kpomeroy posted on October 23, 2008 16:52
Wayne E. Randolph
Nov. 21, 1917 - Oct. 15, 2008
Graveside services for Wayne E. Randolph were held Oct. 22 at Fort Gibson National Cemetery in Oklahoma. Wayne, 90, died Oct. 15 in Broken Arrow.
He was born Nov. 21, 1917, in Rapid City, S.D., the son of Earhard and Una Harrington Randolph. He attended college in Sioux Falls, S.D. He enlisted in the National Guard when he was 18, and worked for Boeing in Seattle, Wash., before joining the Army Air Force in May, 1942. He served with the 500 Service Group 54th of CID (China, India and Durma) during World War II.
After his discharge he became an electrician and TV repairman. He also owned a retail store in Greybull before moving to Broken Arrow.
He married Margaret E. Berg in 1962.
Wayne was a long-time member of the First Baptist Church of Basin.
He is survived by his wife, Margaret of Broken Arrow; daughters, Mary Adamy of Worland, Jean Knox of San Luis Obispo, Calif., Karen Randolph of San Diego, Calif., Kristy Tincher of Broken Arrow, and Sharon Randolph of Munster, Ind.; sons, Jim Bennett of Corona, Calif., Daniel Randolph of Littleton, Colo., and Ernest Randolph of Indian Hills, Colo.; two brothers, two sisters, 15 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.