wash., Lorraine McQuade, Tacoma, Wash.; sister-in-law, Marliss Fleck, Minot; brother-in-law, George Meacham, Seattle; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Dick's extended family includes special friends, Jerry "Doc" and Sandi Taft, and his many hunting and fishing buddies. Dick was preceded in death by his parents; first wife, Irene; and siblings, Fern, Glenn, Jeanette, Russell, Dewey and William.