Richards, Edwin S. 1914-1995

RICHARDS, MCGRAIL, OHLSON

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 9/5/2008 at 21:19:13

NAME OF DECEASED & AGE: Edwin Simeon Richards, 81, of Estherville, Iowa, and a former Merrill resident
CAUSE OF DEATH:
DATE OF DEATH: Thursday, Aug. 10, 1995
PLACE OF DEATH: …at a Sioux Falls, S.D., hospital
DATE OF BIRTH: Feb. 7, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH: Wayne, Nebraska
PARENTS: Simeon and Katherine “Katie” (McGrail) Richards
SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 1st MARRIAGE: Eva Ohlson, July 15, 1938, in Mankato, Kan.
SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 2nd MARRIAGE:
OCCUPATION: They lived in Wayne, Neb., Sioux City, in the Leeds area, then at Merrill for some 24 years. They have lived in Estherville the past four years. He had worked for American Popcorn Company in Sioux City for 34 years, then for Wells Blue Bunny before retirement. He had also served as the custodian at Wesley Methodist Church in Sioux City for several years.
SURVIVORS: … include his wife; a son and his wife, Willy and Wendy Richards of Estherville; a sister Hattie Bauman of South Sioux City; three grandchildren; and a great granddaughter.
PRECEDED in DEATH by: … a sister, Slice Johnson.
PLACE OF BURIAL: Hillside Cemetery, Merrill, Iowa
NEWSPAPER SOURCE & DATE: The Sioux City Journal

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