- Date Of Birth: June 26, 1962
- Date Of Death: February 4, 2021
- State: Massachusetts
Richard K. Summers, a lifelong resident of Upton, passed away peacefully on February 4th, 2021. He was surrounded by his wife, mother, sister and the doctors and nurses at St. Vincent’s Hospital … the very same hospital where he was born on June 26, 1962. He is the son of the late George J. Summers, and is survived by his mother, Margaret A. (Kneeland) Summers. He is survived by his wife Nathalie Carignan Summers, a daughter Sheridan Colleen, and a grandson, Javian Parker Summers. He is also survived by his siblings … George Jr. of Somerville, Mary Summers Cortese and her husband Joe of Upton and Kathleen Summers Grice and her husband Roy, of Cumberland, ME. He is predeceased in this life by his paternal grandparents William and Mary Ellen Summers, his maternal grandparents James and Anne Kneeland, his Godparents Cecelia Grynsel and James Kneeland, and Candice Blackmore.
Educated in the local school system, “Rick”; as he was known around town, attended Blackstone Valley Regional Technical High School. He later graduated from Nipmuc Regional High School in 1980. He also attended the Duke Southard School of Racing in Atlanta, Georgia in 1979.
Like his celebrated dad … after graduating from high school, Rick joined the family pastime of auto racing.
Seekonk, Westboro, Riverside Park, Stafford Springs, and Thompson in 1986
Rick has been employed in the family trucking business for the past thirty two years. He took immense pride in driving a truck that bore the name of his dad “George J. Summers Trucking ”. An avid motorcycle enthusiast, Rick could often be found in Daytona Beach, FL during Bike Week in March or up in Laconia, NH for Motorcycle Week in June.
For the past seventeen years, Rick has been a “Friend of Bill “and has lived by Bill’s creed: “One day at a time.” 2-4 brother!!
