Obituary

Richard Charles Earle passed away May 1st, 2022 in Irving, Texas, at the age of 65, while participating in the USAT Aquabike National Championships. He was born June 29th, 1956 in Redding, California to James and Allison Earle. Richard graduated from South Salem High School in 1975.

Richard's first job was in Salem, working for 7Uup at the local bottling plant. In his adult years he worked in several industries from boat building, house building to auto mechanics. to ed ed for… But in 2003 he was able to start began fulfilling his dream. in? He began teaching spincycling classes at the Courthouse Athletic Club and later became a personal trainer. Over the years he had the pleasure to train and work with many athletes near and far. Most recently, Richard worked as a service technician for Cherriots in Salem. While Richard and Suanne raised their family, they attended and were members at Kingwood Bible Church in Salem.

Richard participated in motocross both locally and across the country in his teens and early adulthood. But he is most well known in his community for his fierce passion for racing triathlons for the last 35 years of his life. He loved traveling both for pleasure and for racing and was always interested in learning, whether it was about Native American history or how to play AC/DC songs on his guitar.

Richard was preceded in death by both of his parents. Richard is survived by his ex-wife Suanne Earle, his children, Rachel Wood (Stephen Wood) and Mitchell Earle (Jane Earle) (step children, Amy Light Ramage (Ignacio Baez) and Sean Light (Hannah Cook)). As well as his five siblings, Rosemary, Carolann, Michael, Donald and Jimmy. Richard has three beautiful granddaughters. After leaving Redding, in about 1959 he moved to North Highlands, CA a suburb of Sacramento where he lived until moving to Salem in 1965.

The Celebration of Life will be held at 3pm on May 22nd, at Church on the Hill, 2707 Maranatha Ct SE Turner OR 97392. A reception will take place afterward at the same location. The family asks that, for those who would like to, attendants bring a written memory or story that they have with Richard to be placed on a memory board at the service for all to read and enjoy.