Tokarski, Richard J. of Albuquerque, New Mexico, passed away on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at Presbyterian Hospital. He was born September 3, 1950 in Hartford, CT to Marion and Irene (Wlodarczyk) Tokarski. He is survived by his wife Jeanne (Westover) Tokarski; sisters; Janina Tokarski of Port Charlotte, FL, Helene (Olszewski) O'Neill of Newington, CT, brother; Henery Olszewski of Wethersfield, CT and several nephews; Clark, Michael and Adam O'Neill, Gregg Donahue and Joshua Olszewski, Manny Gonzalez and a niece; Amanda Olszewski. Richard entered the Air Force in 1975 and was stationed in Texas, Utah and New Mexico. He was accepted into the Air Force Physician Assistant Program and subsequently the Orthopedic Specialty School. In 1981, he was commissioned and earned a B.S.- Physician Assistant from Oklahoma University. After retiring from the AF in 1995 as a Major, Richard worked as an Orthopedic Physician Assistant with New Mexico Orthopedics until his death. Medicine was his passion and Richard was never comfortable if he was off work for more than a week. He loved Rock'n Roll and Blues music, sports of all kinds, animals and humane treatment of them, financial planning and reading espionage novels. He was a wonderful husband to his wife, Jeanne, for 27 years. There will be a memorial service at the French, Gifford, Preiter & Blasl Funeral Home, Chatham, NY, on Saturday, July 28, at 11am. Interment will follow with military honors at the Chatham Rural Cemetery at 12:15pm. Memorial Contributions may be made in Richard's memory to the Albuquerque Biopark 505-764-6280 or to the Animal Humane Assn of NM 505-938-7888.