Rick Grevenstuk - Online Memorial Website

Be open to your dreams, people. Embrace that distant shore. Because our mortal journey is over all too soon.David Assael


This memorial website was created to remember our dearest Rick Grevenstuk who was born in United States on December 4, 1958 and passed away on November 28, 2014. You will live forever in our memories and hearts. 
Rick, you were my first and only love for 36 years, so burying you on our 36th wedding anniversary only seemed fitting. So hard it was for Candi and Grant, your Mom, the grandkids, myself, and everyone that loved you so much, to watch you suffer greatly, and slowly waste away. You wanted only "one more good day" and never got one!  That memory will forever be in my mind.   You were such a wonderful, person, husband, dad, son, papa and friend. "You were given 18 years more than you thought you would have" they said. "You knew it was coming," they said. "At least it wasn't sudden," they said. I know that they meant well but they never had to watch their loved one in constant pain, they never had to see the look of fear and impending death in your eyes, they never had to watch the person they love with all their hearts, waste away and slowly lose their dignity. They never had to know in their hearts that there's not a damn thing they could do to help the person they love with all their hearts!  They never had to try to explain to their grandkids that their papa was dying or watch the fear and pain in their children's eyes!  They don't understand that no matter how much time they have.....it's never enough!!  They never had to experience the kind of pain that breaks their heart in two....knowing that surely they will not survive!  I know that they only were trying to help, but........
We are going on with our lives and learning a new normal, but still think of you every minute of every day!  You will be in our hearts forever and ever!  Even the puppies got excited, every time they heard the garage door open, for months, after you passed, thinking Daddy was home!!  I'm not sure what the future holds but know that no matter what, there is a special place in my heart reserved only for you!  It's been 15 months, 8 days, 6 hours and 30 minutes and I still have all of your things. It's time to move on with my life, and you may be gone, but you will never be forgotten. You are the best thing that ever happened to me and I will love you forever!
All my love, Rick
Your Beloved Wife,
Kathy