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Richard Eugene Tilkins

Richard Eugene Tilkins

Male 1934 - 1988  (53 years)


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  • Name Richard Eugene Tilkins  [1] 
    Birth 6 Jun 1934  Pulaski, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 18 Apr 1988  Pulaski, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 22 Apr 1988  Brookside Cem., Richland, Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I67578  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Louis Earl Tilkins,   b. 29 Jun 1898, Sandy Creek, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Oct 1982, Porterville, Tulare, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Florence Jennie Brown,   b. 6 Aug 1905, Richland, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Dec 1957, Mercy Hospital, Watertown NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 24 Sep 1925 
    Family ID F24008  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy Lee Lloyd,   b. 25 Oct 1940, Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Oct 2020 (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 12 Sep 1961  Jacksonville Beach, Duval, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Richard Eugene Tilkins,   b. 13 Dec 1962, Watertown, Jefferson County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Oct 2021 (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Rodney Allen Tilkins, Sr.,   b. 24 May 1964, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Oct 2016 (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Karen Lee Tilkins,   b. 11 Nov 1965, Watertown, Jefferson County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1990 (Age 25 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. William H. Tilkins,   b. 20 Mar 1968   d. 2 Apr 2005, Mannsville, Jefferson County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F22477  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Richard graduated from Pulaski Schools and enlisted in the US Navy. He was stationed out of Jacksonville Beach while aboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. he served 20 years. Upon leaving the service, Tilkins moved home and began work for New Process Gear Chrysler plant in Syracuse, He was a member of the United Auto Workers Union and the Pulaski American Legion. He graduated from Pulaski Schools and enlisted in the US Navy. He was stationed out of Jacksonville Beach while aboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. he served 20 years. Upon leaving the service, Tilkins moved home and began work for New Process Gear Chrysler plant in Syracuse, He was a member of the United Auto Workers Union and the Pulaski American Legion. He graduated from Pulaski Schools and enlisted in the US Navy. He was stationed out of Jacksonville Beach while aboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. he served 20 years. Upon leaving the service, Tilkins moved home and began work for New Process Gear Chrysler plant in Syracuse, He was a member of the United Auto Workers Union and the Pulaski American Legion.

      Newspaper Obituary - Wednesday, April 20, 1988 Watertown Daily Times (NY) - Richard Tilkins Dies At 53 In City Hospital - Richard E. Tilkins, 53, Stewart Street, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, was pronounced dead on arrival Monday afternoon at Mercy Hospital, Watertown, after being stricken at his home. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Foster-Hax Funeral Home, Pulaski, with Rev. Kenneth Spurlock, pastor of the Richland Church of Christ, officiating. Burial with full military honors will be in Richland Cemetery. Calling hours will be 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Surviving are three sons, Richard Jr., Rodney and William, all of Richland; a daughter, Karen, Camden; a granddaughter; three brothers, Robert, Farber, Pa., Ronald, Baltimore, Md., and John, Clay; three sisters, Norma Wilson, Bonita Salisbury and Eileen Skotnicki, all of Pulaski; and several nieces and nephews. A brother, Donald, and two sisters, Mary Bielewicz and Dorothy Tilkins, died previously. Born in Richland June 6, 1934, a son of Louis and Florence Brown Tilkins, he attended Richland schools and was a graduate of Pulaski Academy and Central School. Mr. Tilkins served with the Navy for 20 years, retiring in 1974. A marriage to Nancy Lloyd of Pulaski on Sept. 12, 1961 later ended in divorce. He was employed the last four years as an assembler by the New Process Gear Co., Syracuse. Mr. Tilkins was a member of Robert Edwards Post 358, American Legion, Pulaski, and United Auto Workers Union Local 624, Syracuse.

      TILKINS - Pronounced dead on arrival at Mercy Hospital, April 18, 1988, Richard E. Tilkins, 53, Stewart Street, Richland, a Navy veteran. Funeral, Friday, 11 a.m., Foster-Hax Funeral Home, Pulaski. Burial, full military honors, Richland Cemetery.

      Richard graduated from Pulaski Schools and enlisted in the US Navy. He was stationed out of Jacksonville Beach while aboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. he served 20 years.
      Upon leaving the service, Tilkins moved home and began work for New Process Gear Chrysler plant in Syracuse, He was a member of the United Auto Workers Union and the Pulaski American Legion.

  • Sources 
    1. [S150] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Richland, Oswego, New York; Roll: T627_2715; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 38-69.