Richard Alan Myers, 65, of Summerset, passed away on June 11, 2023 at Monument Health Hospice House.

Rick Myers was born on December 1, 1957, in San Antonio, TX to Edward and Mary Myers. Edward served in the Air Force where they lived in Hawaii, New Mexico and settled in Rapid City, SD in 1961.

Rick attended school at Douglas High, North Jr High and graduated from Central High School in 1977. At the age of 16, he met and formed a relationship with Sue Gilles. At the age of 18, they had a daughter together, Crystal Ann Taken. After the relationship ended, he married Peggy Green. They had 4 children together, Ricky, Mandy, Lisa, and Austin. After they divorced in 1992, he went to Colorado where he lived for several years. He moved back to Rapid City in 2002. He rekindled his relationship with Sue, where they formed a strong bond and talked every day. Rick loved to hunt, fish, and go camping, but mostly he loved spending time with his best friend, Sue.

As a teen he was a mechanic at I-90 Standard. After leaving SD, he drove truck and worked in the oil field. In 1992 he took up the trade as an electrician until he became disabled from a stroke in 2010.

Rick is survived by his long-time best friend, Sue; his children, Crystal, Ricky, Mandy, Lisa and Austin; brother Don (Donna) Riddle of FL; sister, Barb (Rick) Grossman of MN, Dede Jackson of SD, Carol (Jeffrey) Rosinski of WY, Linda Myers of CA, and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father, Edward Myers; mother, Mary Myers; sisters, Veronica, Ginger, Linda Jean and Gloria Jean, and brothers, JR and Gary Myers.