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Very sad to report the passing of Rick Caesar. The obituary from the local newspaper is below.
July 16, 2014
Born to Sidney and Florence (Levy) Caesar in New York, NY, he moved to Beverly Hills, CA at age 15. After winning the Southern California State Basketbakk Championship as a 6'8" senior at Beverly Hills High, he attended Yale Univ. and majored in English. After his 2nd year he took a year off "to write poetry and work on his beard." He later used his degree to write book reviews. He attended medical school at UC Davis and then worked as an ER doctor for 18 years at Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland. He enjoyed reading, skiing, the outdoors, exercise, and a good movie.
He was married to Marcy McNeilly for 7 yrs. In 2002, he married Alisa Jaspers and moved to Eugene. He worked in Addition Medicine at Serentity Lane Treatment Center. He died from complications from a 2012 surgery.
He is survived by his wife Alisa; his sons Elijah (8) and Rowan (4); and sisters Karen Caesar (Tim Carroll) and Michele Glad. A funeral service will be held at 11AM Tues. July 22, 2014 at St. Alice Catholic Church with a reception to follow.
July 16, 2014
Born to Sidney and Florence (Levy) Caesar in New York, NY., he moved to Beverly Hills, CA. at age 15. After winning the Southern California State Basketball Championship as a 6'8" senior at Beverly Hills High, he attended Yale Univ. and majored in English. After his 2nd year he took a year off "to write poetry and work on his beard." He later used his degree to write book reviews. He attended medical school at UC Davis and then worked as an ER doctor for 18 years at Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland. He enjoyed reading, skiing, the outdoors, exercise, and a good movie.
He was married to Marcy McNeilly for 7 yrs. In 2002, he married Alisa Jaspers and moved to Eugene. He worked in Addiction Medicine at Serenity Lane Treatment Center. He died from complications from a 2012 surgery.
He is survived by his wife Alisa; and his sons Elijah (8) and Rowan (4); and sisters Karen Caesar (Tim Carroll) and Michele Glad. A funeral service will be held at 11AM Tues. July 22, 2014 at St. Alice Catholic Church with a reception to follow.
Published in Eugene Register-Guard on July 20, 2014
- See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/registerguard/obituary.aspx?n=richard-irwin-caesar-rick&pid=171789615#sthash.CH0QJVBj.dpuf
July 16, 2014
Born to Sidney and Florence (Levy) Caesar in New York, NY., he moved to Beverly Hills, CA. at age 15. After winning the Southern California State Basketball Championship as a 6'8" senior at Beverly Hills High, he attended Yale Univ. and majored in English. After his 2nd year he took a year off "to write poetry and work on his beard." He later used his degree to write book reviews. He attended medical school at UC Davis and then worked as an ER doctor for 18 years at Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland. He enjoyed reading, skiing, the outdoors, exercise, and a good movie.
He was married to Marcy McNeilly for 7 yrs. In 2002, he married Alisa Jaspers and moved to Eugene. He worked in Addiction Medicine at Serenity Lane Treatment Center. He died from complications from a 2012 surgery.
He is survived by his wife Alisa; and his sons Elijah (8) and Rowan (4); and sisters Karen Caesar (Tim Carroll) and Michele Glad. A funeral service will be held at 11AM Tues. July 22, 2014 at St. Alice Catholic Church with a reception to follow.
Published in Eugene Register-Guard on July 20, 2014
- See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/registerguard/obituary.aspx?n=richard-irwin-caesar-rick&pid=171789615#sthash.CH0QJVBj.dpuf
uly 16, 2014
Born to Sidney and Florence (Levy) Caesar in New York, NY., he moved to Beverly Hills, CA. at age 15. After winning the Southern California State Basketball Championship as a 6'8" senior at Beverly Hills High, he attended Yale Univ. and majored in English. After his 2nd year he took a year off "to write poetry and work on his beard." He later used his degree to write book reviews. He attended medical school at UC Davis and then worked as an ER doctor for 18 years at Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland. He enjoyed reading, skiing, the outdoors, exercise, and a good movie.
He was married to Marcy McNeilly for 7 yrs. In 2002, he married Alisa Jaspers and moved to Eugene. He worked in Addiction Medicine at Serenity Lane Treatment Center. He died from complications from a 2012 surgery.
He is survived by his wife Alisa; and his sons Elijah (8) and Rowan (4); and sisters Karen Caesar (Tim Carroll) and Michele Glad. A funeral service will be held at 11AM Tues. July 22, 2014 at St. Alice Catholic Church with a reception to follow.
Published in Eugene Register-Guard on July 20, 2014
- See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/registerguard/obituary.aspx?n=richard-irwin-caesar-rick&pid=171789615#sthash.CH0QJVBj.dpuf
uly 16, 2014
Born to Sidney and Florence (Levy) Caesar in New York, NY., he moved to Beverly Hills, CA. at age 15. After winning the Southern California State Basketball Championship as a 6'8" senior at Beverly Hills High, he attended Yale Univ. and majored in English. After his 2nd year he took a year off "to write poetry and work on his beard." He later used his degree to write book reviews. He attended medical school at UC Davis and then worked as an ER doctor for 18 years at Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland. He enjoyed reading, skiing, the outdoors, exercise, and a good movie.
He was married to Marcy McNeilly for 7 yrs. In 2002, he married Alisa Jaspers and moved to Eugene. He worked in Addiction Medicine at Serenity Lane Treatment Center. He died from complications from a 2012 surgery.
He is survived by his wife Alisa; and his sons Elijah (8) and Rowan (4); and sisters Karen Caesar (Tim Carroll) and Michele Glad. A funeral service will be held at 11AM Tues. July 22, 2014 at St. Alice Catholic Church with a reception to follow.
Published in Eugene Register-Guard on July 20, 2014
- See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/registerguard/obituary.aspx?n=richard-irwin-caesar-rick&pid=171789615#sthash.CH0QJVBj.dpuf
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Larry Isaacs
It is with great sadness I write this. In a lifetime there are very few opportunities to have truly great friendships. Rick was a great friend. Funny. Brilliant. Losing such a friend is devastating. We shared so many great times; listening to the Temps and Lenny Bruce albums, driving up to Big Sur and Tassajara, so many meaningful talks, playing basketball with Jason and Eddie. Rick was an overwhelming figure not only in stature but also in his mixture of humor, intelligence, depth and warmth that charmed everyone. A huge loss.