Richardson, Jesse Lee Yun

RICHARDSON, PECKHAM

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 6/3/2013 at 01:30:06

Jesse Lee Yun Richardson, 17, of 11418 Jonquil Ave., Clear Lake, died Thursday,
Feb. 23, 2012 at his home.

Funeral services were held Tuesday Feb. 28, at the Clear Lake United Methodist
Church with the Rev. Diana Hoover officiating. Interment was in Clear Lake
Cemetery. Family suggests memorials go to the Jesse Lee Yun Richardson Memorial
Fund. Jesse’s final act was to give the gift of life through organ donation.

Jesse was born Sept. 12, 1994 in Boochun City, South Korea. At the age of 17
months he was adopted by David and Linda (Peckham) Richardson. He was a junior
at Clear Lake High School. Jesse loved and excelled in sports. In school he
participated in wrestling, track, soccer, and football. He really enjoyed
weight lifting, cooking, and playing video games on his x-box. His favorite
thing was UFC and MMA fighting. He spent a lot of time watching it on TV and
practicing his moves. Jesse also liked tormenting his grandmother’s cat,
listening to music on his IPod, watching Sci-Fi, drawing, and being the class
clown. Jesse also loved to go out with his friends.

Jesse is survived by his parents, David and Linda Richardson; sister, Olivia
Richardson; maternal grandparents, Don and Rose Peckham, Clear Lake; paternal
grandmother, Connie Richardson, Poplar Bluff, Mo.; uncles and aunts, Ron and
Tyies Andersen, Ray and Vickie Greeley, Clear Lake, Ted and Lisa Peckham, Minot,
N.D., Karen Jones Woodson, Troy, Mo., Bob and Sandie Ivy, Tampa, Fla., and Judi
Richardson and Dr. Stuart Rockwell, Poplar Bluff, Mo., and many cousins.

He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Marion Richardson, and his
uncle, Donald Peckham Jr.