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A memorial service will be held Saturday, April 21, for Richard Stanley Tryce, a fifth-generation Californian and 57-year-resident of the Peninsula, who died March 15 at his home in Portola Valley following a long illness. He was 80.
The service will start at 1 p.m. at Valley Presbyterian Church, 945 Portola Road in Portola Valley.
Born in Los Angeles to Stanley and Dorothy Tryce in 1931, Mr. Tryce attended the California Military Academy and then graduated high school at Chadwick School in Rolling Hills, California.
He later earned two degrees from Stanford University — a bachelor of science in industrial engineering (1955) and a master of business administration (1959).
Mr. Tryce married Stanford classmate Yvonne Bergen in 1955. The couple moved to Menlo Park in 1957 and subsequently to Portola Valley in 1964.
Mr. Tryce served in the U.S. Air Force as a procurement and guided missile officer, stationed in Dallas and at Holloman Air Force Base in Alamogordo, New Mexico, an experience that led to an interest in pursuing a business degree. He retired as a captain followed by many years as a member of the National Defense Executive Reserve.
His lifelong interest in amateur radio, as a “ham” licensed at the age of 14, led to engineering positions at Eitel-McCullough in San Carlos, Melabs in Stanford Industrial Park, and Lockheed Aircraft Corp. in Sunnyvale. He held a license as a registered professional engineer.
After serving as a consultant to Coopers and Lybrand, he became a controller and project manager for Bechtel Corporation. He then earned a real estate broker’s license and served as a vice president for Coldwell Banker Commercial/Industrial Real Estate, which also utilized his industrial engineering background and eventually brought him to Arthur Andersen in San Francisco as consulting director of real estate/construction.
He was a past president of the Vista Verde Community Association in Portola Valley and was an active supporter and leader of the Boys Scouts of America. He played the saxophone, trumpet, and banjo, and enjoyed dancing — especially doing the Charleston.
Mr. Tryce was a longtime member of Valley Presbyterian Church in Portola Valley, serving as an elder and on numerous task committees. He was well known as being an excellent “greeter” to first-time visitors at the church on Sunday mornings.
Mr. Tryce is survived by his wife of 56 years, Yvonne; his daughter, Kathy Tryce of Redwood City; his son, Robert Tryce of Etna; and his brother, Donald Tryce of Austin.
The family requests that memorial donations be made to Valley Presbyterian Church or a charity of the donor’s choice.
— Chris Preimesberger
