Raymond G. Hughes

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Raymond G. Hughes, 85, of Perkinsville Rd. died Tuesday (Oct. 16, 1990) in Noyes Memorial Hospital following a short illness.
He was born Jan. 14, 1905, in Sparta, a son of Frank and Minday Conrad Hughes. He married the former Frances Blowers on Aug. 25, 1931, in Naples. She survives.

Mr. Hughes was a lifetime resident of Perkinsville where he was a member of St. Peter's United Church of Christ for 80 years. He retired from the Foster Wheeler Corp. plant in Dansville in 1970 and previously had been employed by the Pittsburgh, Shawmut and Northerern Railroad as a hostler. He was a member of the Hornell Odd Fellows, Perkinsville Fire Department and the Perkinsville Rod and Gun Club. He was a life member of the Genesee Valley Trappers organization and a charter member of the P.S. & N. Historical Association. Since retirement, he had been a potato farmer. He was predeceased by two sons, Raymond and Donald.

Also surviving are a son, Robert of Perkinsville; a sister, Cecilia Hinkson of Batavia; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Friends may call at the St. George-Stanton Funeral Home of Wayland. A service will be conducted Friday at 11 a.m. in St. Peter's Church at Perkinsville with the Rev. Daniel Meister and Rev. Ferdinand Kurz officiating. Burial will be in St. Peter's Cemetery, Perkinsville.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Peter's Church. (GCE, October 18, 1990, p4)

Raymond married Frances Blowers on 25 Aug 1931 in Naples, Ontario County, New York. Frances was born on 21 Apr 1912 in Franklinville, Cattaraugus County, New York; died on 24 Sep 2005 in Mount Morris, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Saint Peter's Cemetery, Perkinsville, Steuben County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]