Richard Dick Kaplan
November 12, 1921 ~ May 13, 2005
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
E. Richard “Dick” Kaplan, 83, a longtime resident of Edgewood Knoll Apartments, Asheville, died Friday, May 13, 2005.
Mr. Kaplan was a native of New York State and was a son of the late Dr. N.H and Sophie Kaplan. He was a writer and columnist for the Asheville Citizen-Times, mainly in the sports department. He wrote a regular column on bowling but was probably more well known for his bridge column.
Mr. Kaplan has no immediate family.
A memorial service will be held at 3:15 pm Thursday, May 26, 2005, in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home.
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Oh! My Precious ‘Pappa Dick’
I will all ways cherish our time together, the laughter, the golf cart rides to the bus stop, ’50 years on the bus line’ you would say.
I will always keep an empty cup for your hot coco & cookies in my office!
I pray you are at piece & you are happy, you are with your Momma & Daddy now.
You will be missed be many & Loved by all!
Rest in Piece ‘OMK’
Love always, Kelly 🙂
Your ‘Harley Momma Girlfriend’
Our Dear Mr. Kaplan,
You were such a wise person, you taught us all so many things.
Your daily visits to the office kept us all on our toes & fully stocked with your favorite ‘Hot CoCo’ & cookies!
You had become such a special part of the community & of our families. You were loved by all of us & you will be missed!
Thanks for the fun & the Laughs!!
Love, all the staff at Pinnacle Ridge apartments.
Kelly Spaulding, Michelle Palmer, Cindy Hart, Danny Joe Johnson & Erik Larsen
We thought a lot of Dick an we love him. we were very fortunate to be able to be with him for so long.He will be miss by everyone.
Dick was a very unique individual and had is own way of opening his heart to people. He arranged for me to have personal bowling lessons with Pro Bowler George Pappas when I was 15 years old. He will be missed by many but is definitely going to a much better place.
I have played bridge and gone to a lot of bowling events with Dick. He will be missed by me and I am sure a lot of other people.
We miss you Dick. Thanks for being in our lives. You were such a big influence on us all. We will miss you forever. Good buy Poppa Dick.
Extremely intelligent person. I remember a column Bob Terrell wrote about the two of them going to the Kentucky Derby and Dick called someone on the way and got tickets. He knew everyone. I remember his keeping score for pot bowling games at Sky Lanes on Saturday nights. I can not remember whether it was 6 or 8 lanes and he never made a mistake. He was really one of a kind.