Richard E. Hilliard was born in Tacoma, WA and raised in Sumner, WA.
He was a retired postal letter carrier and a sixty year member of NALC Branch 82.
He served in the Army Air Corps in WWII and the Air Force during Korea.
Survived by wife Jerry Lehrer-Hilliard; sons Richard Earl Hilliard, Jr., Robert Daniel Hilliard, Joseph Michael Hilliard (wife Pamela) and Thomas Ray Hilliard (Trudy); 5 grandchildren, several great grandchildren and caring step children. At his request there will be no service.