In Memory: Richard Davis Osborne (1921 to 2011), Sammamish Resident, Army Officer and Crowley Maritime Executive

Relatives and friends will gather June 25 at 1 p.m. at  to remember Richard Davison Osborne, a Sammamish resident who lived in the Sahalee area of the city.

Known as Dick to his friends and family, he was a retired U.S. Army officer, a Crowley Maritime executive and a man who loved going on cruises and volunteering after his retirement.

Osborne died May 21 at his house at the age of 90, according to his online obituary from Flintofts Funeral Home & Crematory. He was born in Duquoin, Ill. on Feb. 5, 1921.

But his family moved to Portland, where his father entered the tugboat business. In 1943, when he was a student at then Oregon State College, the federal government drafted him into military service.

That brought him to Fort Lewis. That same year, he married Margaret. He served at other military bases and was finally sent to the Philippines. He returned to the United States in 1946 and, by then, had earned the rank of U.S. Army captain.

He served in the Korean War. For a period, he was stationed at Fort Warden, before he departed for service in Japan. His civilian career resumed in California, where he worked for the Boeing Co. and operated its training center for 15 years.

After working for the aerospace company, he joined Crowley Maritime, where he rose to the position of vice president of labor relations. But it was after 13 years with Crowley that he made his way back to Washington state.

As they waited for their house in Sammamish to be completed, he and Margaret called Bellevue home. On the Eastside, he stayed busy.

He taught driving to seniors for Washington state. He helped the building and grounds crew at Sammamish Presbyterian Church. He served in leadership roles with the Seattle Treatment Center and the Washington Chapter of American Society of Training and Development, his family said in their online obituary.

He helped groups that assisted military families and served as chair for the Seattle Chapter of the American Red Cross. He also was active in the Bellevue National Little League and pension and trust organizations.

In between all of his community work, he managed to travel, swim and play squash.

His burial has been scheduled for June 24. He will receive full military honors when he is laid to rest at Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent.

His family asks that people send remembrances in his honor to a charity of their choosing.