Richard (Dick) Harvey Myers, 84, passed away peacefully on December 17, 2024, surrounded by loved ones. Dick was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on October 7, 1940 to Warren Myers and Doris Manlet-Myers. Dick’s father moved to Madison, Wisconsin and continued to grow his family there after marrying Violet Myers, in 1952. Dick graduated from Joliet High School in Madison in 1958 and immediately enlisted in the Army where he served in Korea from 1958-1961.
After returning from Korea, Dick married Marteal Alford and had 2 children, Sandra, born in 1963 and Rick, born in 1967. He later reenlisted in the Army which led to 2 tours of duty in Vietnam. During his first tour in Vietnam he was an artillery operator. He then returned to the states in 1971 and attended Flight School, returning for his second tour in Vietnam as a Helicopter Pilot. In 1972, he was wounded and received a Purple Heart.
In the years after his career in the military, Dick opened several businesses including an aquarium shop, “Treasure Trails” coin and metal detecting, and an art gallery.
He met the love of his life Sheila O’Connor, and they were married in 1982. They welcomed their daughter Emily in 1985. Eventually, he went back to school and received a degree in Technical Writing & Communications, from EWU.
From this point on Dick was immersed in marketing, electronics, and technology for the remainder of his career. Ultimately, leading to the creation of “Auto-Patch” an electronic switching system for AV distribution over IT networks. “Auto-Patch” became a primary product for “XN Technology” and later a division of “AMX Video Control Systems”.
During his retirement, Dick enjoyed traveling with Sheila and could NEVER get enough fishing in at his cherished lake getaway at Twin Echo Shores, at Twin Lakes in Rathdrum, Idaho. And as throughout his life, Dick continued to be a collector of all things “cool”.
Dick is preceded in death by his parents, his brothers Warren (Tom) Myers, Francis Clifton Myers. He is survived by his beloved wife Sheila, daughters Sandra (Thomas) Peterson, Emily (Eli) Carrasco, son Rick Myers, sisters Nancy (Mike) White, Suzi (Shawn) Schaub, brothers Glenn (Carla) Myers, Steve (Shari) Myers, Steve (Carol) McCormick, grandchildren Matt (Kaitlyn) Hamrick, Kandi Hamrick, Heather Wegher, Dominic and Ella Carrasco, great granddaughter Eleanora Hamrick.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, May 17, 2025 at Heritage Funeral & Cremation (508 N. Government Way, Spokane, WA 99224) at 1:00pm with reception to follow at the same location. In lieu of flowers, it would greatly honor Dick’s legacy to make donations instead to Habitat for Humanity or the American Kidney Fund.
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