Richard Samuelson was born September 25, 1936 in North Platte, NE.  His parents were Walter and Zdenka (Interholzinger) Samuelson.  He died November 24, 2020 in Clinton, OK.

Walt was a newspaper editor/photographer.  They lived in North Platte and Scottsbluff NE, Kittridge, CO, and Miami FL.  Rick was a graduate of St. Patrick's School in North Platte, and received his accounting degree from Wichita State (KS) and University of Alabama (Huntsville).  After military service, he worked for Boeing in Wichita and Huntsville in the Saturn 5 project (the moon shot).  He later was the Eastern Seaboard controller for Hygrade Foods, and in 1980 moved to Oklahoma where he worked for Cudahy and then Bar S Foods.  He also was a very devoted breeder of Angus cattle.  He simply loved to travel and meet people.  He was in all 50 states and on six of the seven continents, many of his trips were with the World Angus Association.  He also enjoyed cruises.

On July 22, 1957, he married Dona Binegar in North Platte.  They had four children, Debi of Springfield PA; Rick of Oklahoma City OK; Bob of Springfield, PA and Diane of Huntsville, AL.  He was the very proud grandfather of Anna, also of Springfield, PA.

Preceding him in death were his parents, Walt and Zdenka.  His in-laws Simon and Wilda Binegar; sister and brother in law Ken and Lola Wurl; sister Patricia Schnitker; sister in law, Shirley Binegar; brothers in law Bill Burch and Wesley Steel; and nephew Mike Steel.

His wife of 63 years, Dona; their family, Debi, Diane, Anna, Rick and Bob Samuelson and a host of friends treasure his memory.

Memorials may be made to the:

St. Thomas Catholic Church

c/o Redinger Funeral Home

PO Box 236

Seiling, OK 73663