Richard William Ingraham III

Richard passed away at the age of 56 on Thursday, December 19 of natural causes after finishing a perfect day of skiing at Mt Bachelor. Fittingly he passed in the Deschutes National Forest, the same wilderness he had devoted his entire life to working and playing in. Born May 28 , 1957 in San Francisco, CA he had his early schooling in Napa, Ca. His family moved to Bend, OR in 1970 where he graduated from Bend Senior High School in 1975. He studied Fire Science at COCC and began a 28 year career with the Forest Service. He was an accomplished skier and mountaineer. Among his accomplishments were ascending the Three Sisters in one day and trekking The Pacific Crest Trail from Mt. Bachelor to the Canadian border. He taught countless nieces, nephews, friends and strangers to ski and to love the alpine environment. In recent years he channeled his love of skiing and his passion for teaching into becoming an instructor for the Oregon Adaptive Ski program (OAS). He was an aspiring inventor and author who continuously sought to better those around him and spread his knowledge to others. He spent countless days, weeks and months fishing, hunting and enjoying the Central Oregon lifestyle. He was the quintessential "local" and surpasses the label of outdoors-man. Brought up in the Bay Area and Oregon he was fiercely loyal to the San Francisco Giants and 49ers, the Portland Trailblazers, and the Portland Timbers. He will be dearly missed by his mother and father, Dick & Jan Ingraham of Burns, OR; sister, Katie (Kathy) Rowles and husband Charlie, Bend, OR, brother Jeff Ingraham and wife, Jennifer, La Pine, OR, nephews Scott Rowles and wife Amy, Bend, OR, and Andrew Ingraham, La Pine, OR, nieces, Kiersten Rowles and Heidi Freisen and husband Daniel, Bothel, WA, several aunts, uncles and cousins in Portland, OR and CA. Proceeded in death by Grandparents, Richard W. Ingraham SR, Manila, PI; Norton A. Forsyth, Santa Rosa, CA; Katherine Forsyth, Santa Rosa, CA; Margaret Warner Hagen, Seattle, WA. A celebration of Richards life will be held on Saturday, March 15 , 11:00am at Christian Life Center Church, 21720 E. Hwy 20, Bend, OR. In lieu of flowers, please send your donations to the Oregon Adaptive Ski program, 63025 OB Riley Rd, #12, Bend, OR 97701 in memory of Richard Ingraham. Funeral Home: Niswonger-Reynolds Funeral Home New 105 NW Irving Ave Bend, OR US 97701

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Richard William Ingraham III

May 28, 1957 - December 19, 2013