Raymond E. Hughes

Raymond E. Hughes of Easton died on February 22, 2010 at Talbot Hospice House in Easton. He was 88. Born in Champaign, Illinois on December 27, 1921, he was the son of the late, John Hughes and Margaret Lowry Hughes. He graduated from Champaign High School in 1939 and proceeded to the University of Illinois. Enlisting in the U.S. Navy in 1942, he was in the V-12 program and was sent to the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School. After Midshipman School in Chicago, IL, he was commissioned an Ensign and served for two plus years in the South Pacific primarily in New Guinea and the Philippines as commanding officer of an LCT. Upon his release from active duty, he returned to the University of Illinois and received a degree in Business Management. Following graduation, he started his employment with the Western Electric Company. In his 35 year career with Western Electric he had a variety of management assignments in Denver, Seattle, Long Island, NY, New York City and Union, NJ. His New York City assignment was on a three year rotational arrangement with AT & T, where he was Engineering Director. He was a Director of the Queens, NY Chamber of Commerce as well as a Director of the Jamaica, NY Chamber. In retirement, he served on the Board of Directors of the Talbot Country Club in Easton. On November 23, 1946, he married the former, Margie Louise Reider of Appleton, Wisconsin, who was in Nursing School in Champaign at the time. In addition to his wife, Margie, he is survived by his children, Barbara Smith and her husband, Dan, of Guilford, CT, Carol Kawasaki, and her husband, Craig, of East Moriches, Long Island, NY, Nancy Kiernan, and her husband, Warren, of Boca Raton, FL, Nell Slusark, and her husband, Art, of Des Moines, Iowa, Kathleen Hughes-McNally, and her husband, Jim, of Anchortes, WA, and Michael Hughes, and his wife, Robin, of Berthoud, CO; fourteen grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his brother, Robert Hughes of Austin, TX. He was preceded in death by his brother, John, who was killed in an accident while serving as a 2nd Lieutenant in WW II. A wake will be held on Friday, February 26, 2010 from 6:00 until 8:00 pm at Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home, P.A. in Easton. A mass will be held at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Talbot Hospice Foundation, 586 Cynwood Drive, Easton, MD 21601, or to the Saints Peter and Paul Building Fund, 7906 Ocean Gateway, Easton, MD 21601.

Raymond E. Hughes

December 27, 1921 - February 22, 2010