In a memorial service honoring Myers, Bob Castrodale related the image of a man who often was harsh in his frank honesty, yet generous and thoughtful to the many whom he respected. “He reveled in his physical vitality.” he said. “He exemplified manliness in its classic sense: ruggedness tempered with grace and charm. He was one of a kind, a rare and splendid man. Dick could be difficult sometimes, but he’d have felt miserable if he thought he’d offended someone."
In [the] closing part of one of his letters, Dick wrote: “It is good to read your columns which makes all of us who knew Davenport and loved the people and the land thereabouts recall the many happenings we were so fortunate to have experienced. I think often about some of the old timers such as Jack Adams, Frank Selde, Fred Magin, Toby Tobiason, Bill Thornburg, Sam Griswold, A. A. Peart, Joe Pebles and many, many more who made up the interesting characters of our times. I could go on and on naming the old timers we used to know and love. But as a kid they were grown-ups and it takes an old timer to know one of their own kind. That’s where you and I are at a disadvantage...I’d like to quote something I tucked into my desk dictionary: ‘I dare not ask for improved memory, but for a growing humility, that occasionally I may be mistaken. Give me the ability to see good things in unexpected places, and talent in unexpected people.'”
"Remembering Dick Myers" Kik-Backs No. 3, page 38, part 3, (previous) (home) (thread)
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