Richard Bryan Ross

Richard, also known by his artist pen name, “Ricardo”, passed away unexpectedly at age 65 and will be dearly missed by his family and his many friends. Austin had been Richard’s home for the past 15 years. Everyone who made Richard’s acquaintance, made a friend. He was always offering to help strangers and friends. Truly a remarkable and talented person in so many ways, he was a free spirit living outside of most folks’ conventional daily practice of life. Richard was a gifted pen & ink artist, a true comedian and humorist, a weight lifter, a wrestling fanatic, avid reader and writer, an actor, an amateur physicist, a UFO researcher, but most importantly, he was a loving, caring and dedicated son to his mother, Jenice Ann Ross, and father, Cerf Stanford Ross, both of Austin whom preceded Richard in death. Richard was a loving and caring brother is survived by Chip Ross and his spouse, Tammy Ross, of Austin, one niece, Rachel Anthony and her spouse, Jackie Anthony of Austin, and his aunt, Lettie Burns of Murphys , California and many cousins living in California and Texas. Richard served his country in the U.S. Marine Corp. He was born in Houston, Texas on April 30, 1942. Throughout his life, Richard loved to roam, and lived in many cities and towns throughout the U.S., notably, San Antonio, Houston, Corpus Christi, El Paso and Trinity, Texas and Seattle, Washington. As a young man, Richard trained to be a professional wrestler, but a horrendous accident changed the course of his life forever. In the mid 1960’s, after being hit by a train, Richard began his career as one of Texas’ most notable pen & ink artists. He was the official artist of the 1968 Hemisphere and his artwork is owned by tens of thousands of people all over the world including Presidents of nations. There will be a memorial service to celebrate Richard’s life on December 6, 2007 at 7 P.M. in the Chapel of Wilke-Clay-Fish funeral Home, 2620 S. Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas.