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It is with great sorrow that I report the loss of our friend Rich Feldman. He lost his life today due to pancreatic/liver cancer that acted so quickly and so aggressive that within days the decline of his health was evident. Rich was a man of great integrity with the racing community and directly related to my involvement in drag racing for the last 49 years. Many don’t know but Rich enjoyed working on his cars and Ham radios normally getting only 2-4 hours a sleep a night for years. His lifelong voluntary work in the East Liverpool/St. Clair Township, Ohio area along with his wife and family will be remembered forever. The “Mr. Security” name started very early in the years as Rich and his family under their Father, Ben, were known as the “First Family of Insurance” insuring clients nationwide.
Rich was involved, especially during the Gulf War and almost every day since, in providing phone patches to our Armed Forces members through a program called the M.A.R.S. network He sat most nights by his Ham radio connecting the families of our service members with their sons/daughters via Ham radio. He was working the switch between them by hand as they transferred messages sometimes private about happenings at home and abroad even related to notifications of deaths and births by family members. These signals sometimes were sent to land and sea along with our bombers and transport planes making their missions. We will all miss him dearly, Rich, Rest In Peace……………………………………… ……………… I will post info later on Funeral Arrangements. |
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Great man, awesome car. Very sad to hear. Thanks for the added story. I didn't know a lot of that about him. He will be missed.
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So sorry to hear this. Just a really great guy and racer. RIP, Richard.
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Very saddened to learn of the passing of Rich. Rich has been a "racing friend" to me and a huge number of others for many years. Godspeed Rich.
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Never had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Feldman, but it sounds like he was a great man. I always enjoyed seeing pictures of his beautiful car. Rest in peace sir.
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Very sorry to hear this. I will certainly miss seeing him at the track. His Impala was one of the first S/S cars I remember seeing as a kid when Rich would test out at Quaker City.
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This is really sad indeed. I always looked forward to his Insight and conversations about heavy low power stick cars. It was always colorful.
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Sad to hear of his passing. He sure raced that car with enthusiasm!
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condolences to his family. what a great guy met 30 odd years ago when i worked at Speed n Custom whenever he came in was truly a great day
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I just talked with Rich at the Fall Classic at Indy in October. Hard to imagine from that conversation then, to hear of his passing today. He was a real gentleman and an avid racer with a very neat car. He will be missed. Thoughts and prayers for his family.
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