Kern County CA Archives Obituaries.....Odell, Richard Theodore     January 23, 2006
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The Bakersfield Californian
Odell, Richard Theodore    
 
Richard Theodore Odell 
June 24, 1934 - January 23, 2006 
Services: Fri., Jan. 27, 1:30 p.m. 

On January 23, 2006, Richard Theodore Odell, left this world peacefully with 
the family he adored by his side after a long and courageous battle with 
cancer. Richard was born on June 24, 1934, in Coalinga, California to Frank 
and Goldie Odell and was the second to youngest of four children. Richard 
served in the United States Army and enjoyed great success within the 
petroleum industry. Earlier on in his career, in 1962, Richard was employed by 
Global Marine as a roughneck on a drill ship in Anchorage, Alaska where he met 
his loving wife and best friend, Margaret Ann--"Alaska Maggie" as he endearly 
called her. Richard was transformed by the birth of--and his love for--his 
four children. His work and his dreams of world travel sent him and his family 
overseas for 17 years where they resided in various countries and cities 
across this globe. Upon the Odell family's return to the United States in 
1981, Richard positioned his family in Bakersfield, California where he 
eventually retired with Occidental Petroleum in 1999. Within that time, with 
his wife by his side, Richard was an integral part of his children's success, 
a surrogate father to their friends, and was blessed by the arrival of his 
three beautiful grandchildren. Richard had an incredible love and enthusiasm 
for his life, family, friends and work and will always be loved and deeply 
missed by all those who knew him. Richard was predeceased by his parents and 
his brother, Terry Odell and is survived by his wife, Margaret Ann; his 
children, Shari Odell, Kathy Collom, Steve Odell, and Danny and Amy Odell; his 
grandchildren, Lori, Saron, and Katrina Collom; his sisters, Dorothy Sullivan 
and Molly Sherman; and numerous nieces and nephews. All those who wish to 
remember Richard Odell are invited to attend a celebration of his life at St. 
Philips on Stockdale Highway, Friday, January 27th, at 1:30 p.m. with a 
reception to follow. In lieu flowers, the family would appreciate donations to 
the Cornelia DeLange Foundation or St. Judes Hospital for Children. 

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Published in the Bakersfield Californian from 1/26/2006 - 1/27/2006.  


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