Richard (Richie) Dickson (April 9, 1950 - May 7, 2020)
Richard Dickson was born on April 9, 1950 in Schenectady, New York to parents Eugene Robert Dickson and Helen Louise Bardo Dickson.
Richie was a healthy young boy, playing and doing all the things little boys do. Then at the age of 6, he contracted spinal meningitis, had a very high fever, and the terrible disease robbed him of his mental development. Richie stayed at the level of a 4-6 year old child for the rest of his life. He was a gentle, loving, and happy soul.
He went into the care of the Massachusetts State mental health system, and was well cared for by the friendly and compassionate professionals there.
Richie's family visited him many times in Massachusetts.
In February 2000, just before he turned 50, Richie came to Texas with his lady chaperone assigned to his case, to visit his mother Helen and sister Kathy and nephew Ethan and niece Nina, aunt Laura Bardo and cousins Joy Bardo and Bob Bardo.
It was Richie's first plane ride, and when he stepped off the plane and entered the terminal at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, he was so very excited to see his sister Kathy and cousins Joy & Bob. The Price is Right was his favorite TV show, and Richie kept repeating, "Price is Right... Bob Barker... one thousand dollars in my right front pocket! Bob Barker... Bob Barker... One THOUSAND dollars in my right front pocket!"
Joy & Bob took Richie to the Fort Worth Stockyards area, and Richie really enjoyed himself.
We ate at Riscky's BBQ in the old stockyards pens converted into restaurants and gift shops.
When we went into one gift shop, Joy found a money clip with a fake $1000 bill in it. After hearing the story of Richie’s favorite saying, the shop owner gave it to Richie. It was Richie's prized possession from his trip. We took Richie to Billy Bob’s honky-tonk in the Stockyards, both outside and inside. We walked down the street and came across the cowboy with a longhorn steer with a saddle on it. The cowboy was offering photos for $10 to sit on the longhorn. After Bob gave him the $10, the cowboy gave Richie his cowboy hat and told him to wave it around over his head and yell “Yee Haw!” Richie waved the cowboy hat around and yelled out “YEEE HAAAWWW!” The cowboy said it was the best “Yee Haw” he had ever heard. Richie was so happy and proud of himself! Richie had a fun time at the Fort Worth Stockyards!
Richie died in Seasons Hospice in Milton, Massachusetts (just outside of Boston) on Thursday, May 7, 2020. It was during the COVID-19 virus pandemic, but that was not the cause of his death; he tested negative for the virus.
Richie was predeceased by his parents Eugene Robert (Dick) Dickson (June 1, 1974) and Helen Louise Bardo Dickson (July 9, 2012), and cousins Ronald L. Bardo (February 17, 2015), Frank Bardo Jr. (October 10, 2015), and Jeffrey R. (Jeff) Kelchner (March 24, 2016).
Surviving are Richie's sisters Donna Lee Dickson Arling Raker (and husband Christopher William Raker) of Tiburon, California, and Kathy Ann Dickson of Hurst, Texas, and nephew Ethan Daniel Norris and niece Katrina (Nina) Michelle Mangum Reid, nephews Timothy Albury Arling and Jeremy Swenson Arling and niece Elissa Arling Dolina, and 13 cousins.
Memorial service: 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 14, 2020, at the Frederick B. Welker Funeral Home, 125 N. Main Street, Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania 17740.
Interment: Jersey Shore Cemetery, Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, next to the graves of his mother and father.
Arrangements by Frederick B. Welker Funeral Home, Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania.
Richard Dickson was born on April 9, 1950 in Schenectady, New York to parents Eugene Robert Dickson and Helen Louise Bardo Dickson.
Richie was a healthy young boy, playing and doing all the things little boys do. Then at the age of 6, he contracted spinal meningitis, had a very high fever, and the terrible disease robbed him of his mental development. Richie stayed at the level of a 4-6 year old child for the rest of his life. He was a gentle, loving, and happy soul.
He went into the care of the Massachusetts State mental health system, and was well cared for by the friendly and compassionate professionals there.
Richie's family visited him many times in Massachusetts.
In February 2000, just before he turned 50, Richie came to Texas with his lady chaperone assigned to his case, to visit his mother Helen and sister Kathy and nephew Ethan and niece Nina, aunt Laura Bardo and cousins Joy Bardo and Bob Bardo.
It was Richie's first plane ride, and when he stepped off the plane and entered the terminal at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, he was so very excited to see his sister Kathy and cousins Joy & Bob. The Price is Right was his favorite TV show, and Richie kept repeating, "Price is Right... Bob Barker... one thousand dollars in my right front pocket! Bob Barker... Bob Barker... One THOUSAND dollars in my right front pocket!"
