Our father, Richard V. Vargas, age 89, went to be with the Lord on March 23, 2020. He was born on a sugarcane plantation on the Big Island of Hawaii on Jan. 15, 1931, the sixth of eight children born to John and Tomacia Vargas. He graduated from Pittsburgh High School in 1949 and immediately joined the United States Navy. He served as an Electrician’s Mate P Second Class aboard the U.S.S. Jason during the…
