Richard Bendall, Sept. 24, 1975 - Dec. 22, 2015. It is with heavy hearts and profound sadness we announce the unexpected passing of our dear son Rich, December 22, 2015 to a brief but devastating medical illness. Rich is lovingly remembered by his parents, Don and Lucy, brothers, Michael (Cheyenne), Mathew, and Mark; aunts and uncles; Margaret Krill (Bernie Jones) and Tatiana; Dennis (Pam) Krill, children Linsey ( Mitch), Michelle son Liam; Bob Krill (Donna Gowen) children Natalie Krill (Andy) and Nickolas Krill; Dwight Bendall and his sons Dylan and Josh, Laurie (Herb) Dyck, Nicole and Murray; Barb (Lawrence) Yablonski, Jeremy; Diane (Jim) Yablonski, Annie, Grant Boyer, sons Conrad and Adam; Morris Boyer, sons Chet and Dakota; grandmothers Alma Boyer and Liz Bendall, many other cousins, great aunts and uncles. He was predeceased by his grandparents Nick (Minnie) Krill and Keith Bendall. Vigil of Prayer was held on December 28th, 2015 at St. Joseph Calasanctius Church, with Mass of Christian Burial on Dec. 29th, 2015 with Reverend Father Anthony Afangide as Celebrant. Interment will take place at a later date. Memorial donations in memory of Richard may be directed to the St. Joseph Calasanctius Roman Catholic Church 1942 - 98th Street, North Battleford, SK, S9A-0N4. Condolences for the family may be left at www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca. Arrangements were entrusted to Trevor Watts of Eternal Memories Funeral Service and Crematorium.
Eulogy read by Michael Bendall: Richard, Rich to his family, Rik to his friends, was born September 24th, 1975 in Battlefords Union Hospital, a healthy baby two weeks overdue. He always hated the name Richard, and eventually questioned his mom why she hadn鈥檛 named him Kyle (the cool name at the time). He attended school at St. Joseph鈥檚, Holy Family, and later completed high school at John Paul II in 1993. In his early years he was a bit of a daredevil on his bike, having most of the neighbors complaining about him as he ripped up and down 19th ave. He enjoyed going on trips out to the farm with Grandpa Krill. They were great buds until grandpa鈥檚 health began to fail. He was active in many sports; hockey, soccer, baseball, and skiing in his younger years. Rik Bendall, the oldest brother. Always had his brothers looking up to him. A music aficionado, his true love. It was simply amazing. He had the talent of listening to a song several times, then grabbing his drumsticks, and playing the song outright. Later he learned the guitar, and as you guessed it, could do the same thing. Music always played a strong part in Rich鈥檚 life. I鈥檓 sure he had memorized hundreds of songs in his life. In the old house on 97th St, he used to jam out with his friends in the basement. Mike used to sneak downstairs to get close to the action and try to jam out with them. Rich would notice and shoo him right back upstairs. So Mike would sit at the top of the stairs and listen to his big brother. But, like all brotherly love, it wasn鈥檛 all fun and games. Little brothers have a way of annoying the big brother. Such as when Rich went to the washroom, Mike sneaks downstairs to his room and sprays his drum set and a bowl of popcorn with wd-40. The reason to this day, probably something stupid. Anyway, when Rich went back downstairs, Mike locked him in the basement, probably for fear of his life. 10 seconds later, Mike could hear a scream, and well, end of the story, was Rich escaping through a bedroom window and catching up to Mike and a good beating ensued. Brotherly love. Or again, Mat joining in on the action, with the end result Rich hanging him over the stairs railing, with Mike on the main floor poking and prodding Mat. Mike was just happy Rich wasn鈥檛 beating him instead. Brotherly love. The circle of life, Rich beat Mike, Mike beat Mat, and Mat took it out on the cat. But beatings aside, he would always say to his brothers 鈥淯s brothers need to always look out for each other; brothers till the end.鈥� He had a dedication towards his brothers, till the end. When we think of Rich, there are words that come to mind. That being a strong love of god and family, a strong heart, a kind heart, and never quitting. Despite his struggles, Rich would never speak ill of others. He took pride in things he owned; his house, his car, his music, and his little cat, Lizzy, were a few of the things that truly brought happiness to him. A stand out was always his Birthday, which meant his family and of course, the meal of his choice. KFC, Chinese food, and pumpkin cheesecake being a few of the favorites. He loved his family dearly, openly expressing to them how he had the best parents, never complaining. He always told them he had his set of rules that he lived by and life seldom varied from that. He was very proud of his brothers and at the same time was never afraid to tell them if they had to smarten up. The perfect big brother. In the spirit of Christmas, memories come to mind. Rich walking through the door with his shirt pocket stuffed with gift cards. Waiting patiently for his brothers to wake up to open presents, and the happiness he experienced when he convinced his brothers to accompany him to church on Christmas Day. But the infamous Rich Bendall Christmas gifts were never always so structured. Early on, Don used to get a mickey of vodka every year; he doesn鈥檛 even drink vodka. Or Lucy, a wrapped box of beer; that was the first and last time for that. Rich Bendall. A son, brother, nephew, grandson, cousin, and friend; tragically taken from this earth, much before his time. However, within this deep tragedy, stemmed something miraculous. A gift. As painful as this is to us, there is a beautiful silver lining. A miracle. One life ends, and another begins. Rich鈥檚 last gift to us was in the form of life for many others, and we all know he wouldn鈥檛 have hesitated if it meant saving someone else. By being an organ donor, he gave at least 6 other people the greatest Christmas present of all, the gift of life. Rich, we love you, we miss you, you will always be in our hearts.
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CARD OF THANKS
Many thanks to the BUH Emergency Department, especially Dr. Engelbrecht for your valiant efforts, Battlefords鈥� Ambulance, RUH ICU staff Drs. Kawchuk and Gebhardt and all the nurses for your compassion, caring and great communication skills. Thanks for all the cards, visits, food, flowers and phone calls. Thank you to everyone who attended the prayer vigil and funeral service; the choir, Rich always loved the music, the CWL for the lunch, Pastoral Servants for delivering us supper, Fr. Anthony and St. Joseph parishioners for your ongoing support. Thank you Lionel Etcheverry for your unyielding support and Tammy Iverson as organist and for coordinating this service over Christmas. God bless you all!
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鈥淚 often think that people we have loved
and who have loved us鈥�
become a part of us and
we carry them around all the time ---
whether we see them or not.
And in some ways we are a sum total
of those who have loved us and
Those who have given ourselves to us. 鈥�
-Anonymous-
Don and Lucy Bendall