Joy & Bob took Richie to the Fort Worth Stockyards area, and Richie really enjoyed himself.
We ate at Riscky's BBQ in the old stockyards pens converted into restaurants and gift shops.
When we went into one gift shop, Joy found a money clip with a fake $1000 bill in it. After hearing the story of Richie’s favorite saying, the shop owner gave it to Richie. It was Richie's prized possession from his trip. We took Richie to Billy Bob’s honky-tonk in the Stockyards, both outside and inside. We walked down the street and came across the cowboy with a longhorn steer with a saddle on it. The cowboy was offering photos for $10 to sit on the longhorn. After Bob gave him the $10, the cowboy gave Richie his cowboy hat and told him to wave it around over his head and yell “Yee Haw!” Richie waved the cowboy hat around and yelled out “YEEE HAAAWWW!” The cowboy said it was the best “Yee Haw” he had ever heard. Richie was so happy and proud of himself! Richie had a fun time at the Fort Worth Stockyards!
Richie died in Seasons Hospice in Milton, Massachusetts (just outside of Boston) on Thursday, May 7, 2020. It was during the COVID-19 virus pandemic, but that was not the cause of his death; he tested negative for the virus.
Richie was predeceased by his parents Eugene Robert (Dick) Dickson (June 1, 1974) and Helen Louise Bardo Dickson (July 9, 2012), and cousins Ronald L. Bardo (February 17, 2015), Frank Bardo Jr. (October 10, 2015), and Jeffrey R. (Jeff) Kelchner (March 24, 2016).
Surviving are Richie's sisters Donna Lee Dickson Arling Raker (and husband Christopher William Raker) of Tiburon, California, and Kathy Ann Dickson of Hurst, Texas, and nephew Ethan Daniel Norris and niece Katrina (Nina) Michelle Mangum Reid, nephews Timothy Albury Arling and Jeremy Swenson Arling and niece Elissa Arling Dolina, and 13 cousins.
Memorial service: 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 14, 2020, at the Frederick B. Welker Funeral Home, 125 N. Main Street, Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania 17740.
Interment: Jersey Shore Cemetery, Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, next to the graves of his mother and father.
Arrangements by Frederick B. Welker Funeral Home, Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania.
Richard (Richie) Dickson (April 9, 1950 - May 7, 2020)
Richard Dickson was born on April 9, 1950 in Schenectady, New York to parents Eugene Robert Dickson and Helen Louise Bardo Dickson.
Richie was a healthy young boy, playing and doing all the things little boys do. Then at the age of 6, he contracted spinal meningitis, had a very high fever, and the terrible disease robbed him of his mental development. Richie stayed at the level of a 4-6 year old child for the rest of his life. He was a gentle, loving, and happy soul.
He went into the care of the Massachusetts State mental health system, and was well cared for by the friendly and compassionate professionals there.
Richie's family visited him many times in Massachusetts.
In February 2000, just before he turned 50, Richie came to Texas with his lady chaperone assigned to his case, to visit his mother Helen and sister Kathy and nephew Ethan and niece Nina, aunt Laura Bardo and cousins Joy Bardo and Bob Bardo.
It was Richie's first plane ride, and when he stepped off the plane and entered the terminal at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, he was so very excited to see his sister Kathy and cousins Joy & Bob. The Price is Right was his favorite TV show, and Richie kept repeating, "Price is Right... Bob Barker... one thousand dollars in my right front pocket! Bob Barker... Bob Barker... One THOUSAND dollars in my right front pocket!"
Joy & Bob took Richie to the Fort Worth Stockyards area, and Richie really enjoyed himself.
We ate at Riscky's BBQ in the old stockyards pens converted into restaurants and gift shops.
When we went into one gift shop, Joy found a money clip with a fake $1000 bill in it. After hearing the story of Richie’s favorite saying, the shop owner gave it to Richie. It was Richie's prized possession from his trip. We took Richie to Billy Bob’s honky-tonk in the Stockyards, both outside and inside. We walked down the street and came across the cowboy with a longhorn steer with a saddle on it. The cowboy was offering photos for $10 to sit on the longhorn. After Bob gave him the $10, the cowboy gave Richie his cowboy hat and told him to wave it around over his head and yell “Yee Haw!” Richie waved the cowboy hat around and yelled out “YEEE HAAAWWW!” The cowboy said it was the best “Yee Haw” he had ever heard. Richie was so happy and proud of himself! Richie had a fun time at the Fort Worth Stockyards!
