Background
Hughes, Owen Willard was born on March 31, 1919 in Fremont, Ohio, United States. Son of George Alfred and Maude Alice (Wilson) Hughes.
Hughes, Owen Willard was born on March 31, 1919 in Fremont, Ohio, United States. Son of George Alfred and Maude Alice (Wilson) Hughes.
Graduate, Famous Artists School, Westport, Connecticut, 1964. Degree, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1970. Graduate, School Modern Photography, 1984.
Artist, sign painter, Consolidated Outdoor Display Company, Fremont, 1938-1940; cartoonist, artist, Ohio Power Company, Tiffin, 1940-1941; artist, sign. painter, airplane nose artist 8th and 9th air forces, United States Air Force, 1941-1945; supervisor art and sign work, 9th Troop Carrier Command Display at United States Air Force Exhibit, Eiffel Tower, Paris, 1945; artist, sign painter, Consolite Outdoor Display Company, Fremont, 1945-1948; artist, sign painter, Hughes-Park Art & Signs, Fostoria, Ohio., 1948-1952; artist, sign painter, Rogers Industrial Display Company, Cleveland, 1952-1953; artist, silk screener, Murray-Ohio Bicycle Company, Cleveland, 1953-1954; artist, carton designer, Victor Wagner & Son Folding Cartons, Cleveland, Buffalo, 1954-1959; artist, carton designer, Bloomer Brothers, Riegel, Rexham, Fibreboard, Foldpak, Newark, 1959-1981; owner, Hughes Art & Signs, Newark, since 1981. Artist, sign painter National War Plane Museum, Elmira, New York, since 1986.
Member The Eighth Air Force History Society, 10th Air Depot Group Association, National Warplane Museum, United States Aviation Museum, Toastmasters International, Lions.
Married L. Virginia Peddicord, April 5, 1942. 1 child, Sue Ellen.