[Capri25] Fathers.

[Doug Dickerson]

I want to Thank Everyone for their cards and condolences
 and to Scott
Seager.  

 

My father passed away April 16 from what Dr. think was a pulmonary embolism
at age 84.  He was a real fighter with a number of setbacks. 

 

He was active to the day of his death
 that morning he cooked his own
breakfast.  He should have died 10 years earlier but he was way too
crotchety.  We think it took that long for God to prepare himself. It was a
real blessing because he had all his mental faculties and sharp to the end..
and, we did not have to put him in a nursing home which he would have
hated
.or suffer a stroke or coma.  We had the funeral at Wayzata Community
Church.  Very nice service with a lot of grandchildren speaking.  Family is
doing great.  And my Dad is out of pain.  Don’t need any sympathy cards.

 

I will share this one with you. Every Sunday I would have dinner with my
folks and the first thing my Dad would ask me while fixing Martinis is how
did we race?  We then sketched the design for the Wayzata Capri National
Regatta logo together.  When I gave my Dad a cap with our logo on it he said
the next time we design it -  we better have the Martinis afterwards.  He
was a very talented guy and creative genius. 

 

I don’t know what the etiquette is about telling friends when someone very
close dies
  but as friends I thought you should know that Temple
Blackwood’s father past away.  Temple is partners with Larry AuBuchon on
Rampage.  

 

Temple, our condolences and prayers are with you. 

 

Hug your Dad for us.

 

Doug Dickerson

 

 

 

Matthew T. Blackwood
IRVINGTON–Matthew Temple “Tim” Blackwood, 80, of Irvington, died April 26,
2008, following an extended battle with various illnesses.

Mr. Blackwood was born in New York City in 1928 and lived most of his youth
in Centreville, Md. A graduate of Culver Military Academy in 1945 and
Cornell University in 1950, he served four years of active duty and 12 years
in the United States Marine Corp Reserves. He worked at Johnson and Higgins
for 31 years in Philadelphia and Richmond. With J&H, he designed and managed
employee benefit plans, ultimately as executive vice president, and retired
in 1989 as principal for Foster-Higgins.

His deep sense of responsibility to the community led to many volunteer
activities in Richmond, including serving in various board member positions
for the Richmond Symphony, the First Unitarian Church, Richmond Aftercare,
Virginia Literacy Coalition and Virginia State Retirement System.

He was active in Fishing Bay Yacht Club since 1969. After moving to
Deltaville in 1994, he became involved with the Virginia Institute of Marine
Science, Save the Old Piankatank, the Deltaville Library and the Middlesex
County Museum. One of his proudest recent accomplishments was being a
founding member and first president of the Deltaville Maritime Museum and
Holly Point Nature Park.

He is survived by his wife, Helen S.M. Blackwood of Richmond; his loving
children, Eileen of Williston, Vt., Laurie of Albuquerque, N.M., Terry of
Richmond and Temple of St. Paul, Minn., their spouses and partners; five
grandchildren; a brother, Terry R. Blackwood of Bloomfield, Conn., and his
lifelong friend, Elise Hilbert of Irvington.

Memorial services will be held Friday, May 2, at Rappahannock
Westminster-Canterbury in Irvington at 2 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to Deltaville Maritime Museum and
Holly Point Park, P.O. Box 466, Deltaville, VA 23043, or the Richmond
Symphony, 300 W. Franklin Street, Suite 103-E, Richmond, VA 23220, or
organizations of one’s choice.

The family may be contacted through Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury, 132
Lancaster Drive, Irvington, VA 22480.

Currie Funeral Home in Kilmarnock handled the arrangements

 

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