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Rick C. Horstmeyer, 21, of 3918 E. Fairmount, Phoenix, Arizona, passed away Sunday, July 13, 1969, in Doctors Hospital. Rick was born in Madison, Wisconsin, August 12, 1947.
Services for Rick will be at 10 a.m. in the Aldersgate Methodist Church. Burial will be in Memory Lawn Cemetery.
Mr. Horstmeyer moved to Phoenix from Madison in 1950. He attended Camelback High School, Phoenix College and Arizona State University. He was a salesman with Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Survivors includes his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Horstmeyer, and two sisters, Mrs. Roy Holland and Mrs. Ronald Ward, all of Phoenix.
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Dennis Moran
I met Rick in Miss Kanapstein history class our junior year. Rick was a very good friend who had a great sense of humor: I broke my nose in football practice and looked like a fruitfly with back and blue eyes and he knew I loved banana popsicles he would always tease me that the popsicle was my form of medication for my nose. we laughed and laughed about it. Rick was and is a very big guy in my eyes, he may of been small in stature but you'd never know it. I had very few close friends but Rick was one of them. Rick I still like banana popsicles, as much as having had the privilege of knowing you.
Jim Coats
I was friends with Rick through elementary school at Monte Vista. He was a very slight kid who suffered terribly from asthma. We camped and played and were in Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts together. He had a wonderful sense of humor. The only train I have ever ridden was with Rick from Phoenix to Wickenburg and back, but I don't remember when that was. I was told of his death when I was stationed at Camp Pendleton, CA in '68 or '69. I heard he died alone at home from a bad asthma attack. Rick was a good guy and I have thought of him often. I believe his full name was Frederick Charles Horstmeyer, but we all just called him Ricky.
12/9/22 Thinking about you again today Hoss.
3/22/23 I nicknamed Ricky "Hoss Cartmeyer"....a take-off from Hoss Cartwright on Bonanza. He thought that was funny. Still miss you little buddy. More now as time grows short. See you again soon. RIP.
9/16/24 Hello, Hoss. Do you remember (at Monte Vista) when my Mom would take us out to lunch and we would drive to Paradise Valley? We would go on this street that had a big outcropping of blackish rocks and we would climb on it, of course. We named it RickaJim mountain. Remember the big chuckwalla that I grabbed by his tail and tried to drag him out of the crevise he was in. He hissed so loud that I dropped his tail and jumped back. We all laughed. Miss you Hoss. You were a good guy and are not forgotten. It won't be long. I hope you remember me when I get there.
Marilyn Dunnahoo (McLEOD)
I remember Rick from Monte Vista and what I remember most is his great smile. He had a wonderful smile that would light up a room and I'm sure he smiled on days when the rest of us wouldn't be able to even crack a grin considering his health problems.
Evan Whitmer