34 | Fall 2020
M A K I N G A D I F F E R E N CE
Cache County Educator of 37 Years remembered for Teaching Life Lessons TARA BONE contributing writer
A LIFE IS made up of day-to-day interactions with family, friends, neighbors, colleagues, and even strangers. Kelly Rindlisbacher of Providence was a husband, father, friend, and educator who chose to spend his days teaching Cache Valley’s children, serving others, and brightening the hearts of all he met with his quick smile and sense of humor. On August 7, 2020, Mr. Rindlisbacher died from complications associated with COVID-19. His students and colleagues called him “Mr. R.,” and he was known for his contagious laugh,
positive attitude, and ability to diffuse any tense situation and find solutions.
positive difference in the lives of thousands of people during his 37-year career with the Cache County School District (CCSD) as a teacher and administrator, and also in his civic and religious service.
Since his passing, stories of how he went out of his way to help others have repeatedly been shared. To capture these stories, some of which his family had never heard, a Facebook page was “I was very surprised to learn how many times he created to collect them. would take time out of his busy workdays to visit people that were in need, or sick and suffering,” Jamie Mangum, Mr. Rindlisbacher’s daughter, Jamie said. “Sometimes at the hospital, said it’s been wonderful to learn more about sometimes in their homes … from students, to how her dad touched countless lives and to faculty, to neighbors, he visited as many as he see so many pictures. It’s clear Mr. R. made a could. He genuinely cared for them and wanted
