Richard M. Shadroui

RICHARD M. SHADROUI BARRE- On June 19, 2021, Richard "Dick" M. Shadroui, at the age of 97, passed on peacefully at the Woodridge Nursing Home in Berlin. He had resided in Barre for almost 40 years. He was born on June 3, 1924 in his family home. He was the youngest of nine siblings and pre-deceased by his parents, Joseph Shadroui and Marianna (Jaffer) Shadroui and his siblings: Hannet (Acker), Peter, Alfred, John. Celia (Shediac), Freda (Hopson), Paul, and George. He was raised in a strong Lebanese community which celebrated its traditions with food and music. Dick attended and graduated from Spaulding High School, class of 1942 in Barre. At the age of 18 he left Vermont to attend the University of Illinois. He was drafted into the 15th Army Air Force at the age of 18. He obtained his gunners wings at Ft. Myers, Florida in November of 43. He flew 39 missions as a navigator and radio operator on B-17s and attained the rank of Technical Sergeant. He survived 2 emergency landings in the Adriatic Sea. On one...