In Memory Of
Richard M.(Dick) Brede
Richard M.(Dick) Brede
Dr. Richard M. (Dick) Brede, 64, passed away September 29, 2004 in Manhattan, Kansas after a battle with lung cancer. Born to Milton and Katerine Brede in Spokane, Washington in 1940, Dick had three passions that wove throughout his entire life: Baseball, Teaching, and Fishing. All the relationships he formed with others reflected these loves.
Dick attended Grant High School in Portland, Oregon where his baseball pitching record still holds. During his college years, Dick excelled in both athletics and academics pitching for the University of Oregon's baseball team while earning his BA and MA degrees. After graduating from the University of Oregon, he went on to earn his doctorate at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. He specialized in gang studies, working closely with the police department in Chicago, Illinois in the 1960's. Dick taught sociology, criminal justice, and juvenile delinquency at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas for 28 years. While at Kansas State he worked with several police departments forming long lasting bonds and friendships with members of these agencies. After retirement, Dick found immense satisfaction working in the education of troubled youth in Junction City, Kansas. He was able to relate to them, never giving up on the potential he saw within them. He also was developing a Criminal Justice program for the University of Upper Iowa's extension program at Fort Riley, Kansas.
While his children were young, summers revolved around baseball and softball games. Good conversations came from a game of catch. Later in life, Dick spent summers in Canada where he respectively sought after a venerable, old Muskie who lives in Eagle Lake. Many friendships were formed with local fishermen during those summers.
Dick was a storyteller, a philosopher, and a lover of good jokes. He made an impact on all who knew him and he will be greatly missed by all those who enjoyed his stories.
He leaves behind his wife, Frances Lee Howe of Junction City, Kansas; his children: Barbara (and Kenny), David (and Monica), and Katrina; a grandson, Logan Brede; grandchildren Penny Fredericks, Monica Fredericks, Alex Howe, and Phillip Howe; a sister, Kathleen Brede; favorite cousins Julie and Lee Fish; and Margaret Brede, mother of his children. He also leaves many life long friends, colleagues, and students, several with whom he remained in contact.
If you listen closely, dad, the wheels of the train still call "Yakima Kanuck".
A memorial service is planned for 10 a.m., Monday, October 4, 2004, 804 N. Jefferson at the 1st United Methodist Church in Junction City, Kansas. Memorials may be given to the Dorothy Bramlage Library, 230 W. Seventh St., Junction City, KS 66441 and/or the Kansas State Universtiy Scholarship Fund, c/o Penwell-Gabel Johnson Chapel, P.O. Box 826, Junction City, KS 66441.
Dick attended Grant High School in Portland, Oregon where his baseball pitching record still holds. During his college years, Dick excelled in both athletics and academics pitching for the University of Oregon's baseball team while earning his BA and MA degrees. After graduating from the University of Oregon, he went on to earn his doctorate at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. He specialized in gang studies, working closely with the police department in Chicago, Illinois in the 1960's. Dick taught sociology, criminal justice, and juvenile delinquency at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas for 28 years. While at Kansas State he worked with several police departments forming long lasting bonds and friendships with members of these agencies. After retirement, Dick found immense satisfaction working in the education of troubled youth in Junction City, Kansas. He was able to relate to them, never giving up on the potential he saw within them. He also was developing a Criminal Justice program for the University of Upper Iowa's extension program at Fort Riley, Kansas.
While his children were young, summers revolved around baseball and softball games. Good conversations came from a game of catch. Later in life, Dick spent summers in Canada where he respectively sought after a venerable, old Muskie who lives in Eagle Lake. Many friendships were formed with local fishermen during those summers.
Dick was a storyteller, a philosopher, and a lover of good jokes. He made an impact on all who knew him and he will be greatly missed by all those who enjoyed his stories.
He leaves behind his wife, Frances Lee Howe of Junction City, Kansas; his children: Barbara (and Kenny), David (and Monica), and Katrina; a grandson, Logan Brede; grandchildren Penny Fredericks, Monica Fredericks, Alex Howe, and Phillip Howe; a sister, Kathleen Brede; favorite cousins Julie and Lee Fish; and Margaret Brede, mother of his children. He also leaves many life long friends, colleagues, and students, several with whom he remained in contact.
If you listen closely, dad, the wheels of the train still call "Yakima Kanuck".
A memorial service is planned for 10 a.m., Monday, October 4, 2004, 804 N. Jefferson at the 1st United Methodist Church in Junction City, Kansas. Memorials may be given to the Dorothy Bramlage Library, 230 W. Seventh St., Junction City, KS 66441 and/or the Kansas State Universtiy Scholarship Fund, c/o Penwell-Gabel Johnson Chapel, P.O. Box 826, Junction City, KS 66441.
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