Dorothy Kate (Mapes) Richardson (1939)
BRISTOW, GAMBLE, MAPES, RICHARDSON
Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 3/24/2007 at 11:41:33
The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, August 16, 1939YOUNG WOMAN DIES SUDDENLY TUESDAY
Mrs. Dorothy Richardson, 24, Leaves Three Small Children
Death came with shocking suddenness to Mrs. Eugene Richardson of Winterset Tuesday evening. Mrs. Richardson was the former Dorothy Mapes, and was well known here. She was 24 years of age, and the mother of three small children.
Mrs. Richardson was not known to be in ill health, relatives said. She had done her usual housework Tuesday and in the evening complained of a pain in her back. She went into an adjoining room to lie down, and died shortly later.
Mrs. Richardson was the daughter of Harve and Alice Mapes and was born Oct. 23, 1914, near Macksburg. Her early life was spent there, the family later moving to Winterset where she attended high school.
She is survived by her husband; the children, Dean, Gene, and Donna; three brothers, George, Harold and Leslie Mapes; and two sisters, Mrs. Vera Gamble and Mrs. Cora Bristow; in addition to her parents.
Funeral services will be held Thursday from Anderson's, and burial will be made in the Winterset cemetery.
________________________The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, August 23, 1939MORTUARY
Dorothy Kate Mapes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harve Mapes, was born October 23, 1914, and passed from this life on August 15, 1939 at the age of 24 years, 9 months and 22 days.
Her early life was spent in Madison county where she lived all of her life with the exception of two years that she lived at Ida Grove. She was graduated from the Winterset high school in the class of 1932.
On February 5, 1935 she was united in marriage to Eugene Richardson. To this union were born two sons: Dean Kay and Gene Ray, and one daughter, Donna Gale.
She is survived by her husband and three children; her parents; two sisters, Mrs. Vera Gamble of Carlisle, and Mrs. Cora Bristow of Winterset; also three brothers: George, Harold and Leslie all of Winterset; also her aged grandfather, four nephews, and three nieces, along with other relatives and friends.
She was known as a loving wife and mother, and will be greatly missed in the home, and by her relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held at Neil W. Anderson's Home for Funerals, Thursday, Aug. 17th, at 2 p.m. in charge of the Rev. J. H. Cochrane, Jr., with interment in the Winterset cemetery.
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