Rick Allen Shriver

Rick led an adventurous life. He could always take apart anything that wasn’t working, then
reassemble it with improvements. He was a natural with anything that was mechanical, needed
welding and photography. He was a graduate from the Denver Diesel and Automotive College.
He kept a lot of people safe and taught everyone something while he was fixing or inventing
something new. If you had a question – Rick had an answer.
He was a voracious reader of all things and had a memory that could recall all that information
at any time. He drove hundreds of thousands of miles for work, family & fun. He loved all things
Apple and was a behind the scenes tester for software development.
His welding and mechanical work exposed him to many toxins which lead to a chronic condition
of heavy metal toxicity in his body, he wasn’t a complainer, but this took a toll on his immune
system, and he had a flare up in mid-February that he wasn’t able to recover from.
Rick loved his pets, the most recent was a little kitten that had been abandoned, her name was
Lucy, and you can see this bundle of joy at https://youtu.be/rBUGT3PF13w , it’s a nice reminder
of the gentle giant Rick was. He also had 3 previous pets, a basset hound that I can’t recall the
name of and then 2 smaller dogs: Shuggy & Dolittle.
Rick is survived by his mother Evelyn Shriver, and Aunt Catherine Wagner, along with his
siblings: Pam Shriver, Gary Shriver, Jenn Rauh & Bill Shriver. His cousins are from the Wagner &
Wood families, along with many nieces and nephews, and 2 sisters-in-law. We also remember
his father, George Shriver, his grandparents and his Aunt & Uncles who preceded him in death
and honor them for all their contributions to Rick’s full life.
Rick was a great outdoorsman, the family has chosen The Outdoor Discovery Center in Holland,
Michigan as a suggestion for any memorials or tributes to Rick – donations can be made here:
https://outdoordiscovery.org/give/
We are grateful for the time we share with those along our path and the lasting impact they’ve
made in our lives. Please leave a note or your remembrance of Rick here as well, we’d love
some of your stories and pictures about Rick and you. If you would like to reach out to the
family please email info@pamelajshriver.com.