Richard Schumann

RICHARD L. GERRARD
February 10, 1947 ˜ September 1, 2019

Richard L. Gerrard of Vancouver, WA, died peacefully at home surrounded by family from an aggressive glioblastoma brain tumor. Richard’s faith and love for family was ever present.
Richard was born in San Francisco, CA to Martin H. Gerrard and Patricia M. (Bruce) Gerrard. In 1951, the family moved to Portland, OR where he later owned a manufacturers representative agency for over 40 years.
Richard is survived by his wife, Linda; daughters, Anne Flagg and Dana Gerrard; son, Eric; four grandchildren; his brother, Stephen Gerrard; and sister, Judy Gerrard.
A gathering to celebrate Richard’s life is scheduled for Sun., Sept. 29, 2:00 PM at Brickstone Ballroom, 105 W. Evergreen Blvd., Vancouver, WA 98660.
Please sign his guest book @ www.columbian.com/obits

#43389 Well said Toli...completely agree that we owe much to HWA and GTA for the atmosphere on campus. Sure miss those days!

#42916

Accurate and well articulated, Robert.

I believe Les was just 17 and fresh out of high school when we arrived on campus in August of '69.  I was five years older, having recently completed serving in the Air Force.  He had an amiable personality and we hit it right off.  I had considerable experience with barbershop singing and with is beautiful bass voice, he was the perfect choice for the quartet we put together with Ken Johnston as baritone, Gary Kapity as lead and me as tenor, see picture.  L to R, me, Gary in barbershop chair recovering from skiing fun, ken and Les on the right.  The picture was taken during our performance in the student center.  I wondered whatever became of him after graduation and sorry to hear he passed so young.  I'm sure he made a great husband and father.

I believe Les was just 17 and fresh out of high school when we arrived on campus in August of '69.  I was five years older, having recently completed serving in the Air Force.  He had an amiable personality and we hit it right off.  I had considerable experience with barbershop singing and with his beautiful bass voice, he was the perfect choice for the quartet we put together with Ken Johnston as baritone, Gary Kapity as lead and me as tenor, see picture.  L to R, me, Gary in barbershop chair recovering from skiing fun, Ken and Les on the right.  The picture was taken during our performance in the student center.  I wondered whatever became of him after graduation and sorry to hear he passed so young.  I'm sure he made a great husband and father.

#37431

Well said, John! I think your comments echo the feelings regarding attending AC that many of us share! Our Camelot to be sure.

Posted on: Apr 14, 2021 at 12:59 PM

Congrats on the 47th anniversary of your exemplary marriage and hopefully many more to come! Barbara and I will celebrate our 48th on June 3. Be well and stay healthy old pal!

#34168 Nailed it Robert...kudos!

#33906 Very well said Aaron.....breath of fresh air!

Posted on: Dec 10, 2020 at 1:33 AM

#30543 Exemplary overview of the early days, Carn! :-)

Posted on: Sep 11, 2020 at 12:35 PM

RE #30333 Gary, I SO hope there will be 'second book' with future installments! You have me hanging on every word and I truly feel I missed out by being in the Air Force during those years '67 & '68 when so much was happening at AC, especially in the music arena. I showed up on campus in August of '69 and that evening the Sound of Music was being performed.....totally unexpected by me and I thought I had been transported to a magical wonderland! I hope you will cover that experience in detail. Meanwhile, I, like others I am sure, will patiently wait, drumming our fingers on the table until the next installment!

Posted on: Sep 02, 2020 at 8:52 AM

#30040 Well spoken Aaron!

Posted on: Aug 25, 2020 at 4:06 PM

I've really been enjoying your trip down memory lane with such outstanding recall of your years at AC. The chorale/band segments are especially delightful. I found this old pic of a chorale fun show from '71 but I can't tell if the venue was Squaw Valley, student center, or what. The four dancers L to R are Fred Crow, Brent Fieldler, Richard Schumann and not sure of the guy on the end...I suppose I could look him up in the Envoy. Reading your stories is a real highlight of my daily AC forum perusing!

Richard

Posted on: May 03, 2020 at 9:51 PM

Hi Sarah,

According to Google, the Office Facilities Bdg. still exists at 210 S De Lacey Ave, Pasadena, CA 91105. Take care, Richard S.

Posted on: Jan 01, 2020 at 2:21 PM

#21597
Marni Nixon dubbed Natalie. Rita was dubbed in one of her songs by Betty Wand. Love watching them both in WSStory. Take care, Richard