Richard “Dick” Simpson
January 12, 1934 ~ March 14, 2018

Richard (Dick) Simpson, 84, of Redstone CO passed away March 14, 2018 at Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs. Dick was born January 12, 1934 in Wichita, KS to Joseph “Jerry” and Anne (Witbeck) Simpson. He took over his father’s insurance business in Wichita, where he and his wife of 49 years Cynthia (Cindy) (Draegert) Simpson raised their three sons. The two of them built their dream home and started their second life in the Crystal River Valley in 1999. He loved travel, good food, fine wine and an occasional Manhattan. He also enjoyed tennis, golf, scouting and symphonic music, being a member of the board of the Wichita Symphony.

He is survived by his second wife Elida (Preciado) Simpson and sons David, of Binghamton, NY, John, of Mill Valley, CA, and Mark, of Bethesda, MD. The family requests that memorial gifts be made in Richard C. Simpson’s name to the Lewy Body Dementia Association (www.lbda.org).