Richard Oades Sykes, Jr.

1918 - 2011  (93 years)

• Name	Richard Oades Sykes
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	27 Feb 1918	Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	91052119
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91052119
  Died	5 Nov 2011
  Buried	Aft 5 Nov 2011	Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I915	New England Hall Families Master Tree
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Richard Oades Sykes, Sr.,   b. 1894,   d. 1966  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Katherine P. Vennard,   b. 1892,   d. 1958  (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F5696	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Myrtle Elizabeth Chapman,   b. 30 Jan 1920, Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts ,   d. 5 Jan 1998, Laconia, Belknap County, New Hampshire  (Age 77 years)
  Married	23 May 1945	Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Children	1. R.G. Sykes   2. K.C. Sykes   3. R.P. Sykes
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2017
  Family ID	F654	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 27 Feb 1918 - Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Married - 23 May 1945 - Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Buried - Aft 5 Nov 2011 - Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Notes

  From FindaGrave: He was the husband of the late Myrtle (Chapman) Sykes, they married May 23, 1945 in Lowell, MA. He helped at the family business Sykes the Florist of Lowell. Worked in George C Moore Mill in Lowell for 25 years. Son of Richard Oades Sykes Sr and Katherine (Vennard) Sykes. Graduated Riverside School and Lowell High School Class of 1936 Veteran of WWII as a Bombadier and Nosegunner in the Air Force. Engaged in 64 missions in Europe and North Africa, recipient of Distinguished Flying Cross, American Defense Service Metal, the Air Metal, the European Theatre Pre-Pearl Harbor ribbons, Good Conduct Medal, as well as the Purple Heart for a neck injury sustained when his B-25 was pierced by flak. Honorable discharge August 1945 Retired from GenRad as an Electronics supervisor in 1980 Wintered in Naples Florida Father of 3 sons; Richard, Kenneth, Ronald