Richard R. Spencer died April 7, 2016, in Red Bluff, California.
Richard was born and bred in San Francisco. Following graduation from high school in Daly City, he joined the U.S. Merchant Marines. When World War II began, the Merchant Marines were incorporated into the United States Coast Guard. At the end of the war, he remained in the Coast Guard and finished up 38 years as a chief warrant W4. After retiring from the Coast Guard, he worked as the purchasing agent in San Bruno.
Velma, his first wife, died in the mid-1940s in a winter accident in Missouri. With three small children to care for, he soon remarried. With his new wife, Alta Lucille Brownridge, and three children, they did tours of duty in the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, Washington, D.C., Hawaii and returned to San Francisco for his last duty station. After Alta died, he moved into Sterling Court, San Mateo. When his mental abilities began to deteriorate, his children moved him to Lassen House in Red Bluff. His middle son, Jim, died of complications related to a burst knee joint. His oldest son, Larry (Holderness, New Hampshire), and his daughter, Judi (Lake California, California), survive him.
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