Richard "Dick" Allen Randolph

Richard Allen Randolph, 83, long time Craig County resident, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on Sunday July 28, 2024. Richard, known as Dick to family and friends, was born on May 23, 1941, his parents were Sydney Thomas Randolph and Davie Ruth (Garrett) Randolph of Tulsa.

Dick graduated from Vinita High School in 1959 and went on to Oklahoma State University on a track and field scholarship, he then studied at Northeastern State University and the University of Oklahoma. After graduating with his degree, he began his career at Eastern State Hospital in Vinita, Oklahoma as a social worker.

Dick had a lifelong passion for fishing, hunting, horse racing, golf, and travel. Dick loved to spend time with family and friends, fishing for crappie on Grand Lake, hunting for quail and pheasant and playing golf. He loved traveling to places like Saratoga Springs, for the horse racing meets and trips to Alaska and Europe. He enjoyed watching sports, especially anything related to the University of Oklahoma, as he was a Sooner superfan. Dick’s dry sense of humor, great stories, and fun-loving nature will be greatly missed.

Dick is survived by his wife, Margaret, of 59 years, and their children: Jay Randolph and his wife Kathy, and Christopher Randolph; grandchildren, MacKenzie Randolph, Carter Randolph, and Ava Randolph. Dick was preceded in death by his parents Sydney Thomas Randolph and Davie Ruth (Garrett) Randolph, and his brother Donald Garrett Randolph.

A Celebration of Life will be held Friday, August 2, 2024, at 2:00 pm in the Luginbuel Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Skip McClain officiating. Interment will follow in Fairview Cemetery, Vinita, Oklahoma. In lieu of flowers and to honor Dick’s love of animals, the family requests that donations be made to PAAS Vinita, 638 S. Wilson, Vinita, OK 74301. Online condolences may be made at www.honoringmemories.com or on the funeral home Facebook page.

Arrangements are in the care of Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita. “Family owned. Locally operated.”