Richard Prokop

RICHARD MICHAEL PROKOP
May 1, 1926 March 15, 2014

Richard Michael Prokop age 87 of Clovis, New Mexico died March 15, 2014 at the Presbyterian Hospital in Clovis.

Graveside services with Military Honors will be at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens, 1601 East Llano Estacado, Clovis, NM with Pastor Robert Kerby officiating. Honorary Pallbearers will be the doctors, nurses, and caretakers at the Retirement Ranch and Presbyterian Hospital in Clovis, NM.

Richard was born May 1, 1926 in Cleveland, Ohio to Joseph and Mable Prokop. He married Eleanore Prokop on December 7, 1946.

Richard volunteered for the US Navy at the age of 16 and served in WWII, reinlisted in the Air Force where he served in the Korean War and Vietnam War. After his military service Richard retired and worked as Director of HUD in Clovis NM and Hamilton, AL. Richard and Eleanor raised three children in Clovis, NM and at the time of Eleanores death in 2012 had been married 66 years.

Richard is preceded in death by his wife Eleanore, a son Richard, a brother in law William Harvey Angel and his parents.

Survivors include a son Michael Shirley Prokop of Clovis, NM, daughter Helen Jim French of Mt. Juliet, TN, five grandchildren, Sara Cassese, Richard French, Rebecca Cox, Ross Prokop, and Travis Prokop, five great grandchildren, brothers Donald Prokop and Carl Prokop and a sister in law Beverly Hollerbach.

The family asks that memorial contributions be made to the charity of your choice.

Arrangements are under the care and direction of SteedTodd Funeral Home, 800 E. Manana Blvd., Clovis, NM, 575 7635541. You may also sign the online guest registry at www.steedtodd.com.

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