[M] #14469 Milton Vern Richards ( Harriet Elizabeth "Elizabeth" Mechling • Orange Judd Mechling • Josiah J. Mechling • Elizabeth Mechling • John Mechling • John Jacob Mechling • Diebold "Theobald" Mechling◊ • Diebold Mechling◊ • Martin Mechling◊ )
Alternate line: ( Harriet Elizabeth "Elizabeth" Mechling • Orange Judd Mechling • Josiah J. Mechling • George Mechling • Philip Jonas Mechling • Philip Mechling • Diebold "Theobald" Mechling◊ • Diebold Mechling◊ • Martin Mechling◊ )
Milton was born 31 Aug 1925 in Nassawadox, Virginia. He died 4 Sep 2005 in Alexandria, Virginia from lung cancer. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington Co., Virginia.
He was a retired fields manager for Philco Ford and founder of Dominion Security Systems. He moved to Seattle as a child and enlisted in the Navy in 1943. He served in the Pacific theater during World War II, becoming a chief radio technician and participating in the battle of Okinawa.
After the war, he married and joined Philco Ford, where he became a technical representative and field engineer and worked in Malaysia and several U.S. states, including Alaska.
He graduated from the University of Oklahoma while working for Philco Ford.
In 1980, Mr. Richards retired and moved to Alexandria, where he and his wife founded and operated Dominion Security Services for 20 years.
He was a member of the Institute of Electrical and ELectronics Engineers and the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association. He enjoy electronics, boat building, sailing, auto mechanics, vintage car restoration and cooking. He had an amateur radio license.
Milton married #17576 Marian Irene Thomas.
Relationship notes |
They married 19 Sep 1949 in Salt Lake City, Utah. |
Marian was born 11 Jun 1925. She died 2003.
She is the daughter of Elwood & Lena (Wetzel) Thomas.
Children of this relationship:
| #17577 | M | i | Living | |
| #17578 | M | ii | Living | |
| #17581 | F | iii | Living |
Caral Mechling Bennett, email to Tad Deffler, dated: 19 Sep 2005.
Dorothy Hallarn Mercy, Mechlin Mechling Macklin - Descendants of Theobald Mechling, 1728-2000, Volume VI - Philip Mechling, (Butler, PA: Mechling Associates, 2000). Ref. as [Mercy VI-00].
Line Generation: 10
Relationship: Sixth Cousins One Times Removed through Diebold "Theobald" Mechling◊