This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, Randy Mitchell, 65 years old, born on June 12, 1956, and passed away on November 25, 2021 after losing his battle against prostate cancer. He lived his life with passion and no regrets. We will remember him forever.
in lieu of flowers the family prefers donations be made to:DNUSD, c/o Del Norte Scholarship Foundation, 301 W. Washington Blvd, Crescent City, CA 95531. The donation should reference the "Randy W. Mitchell Memorial Scholarship" and include your return address for the donation receipt.
He is survived by his wife Theresa (Terri), his daughter Sara and her husband Dan Wilson with their children Ben and Nolan. He is survived by his son Justin Mitchell and his children Harvey and Alder. He leaves behind his sisters Terri and Tammy. Randy was preceded in death by his parents Marilyn and Lyndol Mitchell. Randy is also survived by many aunts, uncles and cousins.
Randy was an amazing husband, father, grandfather and math teacher. He was an avid fisherman, gardener and hunter and loved his SF Giants unconditionally. Born and raised in Del Norte County Randy graduated High School in 1974. The next year he married his high school sweetheart Terri, to whom he remained married for 46 years. In his twenties Randy worked several jobs to support his young family before he made his decision to return to college at Humboldt State University where he earned a bachelors degree in mathematics and his single subject mathematics teaching credential. After graduation Randy became a teacher at Del Norte High for DNUSD and then at Sunset School. Over his twenty year career Randy taught thousands of students. Everywhere Randy went around Crescent City he would run into former students and he always made a point to visit with them and enjoyed catching up on what was happening in their lives.
Of all the things Randy was most proud it was his children Sara and Justin and his four grandchildren. Of all the things Randy felt he had accomplished, his greatest joy remained watching his adult children parent their own children. He always said that both his children were great parents and aren’t those grandkids of ours beautiful, amazing and talented. ‘We must have done something right”, he would say. He loved them all, beyond words, and was the proudest parent and Poppy. He frequently told them that he loved them because he wanted them to know just how much they meant to him. He was a great husband, father and a doting grandfather who is dearly missed by all of us.