Richard Henry Joseph Jasin

He was born on October 19, 1942 in Philadelphia, PA to the late Henry & Mary Jasin. He attended Villanova University where he received a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Fordham University where he received a Master of Business Administration.

Following his education he entered the Navy with the rank of Lieutenant. After serving his tour of duty during the Vietnam Conflict, he returned to Philadelphia and began his career. In 1980, Rich joined Arthur Young & Co. in New York City as a consultant to the legal industry. In 1985, he joined the third largest legal firm in Wisconsin as Executive Director. His career path continued and brought him to Dallas in 1999 when he joined the law firm of Carrington, Coleman, Sloman and Blumenthal as Executive Director. He retired from the firm in 2013.

In 1995 Rich founded Richmark Associates, Inc. He conceived, organized and developed the first of its kind positive identification and organized recovery system for America’s lost, missing and abducted children. The system, Child Shield USA, was successfully introduced to 36 million households. Rich received an award in 1995 for his work related to this important service.

While Rich worked hard and took pride in his career, his passion was music. Specifically, Jazz. It began as a young man when his father encouraged him to learn the accordion. Rich mastered it and played parties, weddings, even in the living room when visitors stopped by. His young band appeared on Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour but came in second to another young performer who went on to be a superstar - Barbra Streisand. Rich always said jokingly "I could'a been somebody." As he got older, his interest shifted to the drums. He wanted to learn from the best, so he began lessons under the instruction of Joe Morello of the Dave Brubeck Quartet. After moving to Dallas in 1999, he decided to dust off the drums and began a journey that led him to make great friendships in the Dallas music community and gave him the opportunity to play with many of the great musicians in the area. After retirement his passion for the music grew deeper and he played until he could longer sit at the drum set. Towards the end, he couldn't play anymore but he listened to music every day and went to sleep at night with his music playing. He imagined drum sticks in his hands, closed his eyes and kept the beat going.

Rich is survived by his loving wife Pam, daughter Jennifer Jasin of Mequon, WI and fiancée Chris Fetzer, step-son Chris Money of Arlington and wife Candace, step-daughter Jennifer Owens of Dallas and husband David, brother Thomas Jasin of Lancaster, PA and wife Mary Jane, aunt Jane Kalita of Philadelphia, brother-in-law Mike Stevenson of LaGrange, GA and wife Cecilia, along with many cousins, nieces and nephew. He was preceded in death by his parents, son Richard Jasin, Jr., and son Kevin Jasin.

A funeral service will be held on December 13, 2014 at 12:00 noon at Sparkman/Hillcrest Funeral Home, 7405 W. Northwest Highway, Dallas. Friends are invited to visit with the family at a Celebration of Life reception to follow immediately after the service. Private burial will be held at Hillcrest Memorial Park.

If desired, memorials may be made to the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, 230 East Ohio Street, Suite 304

Chicago, Illinois 60611-3201 or online at www.pulmonaryfibrosis.org. Online condolences can be made at www.Sparkman-Hillcrest.com.