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Ryck S. Kapp

July 6, 1956 - September 29, 2017

Greatest of Dads. Consummate Rockstar. Hopeless Romantic. Fix-it genius. And the most Extraordinary of Gentlemen … Truly he was Mr. Nice Guy.
Loving son of George & Ruth Kapp. He is survived by his daughter Tanya & her partner, his lifelong love MeLinda, his 4 beloved sisters, his 3 nieces & his nephew, …read more

Greatest of Dads. Consummate Rockstar. Hopeless Romantic. Fix-it genius. And the most Extraordinary of Gentlemen … Truly he was Mr. Nice Guy.

Loving son of George & Ruth Kapp. He is survived by his daughter Tanya & her partner, his lifelong love MeLinda, his 4 beloved sisters, his 3 nieces & his nephew, along with all the many people that he saw and loved like his children and family. To say that he will be missed, is possibly the biggest understatement ever made…

Ryck treated his daughter, his love, his family, his friends, and those at the Eisenhower Center, like cherished flowers in his magical garden. He tended to them with a heart that poured out intense love, and he tended to them with his wondrously genius mind.

Passionate, humorous, wonderful, Ryck. Anyone lucky enough to have been in his life, carries with them the countless and priceless gifts that he cultivated in us, and the heaviest weight of a loss like no other.

He fought with compassion & humor. He befriended, mentored, championed and defended those that needed it most. Where some saw no hope, he saw a chance to invent a solution, to create a new path, to restore hope, and teach compassionately. He stood up for All walks of life, for all races, from all places. He truly saw the beauty in all humanity. He not only saw the good, he brought out the best in every person who crossed his path.

And he was proud of his many life’s works. He was satisfied with the knowledge that in his 61 years, as he said it…

“I lived what had to be at least 4 lives, by my recent calculations!” and he added a “YaCamon!”

He was such an original. So funny, so sweet, so smart. Just so good.

He Lived.

Love. Integrity. Music. Wisdom. Strength. Passion. Patience. Bravery. Kindness. Laughter. Commitment. Gentleness. Protection. Brilliance.

Some “Ryckness” became part of everyone that he touched.

We will never be the same.

 

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