Rick S. Garvue

Rick S. Garvue, 66, of Amherst, died Sunday, November 6, 2016 at CHI Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney following a 9 month battle with pancreatic cancer. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Memorials are suggested to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Rick was born July 25 1950 in Ypsilanti, Michigan to Robert Garvue and Margaret Choren Garvue. Rick and his 5 siblings grew up in Michigan and Indiana. In 1964 the family spent a year in Lahore, Pakistan but were evacuated to Tehran during the Indo-Pakistani War. After returning to the United States, they moved to Tallahassee, Florida where Rick graduated from high school in 1969. In 1971 Rick entered the US military service and was sent to Monterey Defense Language Institute where he learned Hungarian. He was then sent to Germany to monitor broadcasts from behind the Iron Curtain but ended up repairing Jeeps. He received an Honorary Discharge in 1974 and attended the University of Colorado-Boulder where he met his wife, Carol Lilly, and graduated with a degree in German. Rick and Carol married in May of 1983. He later attended Colorado School of Mines which initiated his career in surveying. Rick and Carol moved to Nebraska in 1992 where Rick worked as a Licensed Land Surveyor for Buffalo Surveying Corporation. He was incredibly charming and could make you smile even when he was insulting you. He taught his kids to question authority, to drive, and to deliver quick one-liners. He never stopped amusing himself and surprising his family with new hobbies, and was equally at home taking To-Shin-Do classes with his son or making brownies on a lazy Sunday. Rick was a talented artist and musician who played guitar and piano with flair and emotion in rock and bluegrass bands. Among his other favorite activities were listening to music, drinking fine beer, reading and taking online math and statistics classes. Rick is survived by his wife Carol Lilly of Amherst; daughter Daniela Garvue of Seattle, WA; son Max Garvue of Lincoln, NE; sisters Joanne Susan, and Dena Garvue; brothers, Gary, Barry, and Craig Garvue. Rick was preceded in death by his parents.

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Rick S. Garvue

July 25, 1950 - November 6, 2016