Richard A. Mould

March 4, 1927 - April 11, 2018

PEABODY, MA- Richard A. Mould, 91, passed away on April 11, 2018 in Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers. Born in Reading, PA on March 4, 1927, he was the son of the late Donald and Catherine (Fernau) Mould. Richard was raised and educated in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania and graduated in 1945. He went on to Lehigh University and then received his master’s and doctorate degrees from Yale University. Richard also served his country in WWII and the Korean War. During WWII he served with the United States Army and during the Korean War he served with the United States Navy. Richard had been a professor of physics for many years at Stony Brook University, New York. He was the first professor they hired. He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Jeffrey and Stella Daniels and their daughter Kira of Seattle, WA, his daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Gary Boudreau of Cambridge, MA, stepdaughters, Cynthia Fischer and her husband, Bill of Long Island, NY and Madalyn Repaci of Florida, step grandchildren, Kolin, Erik, Aaron and Brody, and his former wives’, Dolores Lentz of Cornwell, PA and Marlene Potter of Coconut Grove, FL. He was predeceased by his half-sister, Phyllis. Richard was much beloved and will be remembered for his kind heart, sense of humor and brilliance in the area of physics. Richard’s family will receive friends and family from 2-4PM on Saturday, April 14, 2018 at C.R. Lyons & Sons, Funeral Directors, 28 Elm Street, Danvers, MA. Burial will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made in Richard’s name to The Nature Conservancy, Attn: Treasury, 4245 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 100, Arlington, VA, 22203 or www.nature.org