Richard (Dick) Foreman died at his beloved airplane hanger/ beach home in Pacific City, Ore., in the early morning of Nov. 19, 2020. He served his country as a 20 year U.S. Army Veteran and lived a life of adventures. Dick celebrated his 90-year-old birthday earlier in the year and loved his large family.
Born in 1930 in Portland, Ore., Dick lived much of his early life in Gresham, Ore. A bit of a rascal, he had fond early memories of daring the shortcut walk on the railroad trestles to get to school, being a youth âwartime messengerâ in âblacked outâ Gresham during WWII, fishing in Johnson Creek, and hitchhiking to Mt. Hood to go skiing. At age 6 he received a Charles Lindbergh âpiggy bankâ from the local savings and loan, inspiring his lifelong love of aviation which he pursued after joining the U.S. Army at age 16 in 1947.