Randy William Churchill, Jr. 39 of Wrangell passed away on February 22, 2023, after a logging accident. Randy was born on December 27, 1983 to Carol and Randy Churchill, Sr. at Wrangell General Hospital.
After graduating from Wrangell High School in 2002, he went on to study welding at the Alaska Vocational Technical Center (AVTEC) in Seward. He graduated in May 2003 with welding technology and pipe welding technology certificates.
Randy started his first welding job in Bellingham, Washington and later moved back to Wrangell where he had a small welding business. Randy was a fisherman. He started at 13 running his first boat and eventually became one of the best hand trollers and longliners in Wrangell.
In 2004, Randy married the love of his life, Celsee Churchill, in Paradise Cove. Randy and Celsee eventually started a family and had three beautiful children; Della Churchill, Randy Churchill III, and Titan Churchill.
Randy was prededed in death by his grandmother, Johanna Rinehart and grandfather, Chet Powell, Sr. He is survived by his parents, Carol and Randy Churchill, Sr., siblings Letitia Benson, Harry Churchill, and Christy Good, his wife Celsee, and children Della, Randy, and Titan, along with many aunties, uncles, and cousins.
Submitted by Mother, Carol Churchill from Randy's Wrangell Sentinel obituary
After graduating from Wrangell High School in 2002, he went on to study welding at the Alaska Vocational Technical Center (AVTEC) in Seward. He graduated in May 2003 with welding technology and pipe welding technology certificates.
Randy started his first welding job in Bellingham, Washington and later moved back to Wrangell where he had a small welding business. Randy was a fisherman. He started at 13 running his first boat and eventually became one of the best hand trollers and longliners in Wrangell.
In 2004, Randy married the love of his life, Celsee Churchill, in Paradise Cove. Randy and Celsee eventually started a family and had three beautiful children; Della Churchill, Randy Churchill III, and Titan Churchill.
Randy was prededed in death by his grandmother, Johanna Rinehart and grandfather, Chet Powell, Sr. He is survived by his parents, Carol and Randy Churchill, Sr., siblings Letitia Benson, Harry Churchill, and Christy Good, his wife Celsee, and children Della, Randy, and Titan, along with many aunties, uncles, and cousins.
Submitted by Mother, Carol Churchill from Randy's Wrangell Sentinel obituary