Richard Peterson

RICHARD C. PETERSON, AGE 74, DIED MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015, IN TAMPA, FLORIDA RICH WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 1940, IN ELIZABETH, NJ, TO RUTH AND JOHN PETERSON. HE ATTENDED JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL IN ELIZABETH, NJ, AND GRADUATED MAGNA CUM LAUDE FROM RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NJ. RICH RETIRED IN 1996 AT THE AGE OF 55 IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. HE THEN MOVED TO TAMPA, FL, WHERE HE BECAME AN OFFICIAL WARRIOR AT THE AGE OF 71, AFTER RECEIVING A DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANT AT TGH, TAMPA, FL. HE WAS A DUAL RESIDENT OF PAWLEYS ISLAND, SC AND TAMPA, FL. RICH PARTICIPATED IN LITTLE LEAGUE COACHING, BOWLING, AND RECREATIONAL BASKETBALL. HIS HOBBIES WERE MUSIC, GOLF, GOLF, AND MORE GOLF, ESPECIALLY WITH THE TRADITION MEN'S CLUB, WHICH HE WAS A MEMBER OF, IN PAWLEYS ISLAND, SC. HIS MOST TREASURED ACCOMPLISHMENT WAS FAMILY. RICH WILL MOST BE REMEMBERED BY HIS WIT, SENSE OF HUMOR, WARM PRESENCE, GENEROSITY, EASY GOING SPIRIT.... HE WAS THE 'BEST OF THE BEST.' HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 52 YEARS, SYLVIA, OF PAWLEYS ISLAND, SC, DAUGHTER DENISE, OF SPARTA, NJ, SON JOHN, OF WHIPPANY, NJ, AND GRANDCHILDREN MIA ALEXIS AND MATTHEW RICHARD, BOTH OF SPARTA, NJ. HIS BROTHERS, JOHN J. PETERSON, JR. OF COLONIA, NJ, ROBERT PETERSON, OF STOCKERTOWN, PA, THOMAS PETERSON, OF HUNTERSVILLE, NC, AND SISTER RUTHANN DOYLE, OF ISLE OF PALMS, SC. RICH IS ALSO SURVIVED BY BROTHER AND SISTER IN-LAWS LARRY DOYLE, OF ISLE OF PALMS, SC, WILLIAM AND BARBARA LANDERS, OF FALLS CHURCH, VA, JENNIFER PETERSON, OF HUNTERSVILLE, NC , VICTORIA PETERSON, OF STOCKERTOWN, PA, RAE PETERSON OF COLONIA, NJ AND MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS. THERE WILL BE A CELEBRATION OF LIFE MASS, SATURDAY, JUNE 20TH, 10:30 AM, AT ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH, MANHATTAN AVENUE, TAMPA, FL. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, A CONTRIBUTION CAN BE SENT TO onebreathatatime.net.