Richard L Slocum
Parker-Rhoden Funeral Home
Richard L. Slocum, 92, of Walterboro, South Carolina, passed away Thursday, September 17, 2020 at Colleton Medical Center in Walterboro, South Carolina.
Richard was born March 7, 1928 in Dayton, Michigan to Edward F. and Clara V. (Gowland) Slocum. He graduated from Buchanan High School in Buchanan, Michigan in 1946 and then went on to complete a foundry molder apprenticeship at Clark Equipment in 1949. Richard served in the United States Army during the Korean War from 1950 to 1952. On January 23, 1954 he married the love of his life, Carol J. Streight, in Berrien Springs, Michigan.
Richard went on to graduate from Michigan College of Mining and Technology (Michigan Tech University) in 1958, where he was an active member of the Tau Beta Pi, Alpha Sigma Mu, and the American Foundry Society. Richard retired after 30 years of working as a foundry technical manager at Wheelabrator Corporation in 1989, but continued to serve as a technical consultant until 2000. He was an avid outdoorsman, passionate about hunting, fishing, canoeing and gardening.
Richard is survived by his beloved wife, Carol, of Walterboro, his loving children Marcia (Jon) Harroff of Bluffton and Jeffrey (Christie) Slocum of Walterboro, seven grandchildren (Lindsay, Jacob, Christopher, Alaina, Jordan, Kennedy and Sawyer) and two great grandchildren (Dustin and Rylee), along with two brothers, Clifford and Gerald Slocum of Michigan.
