Prior to the lap of honour at Windy Hill, over 500 people attended the funeral service for Dick Reynolds at St. Pauls Cathedral in Melbourne. The funeral was attended by Dick's immediate family, wife Jeanne, and family Graeme and Susan, Warwick, Suzie and Neville, Rick and Marita, friends, teammates, past and present Essendon players and Essendon supporters. The congregation heard about Dick's passion and love for the Essendon Football Club, life in general and most importantly his family and friends.
Close family friend and former Essendon player John Birt paid tribute to the man known to Essendon supporters as ""King Richard."" Birt spoke about the positive influence Dick had on so many people's lives and the importance of his family to him. Current Essendon coach Kevin Sheedy also paid tribute to the man he looked up to as a child as a Bomber supporter and also the man he has learnt so much from since becoming the coach of Essendon. Sheedy said that Dick was the nicest man he had ever met and how he had set the foundations of what this club prides it self on - loyalty and passion. Finally, former Essendon chairman Ron Evans spoke about how fortunate he was to have known Dick Reynolds and been coached by the great man.
The service was a celebration of a gentleman, a loving husband, father and grandfather and a football champion. In an emotional moment, Dick's three sons - Graeme, Warwick and Rick along with grandsons Joel and Lincoln carried the coffin from the cathedral.
Essendon greats and football legends were present to pay their last respects to the great Dick Reynolds. Amongst those in attendance were Ken Fraser, Geoff Leek, Hugh Mitchell, Ted Leehane, Ron Barassi, Lou Richards, Bobby Skilton, Ken Fletcher, Ron Clarke, James Hird, Sean Wellman, Barry Davis, Mark Harvey, Terry Daniher, Robert Shaw and Simon Madden.
