Randolph Thomas Williams of the Shangukweidi Clan died on October 2, 2012 in Juneau, after a long illness.  His Tlingit name Skeik (Leader of all Leaders), was given to him by John George (wife Mary George). 

He was born in Petersburg on November 12, 1940 to Eliza and Homer Williams a Sukteeneidi of Kake.  He grew up in Petersburg and then moved to Juneau where he graduated from Juneau Douglas High School.  He was a fisherman on the F/V Alert and a baker at many restaurants in Juneau including Purity Bakery (1969), Fiddle Head, Prospector, Fred Meyers, Super Bear,...