Richard Douglass Emmerich

Oh boy....When I left WTHS I had a lot of growing up to do. I stayed in Waukegan for a couple of years despite my family relocating to Naperville. I took classes a CLC and one day, I drove my car over the WI border and ended up in the Ft. Atkinson/Jefferson area, past Whitewater and was welcomed there.

Foosball seemed to be my best option for worldwide stardom and I competed all over and didnt quite reach worldwide stardom, but achieved national acclaim. I worked at a factory for 13 years and got tired of that and, as a resident of Whitewater by that time made some big changes. Í had been reading books and listening to tapes to improve myself and everything was about to shift.

In ´94 I moved to Milwaukee and a year later got baptized as a Christian. That propelled me to become a leader in the church and buy a home and a lot more.

In 2005 I met a lady on our church single website and we hit it off. Eventually, we met in person and we married in HI where she lived. (I sacrificed and moved there.) About ten years after that, we tired of HI a bit and took an opportunity to sell our condo there and move to Mexico, where we reside now. That allowed us to support my wife´s mom and step-father who lived here with no other relatives. An event we anticipated just happened on 11/18/18 and my wife´s step-father died. So we are here to comfort my mother-in-law.

We came across the most amazing home and land that it is on and moved in in 2016 and the rest is history. I visit my mom in Naperville and two sisters and their families in the Chi area about twice a year, yet have only been back to Wkgn. a few times. Almost everyone I knew has moved out, or passed over the years. (I miss Quonset Hut pizzas and my father and grandmas´s graves are there).

Though technically retired, I help others build a small business with one company and am aware of investment possibilities for those in that category. I love photography and I have done some writing. Wifey is a holistic chiropractor, which is amazing. She is 9 years younger and still works some.

I will pass for now, but something will come up I am sure.