Richie died in Seasons Hospice in Milton, Massachusetts (just outside of Boston) on Thursday, May 7, 2020. It was during the COVID-19 virus pandemic, but that was not the cause of his death; he tested negative for the virus.
Richie was predeceased by his parents Eugene Robert (Dick) Dickson (June 1, 1974) and Helen Louise Bardo Dickson (July 9, 2012), and cousins Ronald L. Bardo (February 17, 2015), Frank Bardo Jr. (October 10, 2015), and Jeffrey R. (Jeff) Kelchner (March 24, 2016).
Surviving are Richie's sisters Donna Lee Dickson Arling Raker (and husband Christopher William Raker) of Tiburon, California, and Kathy Ann Dickson of Hurst, Texas, and nephew Ethan Daniel Norris and niece Katrina (Nina) Michelle Mangum Reid, nephews Timothy Albury Arling and Jeremy Swenson Arling and niece Elissa Arling Dolina, and 13 cousins.
Memorial service: 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 14, 2020, at the Frederick B. Welker Funeral Home, 125 N. Main Street, Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania 17740.
Interment: Jersey Shore Cemetery, Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, next to the graves of his mother and father.
Arrangements by Frederick B. Welker Funeral Home, Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania.
Richard Dickson was born on April 9, 1950 in Schenectady, New York to parents Eugene Robert Dickson and Helen Louise Bardo Dickson.
Richie was a healthy young boy, playing and doing all the things little boys do. Then at the age of 6, he contracted spinal meningitis, had a very high fever, and the terrible disease robbed him of his mental development. Richie stayed at the level of a 4-6 year old child for the rest of his life. He was a gentle, loving, and happy soul.
He went into the care of the Massachusetts State mental health system, and was well cared for by the friendly and compassionate professionals there.
Richie's family visited him many times in Massachusetts.
In February 2000, just before he turned 50, Richie came to Texas with his lady chaperone assigned to his case, to visit his mother Helen and sister Kathy and nephew Ethan and niece Nina, aunt Laura Bardo and cousins Joy Bardo and Bob Bardo.
It was Richie's first plane ride, and when he stepped off the plane and entered the terminal at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, he was so very excited to see his sister Kathy and cousins Joy & Bob. The Price is Right was his favorite TV show, and Richie kept repeating, "Price is Right... Bob Barker... one thousand dollars in my right front pocket! Bob Barker... Bob Barker... One THOUSAND dollars in my right front pocket!"
Joy & Bob took Richie to the Fort Worth Stockyards area, and Richie really enjoyed himself.
We ate at Riscky's BBQ in the old stockyards pens converted into restaurants and gift shops.
When we went into one gift shop, Joy found a money clip with a fake $1000 bill in it. After hearing the story of Richie’s favorite saying, the shop owner gave it to Richie. It was Richie's prized possession from his trip. We took Richie to Billy Bob’s honky-tonk in the Stockyards, both outside and inside. We walked down the street and came across the cowboy with a longhorn steer with a saddle on it. The cowboy was offering photos for $10 to sit on the longhorn. After Bob gave him the $10, the cowboy gave Richie his cowboy hat and told him to wave it around over his head and yell “Yee Haw!” Richie waved the cowboy hat around and yelled out “YEEE HAAAWWW!” The cowboy said it was the best “Yee Haw” he had ever heard. Richie was so happy and proud of himself! Richie had a fun time at the Fort Worth Stockyards!
Richie died in Seasons Hospice in Milton, Massachusetts (just outside of Boston) on Thursday, May 7, 2020. It was during the COVID-19 virus pandemic, but that was not the cause of his death; he tested negative for the virus.
Richie was predeceased by his parents Eugene Robert (Dick) Dickson (June 1, 1974) and Helen Louise Bardo Dickson (July 9, 2012), and cousins Ronald L. Bardo (February 17, 2015), Frank Bardo Jr. (October 10, 2015), and Jeffrey R. (Jeff) Kelchner (March 24, 2016).
Surviving are Richie's sisters Donna Lee Dickson Arling Raker (and husband Christopher William Raker) of Tiburon, California, and Kathy Ann Dickson of Hurst, Texas, and nephew Ethan Daniel Norris and niece Katrina (Nina) Michelle Mangum Reid, nephews Timothy Albury Arling and Jeremy Swenson Arling and niece Elissa Arling Dolina, and 13 cousins.
Memorial service: 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 14, 2020, at the Frederick B. Welker Funeral Home, 125 N. Main Street, Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania 17740.
Interment: Jersey Shore Cemetery, Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, next to the graves of his mother and father.
Arrangements by Frederick B. Welker Funeral Home, Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania.
