BEACHELL, Richard 'Dick' June 22, 1936-August 13,
2007 

A celebration of life gathering will be held at 2 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 26, at The Red Lion on the River in the
Washington/Clark banquet room. 
Dick passed away peacefully with his wife and
daughters at his side on Aug. 13 at the age of 71, due
to complications from a stem cell transplant. He had
battled non-Hodgkin's lymphoma for nearly three years
with the grace and dignity that everyone knew him for.
Dick was a loving husband, father, grandfather, uncle
and friend. He touched the heart and soul of everyone
he met. He was so loved by all. 
Born June 22, 1936, and raised in Portland, Dick
graduated from Jefferson High School in 1954. He
earned his bachelor's degree at Oregon State where he
was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, and a
master's degree from Portland State. 
Dick was a social studies teacher at Jefferson,
Jackson and Wilson. He retired in 1996, but continued
teaching night school at Benson. He loved teaching his
kids; it was one of his many passions. 
His other great passion was coaching basketball. His
coaching record was awesome. He won five PIL
championships, three state boys' basketball
championships and placed second, third and fifth in
state tournaments. He was the PIL Coach of the Year
1985, Oregon Basketball Coach of the Year 1991, Oregon
Men's Coach of the Year 4A in 1991. He was inducted
into the PIL Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Wilson High
Scholl Hall of Fame. 
He met his wife, Diana, in 1980 and they were married
in 1981. In 1996 when he retired, he and Diana moved
to Naples, Fla., where they lived happily for five
years. Eventually, they decided to buy an RV and
travel the U.S. However, after 10 months of traveling
they returned to Portland to enjoy their two
grandchildren. 
He is survived by his wife, Diana; daughters, Angie
Stella and Kori Gaddis; grandson, Cole Gaddis;
granddaughter, McKenna Gaddis and son-in-law, Jon
Gaddis; sister-in-law, Judy Beachell; nieces, Kristin
Bales and Diana Grigsby; great-nephew, Jacob Grigsby;
great-niece, Kayla Grigsby; and brother-in-law, Alan
Davis. He is preceded in death by his brother, Jerry
Beachell. 
In lieu of flowers, please send remembrances to Wilson
High School Athletic Dept., Attn: Scott Aker, 1151 SW
Vermont St., Portland, OR 97219. 

Published in The Oregonian on 8/19/2007.