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The Carbery Family posted a condolence
Monday, June 6, 2022
Sending our sympathy and love to Jane and all the Talbot family. Dick's gentle kindness, zest for life, and caring for others will always be remembered fondly by our family. And as his patients growing up in Lockport, we also appreciated Dick's steady hands with any dental instrument!
May the many wonderful memories of Dick bring comfort and peace to each of you.
With sympathy and love,
The Carbery's
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Harmony F posted a condolence
Monday, June 6, 2022
I am so sorry to hear of Dr. Talbot's passing. He was a remarkable man--his spunk, his love of learning, and his drive to help so many people impacted so many lives for the better. He inspired me so much in the short time I got to know and work with him. I still smile at the memories and encouragement he shared. :) My thoughts and prayers are with you Jane and family. May Jesus' love and comfort surround you all in this difficult time.
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Jeannine ( Lambdin ) Tudor posted a condolence
Saturday, June 4, 2022
My Deepest Sympathy to the family. Dr. Talbot was my Dentist since the early 60's , when his office was downtown. He was a very sweet, caring person. I enjoyed his stories about his Dad's dental practice.
My thoughts and prayers are with you all.
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Liam Mulholland posted a condolence
Saturday, June 4, 2022
It is with mixed emotions that i write this note...i'm sad for the loss of a man who was much loved but i'm also immensely grateful to both him and my mom Sharon, whom I affectionately knew as Mom and Dad 2.
It is a testament to both their generosity and love that I can write these words at all. I first had the unforgettable pleasure of meeting ‘Mom and Dad 2’ nearly 40 years ago (July 1982).
I believe that nothing in this life happens by chance and this belief is only confirmed when I think back on how we came to meet and the impact that meeting would have on my and my family’s life since.
I’m not entirely sure what inspired my American parents to get involved in the project, that would see them basically adopt a cheeky little Irish boy from Belfast.
I was 11 years old when I first met Dick, Sharon, Sean, Beth, Megan and Casey and because the conflict in Northern Ireland and Belfast was particularly bad in 1982, I hadn’t really ventured too far from Belfast or parts of Ireland and certainly nowhere nearly as far as Joliet.
I wasn’t actually supposed to go to America at all, as when the ballots were drawn in school I was on the list of the group of kids who would be going to France instead, but when a kid in my class, who was supposed to go to America, got caught stealing a teachers purse the teachers got together and decided I would take his place (hence my belief that nothing happens by chance)….
I’m delighted to say that not only did the family open wide the doors of their home at Deerpath Drive, but they also opened their hearts to me, and for that, I will be forever grateful to all of them. So much so that whilst the project was only supposed to cover 1 trip, I returned to my second home in future summers….it really was a series of ‘firsts’ for me – with some being more successful than others...
Dad taught me how to Water-ski, fish and Scuba dive during memorable trips to the lake house at Lake Minocqua, he also taught me how to use the ride on mower to cut the lawn at the back of house (even if I did crash into a tree on one occasion). (He also taught me how to shoot but i had to keep that one quiet when i returned home to Belfast at the end of those wonderful summers).
I loved the times he would bring me to Joliet Country Club to play twilight golf or swim in the pool and marvelled at how he seemed to glide through the water. Unfortunately, despite his best efforts his prowess in the pool didn’t transfer to his skinny Irish son…i’ll never forget the time he entered me into a swimming meet at the club – needless to say I came last, but he didn’t show any disappointment whatsoever and had a big smile on his face when he gave me a ‘plaque’ for taking part.
I remember him bringing me to the emergency department when I fell off my bike and when he explained to the doctor that I was his Irish son the doc just smiled and waived the x-ray fee and hospital charges. I always knew he was a charmer, but I didn’t realise how much of a charmer he was until I read Joe’s wonderful memories of them growing up together.
I had the pleasure of welcoming ‘Mom’ and ‘Dad’ to Belfast in 1999 and was delighted that they were able to visit my first son the day after he was born in 1999.
