More detail on this person: Robert A Robert Richey RICHEY, ROBERT A. (BOB) Was a model of service to Dallas Morning News, The (TX) - Tuesday, October 30, 2007 RICHEY, ROBERT A. (BOB) Was a model of service to country and community. He died Saturday, October 27 after a brief illness. Born in Cloud Chief, Oklahoma on July 8, 1932 to Lester C. and Ruth A. Richey, Bob was the eldest child with three siblings, Edwin, Jack, and Joyce. A farm boy and native of Oklahoma, he graduated from Oklahoma A&M, now Oklahoma State University, in 1954. Already using his leadership gifts that served others the rest of his life, he was active in his fraternity, Alpha Gamma Rho. Bob served our country for a total of fourteen years, beginning in 1954. In the first tour of his distinguished military service, he received both special ranger and paratrooper training as a lieutenant in the US Army and served in Germany as a paratrooper. After an interval of returning to ranching in Oklahoma, he resumed active military service in the Army Air Force, receiving his pilot training and serving as an army major in Viet Nam. Bob received thirty-two Air Medals, the Bronze Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Legion of Merit. Moving to the Dallas area, Bob served three years on the Board of Directors of the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce, bringing many members on board and becoming a Life Member of the chamber. Also active in the Texas Association of Business & Chambers of Commerce, Bob served as the TABCC State Chairman in 2001. He headed and owned The Richey Company, a promotional advertising company established in 1983. Within that industry's professional organizations , he assisted in developing standards of excellence that benefited supplier, distributor and customer. He sold the business a few years ago, remaining with the company to do what he loved, serving his customers. Never forgetting the educational advantages he had received, Bob had remained active on the board of the Dallas Chapter of the Oklahoma State University Alumni Association, serving in various capacities including a term as president of the chapter. The Dallas Chapter had recently established a scholarship to the institution and had been planning to surprise Bob by naming it the "Bob Richey Endowed Scholarship". A business associate of long standing has stated, "Bob Richey was, by far, one of the kindest, most gentle human beings God put on this earth. He had upright standards, ethics and was spiritually centered. Very little flustered him, he had confidence without being arrogant, a beautiful smile and a warm heart." A humble and spiritual man, Bob was a long-time member of the Church of Christ, for many years in Duncanville and at the Waterview Church of Christ for the last twenty years. Surviving family members include his wife of twenty years, Cissy Holloway, brother Jack, son Rob Richey of Allen, TX, daughters Stephanie Mitchell of Albuquerque, NM, and Susan Richey of Richardson, TX, stepsons Trip Burnam of Dallas, TX, and JJ Burnam of Tulsa, OK, and thirteen grandchildren. A memorial service celebrating Bob's life will be held at one o'clock Wednesday afternoon, October 31, at the Waterview Church of Christ, 1409 North Waterview, Richardson, TX 75080. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to: Oglesby Foundation Waterview Church of Christ 1409 N Waterview Richardson, TX 75080 Bob Richey Endowed Scholarship Make checks payable to: Oklahoma State University Foundation PO Box 1749 Stillwater, OK 74076-1749 Charity of Your Choice , OB6 Obituaries, Notices
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