Obituary for Richard Elmond Cosgrove II
On August 12, 2022, Richard E. Cosgrove II died at Maui Memorial Medical Center, in Wailuku, Maui. He was 83 years old.
Richard is survived by seven of his children, 11 grandchildren plus one on the way very imminently, his sister, nieces and nephews, and his former wife. Richard was predeceased in death by parents Richard I and Estelle Cosgrove, his daughter and his sister.
Richard was born in Los Angeles. He graduated Susan Miller Dorsey High School, and went on to attend community college and then University of Southern California. At USC earned his B.S. in Chemistry in 1964, and his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1967. While at USC he met his former wife whom he married and had eight children with. Richard and his former wife turned his passion for orchids into a business, and moved to San Diego working on growing and hybridizing orchids. He later moved to Maui and continued to nurture his passion for exotic plants.
No funeral or memorial service is immediately planned. The family will notify loved ones in the future when a service is scheduled.
Richard is survived by seven of his children, 11 grandchildren plus one on the way very imminently, his sister, nieces and nephews, and his former wife. Richard was predeceased in death by parents Richard I and Estelle Cosgrove, his daughter and his sister.
Richard was born in Los Angeles. He graduated Susan Miller Dorsey High School, and went on to attend community college and then University of Southern California. At USC earned his B.S. in Chemistry in 1964, and his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1967. While at USC he met his former wife whom he married and had eight children with. Richard and his former wife turned his passion for orchids into a business, and moved to San Diego working on growing and hybridizing orchids. He later moved to Maui and continued to nurture his passion for exotic plants.
No funeral or memorial service is immediately planned. The family will notify loved ones in the future when a service is scheduled.