Randy Dale Fairbrother

Randy Dale Fairbrother of Sandpoint, ID. was born on September 12th of 1954 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Wendy (Peoples) and Dale Reed. However, the man that he viewed and was his father was Ed Fairbrother. Randy passed away unexpectedly yet peacefully in his sleep at home January 7th, 2025. 

Randy attended and graduated Silverton High school in Silverton Oregon in 1973. He then went into the army in 1976 and was stationed at Fort Hood in Texas.He returned to Oregon and attended Chemeketa Community College receiving his Associate Art degree. 

Randy was a quiet and gentle soul with tremendous creativity and inquisitivness throughout his life. He created beautifully crafted colorful ceramic bowls, vases and other pieces he shared with his family. He painted, designed and printed from woodblocking, worked with brass and drew freehand wonderfully abstract pictures. Randy was also an avid reader delving into knowledge with an ambition for absorbing the unknown. His plight of inquisitivness led him through the classics, the Bible and even the Quran as well as other sociological records. 

However Randy's real passion and what many will remember him for was his love and passion for music. Whether he was buying a CD, admiring his sister Natalie's ability to sing with such fervor and mindfulness or attend a concert of one of the many bands he followed throughout the decades like the Grateful Dead, the Dave Matthew's Band, ZZ Top or the Red Hot Chili Peppers he was always surrounded and immersed in a melodic atmosphere. Music carried him wherever his feet took him and brought him solace and comfort in his darker moments. 

At times he was a wanderer of the earth but his home was truly being near family...with any of his eight brothers and sisters, their spouses, his daughter and grandsons, neices, nephews or great neices and nephews, they were his truest comfort. He loved his family deeply, that even when he was a young man he would take his younger sisters in a backpack to many different social gatherings, school dances and concerts. Randy was always present at family gatherings and enjoyed seeing his big family come together. He was especially thrilled when given the opportunities to see and reconnect with his only child Jessica. 

Randy is preceeded in death by his parents Wendy and Ed Fairbrother, his brothers Paul Lee and Rusty Fairbrother, his sisters Becky Stottlemeyer and Melody Fairbrother, brother-in-law Kirk Miller, Heather Miller and Daniel Uhnak.

Randy is survived by his only child Jessica Bauer and grandsons Kaine and Kaiden Bauer of Scotts Mills, OR. As well as his brothers Donnie (Julie) Fairbrother of Vancouver, WA, Michael Fairbrother of Big Lake, Alaska along with his sisters Laura (Paul) Jones of Elk Grove, Ca., Natalie Miller and Jennifer Hepinstahl both of Sandpoint, ID. Along with nephews James, Joseph, Nic, Kyle, Zach, Conner and Makai. And neices Chancey. April, Liz, Victoria, Kayla, Jasmine, Ana and 21 great nephews and neices. 

Randy Fairbrothers final resting place will be at Willamette Vetrans Memorial Cemetery 11800 SE Mt. Scotts Blvd. Happy Valley, OR 97086. A reception will follow his burial ceremony at the willamettes recreation center, family and friends are invited to come and share stories, concert memories and photos. Date and time will be determined and announced soon.