Ricky Dean Feemster Obituary (1951 - 2018)

RICK FOUND HIS WAY TO HEAVEN AND ETERNITY AS HE WAS DRIVING TO THE BEST JOB HE EVER HAD AT THE AKRON CANTON AIRPORT OCTOBER 28TH. ALTHOUGH HIS DEPARTURE WAS SUDDEN RICKS LEGACY IN LIFE WILL BE THE ENDURING LOVE AND ADMIRATION OF HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. WHILE VISITING RELATIVES JAMES AND JEAN FEEMSTER WELCOMED THEIR BEAUTIFUL SON RICKY DEAN INTO THE WORLD IN FORT WORTH TEXAS ON AUGUST 7, 1951. WHEN THEY RETURNED TO THEIR HOME IN MONTANA RICK'S OLDER BROTHERS STEVE AND RANDY MENTORED HIM AS THEY PLAYED ON THE PRARIE'S AND IN THE BACK YARDS OF THE SLEEPY LITTLE TOWN OF MOORE, MONTANA.IN THE MID 1950'S THE FAMILY RELOCATED AND RICK WAS ALWAYS PROUD TO SAY HE GREW UP IN THE BEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY "CANTON, OHIO" WHERE HE MADE COUNTLESS WONDERFUL FRIENDS AND BECAME A STANDOUT ATHLETE IN THREE SPORTS GRADUATING WITH LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL'S CLASS OF 1970. HE THEN RECEIVED HIS DEGREE IN EDUCATION FROM HEIDELBURG COLLEGE IN TIFFIN, OHIO WHERE HE WAS A MEMBER OF THEIR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM. RICK BECAME A MANAGER OF A FAMILY RUN BUSINESS AND HE PLAYED POINT GUARD FOR THE MONTREAL ARGON'S IN THE CANADIAN BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION. A HIGHLITE OF HIS LIFE WAS WHEN PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON ASKED IF HE COULD MEET RICK BECAUSE THEY LOOKED SO MUCH ALIKE. THEY TALKED SEVERAL TIMES ON THE PHONE WHEN HE WOULD CALL TO SEE HOW RICK WAS DOING. HE WAS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS AND HIS BELOVED GRANDMOTHER GENEVIEVE (KENNEDY) CURETON. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS CHILDREN JUSTIN FEEMSTER OF CANTON, OHIO, MORGAN FEEMSTER OF CANTON, OHIO, COREY (JESSICA) HEISS OF VIRGINIA, KATIE (BRIAN) HILBERT OF MASSILLON, OHIO, HIS BROTHERS, STEVE (LYNN)BRUGH OF STEWARTVILLE, MINNESOTA, RANDY (SHARON) FEEMSTER OF NEW PHILADELPHIA, OHIO, DENNY (KAREN) JUDES OF SLINGER, WISCONSIN, JOHN (DEB) FEEMSTER OF NIAGRA FALLS, NEW YORK, WILLIAM FEEMSTER OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA AND KEVIN FEEMSTER OF PRYOR OKLAHOMA. SISTER SONJA ZOLADA OF MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA . ALONG WITH A HOST OF LOVING GRANDCHILDREN, NIECES AND NEPHEWS, AND A WEATLTH OF FRIENDS HIS AMAZING LITTLE BUDDY, HIS GRANDSON KAM OF MASSILLON, OHIO, AND HIS MOST LOYAL COMPANION, HIS YELLOW LAB BRANDY OF THE HOME. NOVEMBER 2, 2018 AT 1 ' O'CLOCK PM WILL BE THE FINAL CURTAIN CALL FOR THE 67 YEAR COMEDY ACT "THE RICK AND RANDY SHOW".