Rick Guasco

Oh man...this hurt like hell. Rick was a best friend, a best man, and soul brother since high school. Many, many experiences and journeys on the road, rock shows, hikes, parties, girls - eventually watching him commit and begin a beautiful family. Just within the last ten years did he see the family grow to include grandkids. He was an amazing husband, father, and Pop-Pop to the grands. We saw a lot more of each other since I came back to Sonoma - biweekly hikes, lunches - revisiting many of the places in Marin that we used to cut classes to go to on Tam, Stinson, and Pt. Reyes. Our individual memories weren't so good for various obvious reasons when growing up in the counter culture of Marin and the Bay Area music scene. But together, we seemed to always fill in each other's gaps to complete the missing memories. I grew up knowing Rick's passion for both meteorology and what would be his life long career - continuing the traditions began by his grandparents at their first grocery store on College Avenue across from COM. Rick was a hard worker and was a perfectionist in his work and life. I will miss him, his humor, his love, his smile. I know he was looking forward to seeing his retrievers on the other side - he may be walking them around the block as he loved to do, or running them at Stinson. Goodbye my best friend, I'll see you on that side when it's time. RIP ?? 

Rest in peace Rick. I knew Rick mostly from Wolfe Grade elementary school. We were friends and I spent a few nights at his house where I got to eat breakfast cereal with sugar in it unlike at my home. He taught me how to take care of fuchsias so they would have abundant blooms and foliage. I never was as good as he was  though. I remember when he got angry his face would go completely red. My condolences to friends and family.

Posted on: Feb 02, 2016 at 1:33 AM