Richard Wesley Sierk
b. 9 November 1917, d. 3 February 2004
- Father: Leo Carmi Sierk b. 28 May 1892, d. 27 December 1976
- Mother: Florence A. (?) b. 17 May 1894, d. 1 February 1973
- Richard Wesley Sierk was born on 9 November 1917 in New York.
- Leo Carmi Sierk and Florence A. (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Warsaw, Wyoming County, New York, at 72 Brooklyn Street and also two female boarders who were teachers.. Other members of the household included Richard Wesley Sierk.
- He married Miriam Virginia (?) on 25 April 1942.
- The SSDI lists Pinellas Park, Pinellas County, Florida, as the last residence of record of Richard Wesley Sierk.
- Richard Wesley Sierk died on 3 February 2004 at age 86.
- He was interred at Bay Pines National Cemetery, Bay Pines, Pinellas County, Florida.
- The following appeared on 6 February 2004 in the St. Petersburg Times: Richard W. Sierk, Sr., 86, of the Mainlands, Pinellas Park, died Tuesday (Feb. 3, 2004) at home. Born in Warsaw, N.Y., he came here in 1980 from Livonia, Mich. He was a sales promotion manager for the Detroit Free Press. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a 1940 graduate of the University of Michigan and a member of the alumni association and the Adcrafters Club of Detroit. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and the Mainlands 5 golf league. Survivors include two daughters, Barbara May Scrivener, Birmingham, Mich., and Judy Friske, West Bloomfield, Mich; a son, Richard W. Jr., Moorpark, Calif; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. R. Lee Williams & Son Funeral Home & Crematory, 49th Street N Chapel, St. Petersburg.
- Last Edited: 11 Aug 2010