Harold Richard Rollins

Our father Harold Richard Rollins, born August 26, 1942, in Springerville, Arizona, has taken his journey to be with our mother Margie in Heaven, and all of those who have gone before us. He passed on July 5, at 81 years of age in Culver, Oregon.

He is our Dad, our mentor, and our best friend. To all of us, and his many friends and young men that he became a mentor to in his life, he was Richard. A man of true integrity and of God. He raised his children, his family, in the same house 17 years in Sisters. He showed us, his children that God was the center of who we are. And from that place everything rose as a well-spring of wisdom and abundance. A place from which nothing can be lost or stolen or forgotten.

At 6-feet-7-inches, he held a large presence, a strong hand, and a serious nature with a very funny side. He was self-employed his entire life. He was a gun trader and a gunsmith; on every given day had at least 20 Winchesters leaned behind his chair. And not one of us kids ever touched those guns. He traded guns, Navajo rugs, jewelry, horses, cars, you name it. He hand-built many horse-drawn wagons and Rollins' original funny cars. He played in two movies with John Wayne, "Rooster Cogburn" and "Shenandoah Crossing."

He was partner in Sombrero Rodeo Stock and chute boss, flanking every horse that came through. He gave several sermons at the Church of Christ in Sisters. He walked into town through the pines almost every day to have his coffee at the toll-house, and when us kids got to go with him, we'd have to run just to match his large stride. He truly loved our mother Margie, and she him. They were the most beautiful couple.

He was one of nine siblings, five brothers and four sisters. He has two sons, Albert Rollins and Chris Langeliers, and four daughters, Anna Brossard, Bonnie Bowlin, Connie Neel, and Debbie Thayer; 13 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. To us, his children, he was Daddy and the greatest man we ever knew. No words can express how deeply he is loved, remembered, and missed. "We Love You Daddy and Mama."

Celebration of life to be held at a later date.