I will also never forget the few days we were able to spend together in Ireland in 2016 when the Talbot clan came home and he was able to meet my wife and 3 children, he took to them as he did to me so many years before. I was also very fortunate to see him again 3 years ago at Sean and Kelley’s wedding, when I also had the pleasure of meeting Jane, it was great to see him so happy and I’m glad I had the opportunity to thank him and let him know how much I appreciated everything he had done for me and the impact that the love and generosity that both he and Sharon had on me and my family. In typical fashion he accepted these thanks with humility and grace and illustrates the nature of a man I'm proud and blessed to have known as Dad 2. I have no doubt that my life and indeed the world was a much better place because of him. I'll miss you. Liam
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Joe Carey planted a tree in memory of Richard Talbot
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
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Joseph Schuster Carey posted a condolence
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Remembering Richard Casey Talbot
Dick was a man for, and of, the people. With his ready smile, friendly manner and approachable personality, he was always ready to help. My earliest example off this was his explanation of the “balloons” we found on a lover’s lane near my house in the woods. I was 11 years old, but he was a year older and much wiser, and I was shocked to hear what they were really used for! Dick always had a better handle on the “facts of life” than I did.
In high school Dick was an outstanding swimmer (eventually becoming an Olympic alternate in college), but our school did not have an official team. We formed one so he could compete in the state events. Dick of course placed well but the rest of us were pretty laughable. Dick had a successful swimming career at Purdue where he was also a popular “hi-guy”.
With his personality and good looks, Dick could have been a successful politician. Fortunately (given some of the views he espoused later in life), he turned his talents to the family business of dentistry, where he could distract the patient with his friendly smile while he approached you with that syringe and needle. His father, and then Dick, kept my teeth in good order for many years. He was even available for consultation in recent years. I would show him x-rays when I had questions about the need for intervention or extraction, and he would put his glasses on, peer in my mouth and pronounce a diagnosis.
We shared an apartment in Chicago while we were both in training. We went often to Rush Street (the “street of dreams”) where Dick was a master at approaching the single girls. He always made sure we picked the best ones, and he eventually met his first wife Sharon at one of the bars. Dick had a little Volkswagon at the time. I was always amazed at what he could accomplish in the back seat of that car!
At that time, I owned two boats, a 21 ft. Chris Craft cabin cruiser that I had built from a kit, and an 18 ft Lightening sailboat. We raced the sailboat and partied on the cruiser. Every winter we had to revarnish the Chris Craft mahogany trim and Dick was usually there to help.
We spent many travels together skiing, fishing and golfing. Ski trips were also fertile ground for finding girls, and on one of our fishing trips to the north woods Dick even found a couple of school teachers, one of whom was a redhead who looked a bit like an Irish setter (that was my date of course). He loved to remind me of this in later years, providing one of his characteristic guffaws—“HO HO HO”!
But Dick was not just a party animal. Whatever the situation or event, he would pitch in and get the job done. He was Mr. Organized, especially on camping trips where everything had to be just so. He loved to carry an extra pack over a portage, or carry a canoe by himself. He always provided a canteen full of whiskey that he hung on a tree limb, for “medicinal purposes” or “snake bite medicine”. He enjoyed telling the story about how I once stepped into the canoe and keeled right over into the lake!
Dick was an excellent athlete but one sport where I could beat him was golf. He had a nice swing but it had a loop in the backswing that could never be corrected. We were able to share many rounds well into our 80’s and I enjoyed getting the best of him and watching him cuss when he dribbled one down the fairway.
Marriage and children intervened but when the kids got old enough we resumed our canoe trips to the north woods. We had a colorful outfitter who was just as well organized as Dick, even providing cold beer and home cooking deep in the Boundary Waters wilderness in Canada. Dick of course had to make sure the snake bite medicine was protected from the children. Every night the kids would tally up who caught the most fish, while Dick, after a few medicinal doses from the canteen, would guffaw his HO HO HOs at their stories.
After the passing of Sharon and my brother Jim, fate intervened and brought Dick and Jane together, competing a story started nearly 60 years before in high school. The two of them, still handsome and vigorous, completed two tours to an African mission in Cameroon. Finally resting in Santa Barbara, my BEST FRIEND Dick was close to me again, and we resumed our close friendship over many happy occasions. I will always remember him as a kind, gentle and loving pal, truly a man among men and a joy to all.
Richard, we hardly knew ye. I will miss you.
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Jaema and Jim Stilley planted a tree in memory of Richard Talbot
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
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Cynthia Campbell posted a condolence
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
So sorry to hear about Dr. Talbot. He was my dentist for decades until he retired, then Dr. Smith. Doc always made me feel at ease, because I was so afraid I would have to have something done, but never did. My sympathy to his family. Rest in peace, Doc. You were the greatest.
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