- Date Of Birth: April 5, 1926
- Date Of Death: January 9, 2014
- State: Connecticut
Richard J. Hynds
Norwich- Richard J. Hynds, 87, of Norwich died Thursday, at Harrington Court Convalescent Home in Colchester. He was born in Norwich, the son of the late James and Margaret Hynds. Richard grew up in Norwich and attended the Norwich Schools. Richard spent many of his years living on McKinley Ave. later moving to the AHEPA apartments. He was the first male graduate of the Huntington Institute with a certificate for Office Accounting.
Richard was employed by the State of Connecticut as a member of the maintenance department of Norwich Technical School and the Hartford and Norwich Armories for the National Guard.
Richard was a member of the Elks of Norwich, the Knights of Columbus both the White Cross Council and the 4th degree Daniel Mullen Assembly, holding many positions in these organizations. He was a life-time member of the Knights of Columbus.
Richard was an avid sports fan especially for the Boston Red Sox, New England Patriots and the teams for UCONN. Any sport brought enjoyment for Richard during his life.
He is survived by his daughters, Jackie Hynds of Hoboken, NJ, Gisele Dunn and her husband Chris from St. Petersburg, Florida and two grand-daughters Abigail Dunn Hobbs and her husband Steve of New York, NY, and Katherine Dunn from St. Petersburg, Florida, and a sister Judy Jordan of St. Augustine, Florida. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews. Richard was pre-deceased by two brothers, James Hynds, Jr. and John H. Hynds and a sister Peg LeBoeuf.
