Funeral service for 1SG (Retired) Richard A. McCabe will be at 11:00 am Tuesday, March 15, 2016 in the Cameron Baptist Church with Rev. Mike Teel, Pastor officiating.

Burial with Full Military Honors will follow in Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, OK under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Richard A. McCabe, 70, Lawton, passed away Thursday, March 10, 2016 at his home in Lawton. He was born April 30, 1945 in Augusta, GA to Donald Thomas and Kay Vernell (Baltzegar) McCabe. He joined the US Army in 1972 and retired as a First Sergeant in 1994 after a distinguished career. He married Linda (Leatherwood) Clark on May 29, 1989 in Cox City, OK. He and his wife Linda spent several years as Primary House Parents at the Boy's Ranch in Boy's Ranch, TX, and a number of years at the Masonic Home for Children at Oxford, NC. He loved to fish, was an avid OU and Dallas Cowboys fan, and most of all a dedicated family man to his wife, children and grandchildren. He will be greatly missed by family and friends.

Survivors include his wife Linda of the home, step-son and daughter-in-law Roddy and Chasity Clark and their children Tatelyn, Braelyn and Daxtyn Clark all of Tuttle, OK, daughter and son-in-law Chantel and Mike Nottingham and their children Mikaela and Gavin Nottingham all of Lawton, daughter Amanda McCabe and her son Reese of Lawton, sister-in-law Ruth McCabe of Tucson, AZ, brother and sister-in-law Kip and Angela McCabe of Berwick, PA, brother and sister-in-law Mike and Maria McCabe of Berwick, PA, brother and sister-in-law Joe and Sandy McCabe of Berwick, PA, sister and brother-in-law Janice and Denny Bly of Bluffton, SC and two bonus grandchildren, Katlin and Abagail Burnette of Oxford, NC.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother David McCabe.