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Ricardo (Ric) Correa worked as a waiter most of his adult life, but was a gifted artist, avid reader, and a very creative home interior designer. He was also a business owner (part owner of Grand Avenue Pub in 1980's), and a loving partner for fifteen years (Peter J. Konrath-partner).
Ric grew up in the Milwaukee/Menominee Falls area of Wisconsin. At the age of seventeen, a few weeks before graduating from high school, Ric left home because his family found out that he was gay. Despite this early set-back in his life, he went on to reconcile with his family and was very close to them upon his death in 2004.
Upon Ric's death, his partner Peter organized a fundraiser called "Ric Fest". , and set up a charitable organization to administer scholarships. Ric Fest has become an annual fall event designed to raise money for the State of WI and National (Drag Queen Caucus) LGBT scholarship. A Finale party/event is always held on the last Saturday before Thanksgiving break. The Ricardo Correa Scholarship Foundation has been set up as a nonprofit, tax-exempt [501 (c) (3)] foundation. The purpose of the foundation is to raise money and give out scholarships to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender high school students.
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