Albert Richard Sinclair, age 79, of Richmond, Texas, entered into rest on Saturday, June 22, 2019, surrounded by his loving family and friends. He was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on February 5, 1940, to parents Albert L. Sinclair and Elizabeth Turner Sinclair.
Richard was a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, from which he received both his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering. In 1964 he joined Humble Production Research where he worked for several months, until duty called and he left to serve his country with the Air Force at the NASA Ames Research Center. His projects involved the study of heat transfer and heating calculations on blunt reentry bodies – such as the APOLLO vehicles.
After his military career, he returned to Esso Productions Research as a research engineer. During his time with them, he worked in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and rheology for oil and gas development, as well as the testing of many new fracturing fluid systems. His brilliance and dedicated work earned him a multitude of patents and publications, with several of the techniques he spearheaded becoming licensed for use by the oil industry. For his paper entitled “Rheology of Viscous Fracturing Fluids” he was awarded the Cedric K. Ferguson Medal in 1971 by the Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME.
Richard shared his love and quiet humor with so many friends and associates, touching lives everywhere he went. He was immensely proud of all he had accomplished and made many contributions to the wellbeing of our planet.
Richard is survived by his wife, Toni Ofarrell-Sinclair; sons, Steven Sinclair (Giselle), David Sinclair (Freshtea) of California, Billy Thomas (Melanie), and Jeff Thomas (Emily) of Montgomery, Texas; grandchildren, William Thomas (Cheyenne), Dustin Thomas (Katelynn), Caroline Thomas (Matt). Meriell Thomas, Abbigail Thomas, and Brea Thomas; niece, Melissa Barnett (Joe) and their children, Ashton, Adria, Bailor, Brinley, and Bronson of Oklahoma; brother, Don Sinclair (Frankie). He was preceded in passing by his parents Albert and Elizabeth Sinclair, and his brother John Sinclair.
With great sadness and a heavy heart, we say goodbye.
Soulmate. Love of my life.
Father. Papaw. Friend.
A Celebration of Life will be held in Richard's honor on Friday, August 2, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. inside the Chapel of American Heritage Funeral Home, 10710 Veterans Memorial Drive, Houston, Texas 77038. Following the service, Richard will be escorted to the Houston National Cemetery, 10410 Veterans Memorial Drive, Houston, Texas 77038, where he will be laid to rest with honors.
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