Birth date: Nov 6, 1954 Death date: Jul 9, 2025
Richard Lee Case, a seventy-year-old Grove, Oklahoma, resident, passed away at Integris Grove Hospital on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. He was born on a beautiful day on November 6, 1954, to Eugene Leroy and Marie (Keeland) Case in Ber Read Obituary
Richard was a true friend, ever since grade school.....He will be missed for sure.....
Dan Wilson
He was always ready to help no matter the task. I remember sitting on our deck and talking about how I wished we had a view of the lake. He jumped up and said let’s do it. Jim and Richard grabbed chain saws and ropes. We tied them to trees and down the 100’ cliff they went cutting trees! It was amazing!
One weekend while at Melody Point Marina catching some fish he decided he would teach us how to fillet fish. We always threw them back. We’re at his fish cleaning station at the front of his houseboat and he lays our fish out who’s still alive and fillets one side of that fish. At this point the fish flops and lands in the lake swimming away with one side flapping in the water! We never mastered the art of cleaning fish.
There are so many good memories of our times spent with Richard.
The legend of Richard Case.
I was transferred to Tulsa back in the ‘80’s and into the same work environment as Richard. Tuned out Richard was already the big man on campus and was close friends with the guys I worked with. We were in our 30’s and mostly single with lots of energy back then. Turns out we all liked water sports and Grand Lake was “where it’s at” for horsing around on the water. We’d spend summers there and before you knew it, we all had our own boats and then more boats and then jet-skis and towables and death tubes and water skis, we were busting at the seams so we moved out of the marina and bought some property on the water. He and I have been living on the lake ever since and been friends for 40 years.
Richard was the most fun loving, generous and cleaver person I ever knew. He was like Leonardo da Vinci to me, he was a fantastic artist he could beautifully sketch up complicated shapes from memory and his wood working will be collectable someday. He was an inventor, he routinely devised solutions that would stump an engineer, he was a philosopher, he had held many a logical thesis on the meaning of life, he was a first class sportsman who by the time I met him had done it all and was ready for more. New sports and games and equipment come to market all the time. He was always ready to try the latest thing, any sport, any hunt, any adventure at any time. (how about the time he rode his motorcycle to Barrow Alaska and our water skiing excursions in January).
There was nothing more tragic than his accident 13 years ago but he never really complained and made the best of the bad hand he was dealt. In the end he came through as always and managed to provide for his family before he left this earth and left me and my wife Carol with so many memories, we will miss him so much.
Brother Richard,
I can hardly wrap my head around the reality that you are gone.
We shared such a special bond of love, care & mutual admiration. You were my go to for advice anytime I needed it & my biggest cheerleader. My life will never be the same & I will miss you every day for the rest of my life.
You touched so many lives with your generosity, witty Richardism’s, extraordinary knowledge & talent to solve problems most people simply would walk away from. Our lives were so blessed by your presence, unconditional love & support.
I can’t hide my sadness & tears but my heart knows that you are finally free from the pain & suffering. In my heart I know you will always be by my side. Rest In Peace till we walk those streets of gold together.
I love you.
Sis
