Remembering Rich

The following services have been planned to remember and celebrate Rich.

A funeral/memorial service will be held at 5:00pm on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at the Church of the Redeemer. The address is 123 Knight Drive, San Rafael, CA 94901.

Friends and family are invited to attend a reception afterward (6:00pm - 8:00pm) at Peacock Gap Golf and Country Club. The address is 333 Biscayne Drive, San Rafael, CA 94901.

A private burial ceremony is planned for Thursday, April 30th. Rich will be buried at the Mount Tamalpais Cemetary in San Rafael.

A memorial service to be held in Massachusetts near Rich's hometown of Wareham is also being planned. Details will be posted when available.

For those who would like to honor Rich's memory with a donation, please consider one of the following:

1) A fund has been established to benefit Lucy's education. If you would like to make a contribution, please make checks payable to Lucy Roberts and send it to:

The Lucy Roberts Fund
2030 Union Street, Suite 205
San Francisco, CA 94123

2) The Richard C. Roberts Scholarship has been established at Rich's high school alma mater in Massachusetts. Contributions should be sent to:

Richard C. Roberts Scholarship
Bishop Stang, Attention: Advancement
500 Slocum Road
North Dartmouth, MA 02747

Please make checks payable to Bishop Stang High School and note that your donation is for the Richard C. Roberts Scholarship.

3) The Melanoma Research Foundation. Donation information can be found online at http://www.melanoma.org/memorialdonation.aspx

I wanted to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has posted a comment, emailed, called, sent a card/gift and visited. Lucy and I are so appreciative of everyone's love and support. We feel such extreme sadness, but you are all providing us with a lot of comfort.