The following is Richard K. Degenhardt's official

obituary extracted from the Asheville Citizen-Times,
Sunday September 3, 2000, complements of Mr. Max E.
Norman, B.C.I.S. Honoree.

I would like to thank Max for his thoughtfulness in
forwarding Dick's obituary such
that it may be shared
with all Belleekers.


I wished to express my sadness in light of Dicks
passing but, unfortunately, I personally only knew
of Dick as a Belleeker.   Many
of you were privileged
to know him as the complete person he always was.


What follows will remind us all of the many complex
facets that made Dick so special to all of our lives

that he touched thru his unselfish devotion.

The following is in his memory:

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