In Memory Of
Robert P. Rickert
1945
2020
Robert P. Rickert
April 25, 1945 — May 3, 2020
Robert Paul Rickert Esq., 75, of Syracuse, NY, passed away peacefully in his home on Friday May 1st 2020,
31 years to the day after his beloved wife Nora Jean Knight Rickert.
Born to Richard and Dorothy in Passaic, NJ, on April 25th 1945, he graduated from Christian Brothers Academy in 1963, and earned a Bachelor of Arts from Le Moyne College in 1967. He went on to earn a Master of Arts in English from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville in 1968 and lectured at Winthrop College in Rock Hill, SC. Bob worked as a "health lobbyist", his description, in Washington D.C. for 3 years in the 70's, which he called "my hot decade, clearly", before being tasked to find a medical doctor willing to work for what later became the Tri County Health System in Warrenton, GA, where he married Nora Jean in 1976, shortly before moving to Fayetteville, Arkansas. They lived there until 1987. During that time, which he often described as his happiest, he fathered two daughters with his wife, taught English at the University of Arkansas, and was awarded the John Gould Fletcher Medal for Poetry. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Arkansas in 1984, and a Juris Doctor Degree in the spring of 1987 before returning to Syracuse that summer. He passed the NY Bar Exam in 1988 and was sworn in on March 8th of that year.
Thereafter, Bob worked at the Hiscock Legal Aid Society until his retirement. Robert is survived by his daughters Molly and Eileen of Asheville, North Carolina, his mother Dorothy Rickert, his brothers John Rickert, Richard (Dick) Rickert, William (Bill) Rickert, Paul Rickert, and his sister Anne Pucine.
He loved the writings of his friends and fellow poets Dave Dwyer, Dugan Gilman, Frank Stanford, and Leon Stokesbury, all of whom predeceased him.
He loved his family, baseball, John Prine, double entendres, most books, and his friends at Wild Will's Saloon. Possessed of a rare and truly brilliant mind, his generosity, wit, and humor will be missed. He felt deeply about civil rights and the injustices faced by marginalized communities, dedicating his law career to helping those who experienced the inherent inequalities of the American legal system.
Donations can be made in his name to the Hiscock Legal Aid Society.
Though we mourn him now, apart, we will celebrate him together in the not too distant future. A memorial service will be scheduled for a future date and time when it is permitted and safe.
31 years to the day after his beloved wife Nora Jean Knight Rickert.
Born to Richard and Dorothy in Passaic, NJ, on April 25th 1945, he graduated from Christian Brothers Academy in 1963, and earned a Bachelor of Arts from Le Moyne College in 1967. He went on to earn a Master of Arts in English from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville in 1968 and lectured at Winthrop College in Rock Hill, SC. Bob worked as a "health lobbyist", his description, in Washington D.C. for 3 years in the 70's, which he called "my hot decade, clearly", before being tasked to find a medical doctor willing to work for what later became the Tri County Health System in Warrenton, GA, where he married Nora Jean in 1976, shortly before moving to Fayetteville, Arkansas. They lived there until 1987. During that time, which he often described as his happiest, he fathered two daughters with his wife, taught English at the University of Arkansas, and was awarded the John Gould Fletcher Medal for Poetry. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Arkansas in 1984, and a Juris Doctor Degree in the spring of 1987 before returning to Syracuse that summer. He passed the NY Bar Exam in 1988 and was sworn in on March 8th of that year.
Thereafter, Bob worked at the Hiscock Legal Aid Society until his retirement. Robert is survived by his daughters Molly and Eileen of Asheville, North Carolina, his mother Dorothy Rickert, his brothers John Rickert, Richard (Dick) Rickert, William (Bill) Rickert, Paul Rickert, and his sister Anne Pucine.
He loved the writings of his friends and fellow poets Dave Dwyer, Dugan Gilman, Frank Stanford, and Leon Stokesbury, all of whom predeceased him.
He loved his family, baseball, John Prine, double entendres, most books, and his friends at Wild Will's Saloon. Possessed of a rare and truly brilliant mind, his generosity, wit, and humor will be missed. He felt deeply about civil rights and the injustices faced by marginalized communities, dedicating his law career to helping those who experienced the inherent inequalities of the American legal system.
Donations can be made in his name to the Hiscock Legal Aid Society.
Though we mourn him now, apart, we will celebrate him together in the not too distant future. A memorial service will be scheduled for a future date and time when it is permitted and safe.
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