Richard Henry Suffield

Richard Henry Suffield aka Rick as known by most as Grandad, 81, was born in Northolt London, England July 19, 1940. He was the middle of 3 boys to Bert and Amy Suffield. Rick immigrated to Canada in 1962 and lived in Burlington Ontario for 3 years.  In 1965 he met his wife Josie and they returned back to England and married April 8, 1967.  In 1968, Rick was hired by Western Electric in Oklahoma City and lived in Bethany for 2 years.  In 1970, they moved back to England and settled in London and eventually moved to Devon in the west country and lived there for 8 years where he worked at Arrow Switches as an engineer.  While living in Ivybridge, they had 2 children, Robert who was born in March 1974 and Julia born in April 1976. In 1980, they immigrated back to the United States and settled in Yukon, their long time home of 41 years. During Rick's professional career, he worked for Totco Oil and spent most of his career at Fred Jones Manufacturing where he was a Senior Quality Assurance Manager.  One of Rick's passions was youth soccer. Rick held many coaching and administrative positions at Yukon Soccer Club and Frontier Country.  He was the assistant director of coaching at Spirit Soccer Club at North OKC.  One of the things he took pride in was teaching the kids skills on and off the field and being part of a team.  Many of those players went on to play at the collegiate and professional level.  In February 2018, he was inducted into the Oklahoma Soccer Hall of Fame.  He was joined by his family and many close friends to honor this accomplishment. His all-time favorite past time was cheering on his grandchildren playing sports and rooting on the Tottenham Hotspurs and the Oklahoma Sooners.  He is survived by his wife Josephine Suffield, of Yukon, Oklahoma of 54 years; stepson Michael Cordell and his wife Nikki Cordell of Bedford, England; son Robert Suffield and his wife Alisha Suffield of Mustang, Oklahoma; daughter Julia Griffin and her husband Rogge Griffin of Yukon, Oklahoma, and Grandchildren:  Jacob Cordell, Mia Cordell, Tre Griffin, Kendal Hoffman, Jackson Suffield and Addison Suffield. He is also survived by his brother Graham Suffield of London England and his bedside buddy Hank the dog. He is preceded in death by his parents, Bert and Amy Suffield. A memorial service to honor his life will take place on Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at 2:00 pm at the Yanda & Son Funeral Home Chapel, Yukon, OK.

To watch the funeral service live please use the following link. https://youtu.be/5pHdG-ENWc0