Richard Albert Lovelace

Maud, OK to Virgil and Evelyn Lovelace. He was a graduate of Maud High School and a

1960 graduate of OCU, where he received a full scholarship. He was one of very few

college educated hearing-impaired persons of that time. He was a draftsman and worked

on underground missile sites in Cheyenne, WY and Lubbock, TX; and retired after 20

years at ODOT. To fulfill his dream, he opened his own restaurant maintenance business,

Lovelace & Son. He was a hard worker, industrious person, and a loving husband and

father. He loved to travel, cook and was very mechanically inclined. He really enjoyed

his dogs. He is survived by a son: Cody Lovelace and wife Dedra of Cushing; a daughter:

Alisa Lovelace and husband Mike of Lawton; a stepson: Robert Levine of Wadesboro,

NC; a stepdaughter Stephanie Sylvester of OKC; 10 grandchildren, 3 great-

grandchildren; sister: Ellen and husband Jack Copeland of Macomb; and numerous

nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife Barbara, his parents, brother

Robert V. Lovelace and sister DeLoyce Branscum. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m.

Thursday, March 25, 2010 at Crosswalk Community Church, 7221 Lyrewood Lane.

Richard will be laid to rest next to his wife at Resurrection Cemetery, OKC.

Arrangements under the direction of Bill Eisenhour Funeral Home, Del City, OK.