Belle (Weeks) Richardson (1873-1950)

WEEKS, RICHARDSON, HIGGINS, LEE, SIMONSON, STORING, TRAVASE, BROWN

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 6/17/2023 at 20:18:14

From The Slater News April 6, 1950 (page 1)

Rites Friday for Mrs. Richardson

Funeral services for Mrs. Belle Richardson, long-time resident of the Kelley vicinity, will be held tomorrow (Friday) from the home at 1:30 p. m. and from the Bethany Lutheran church in Kelley at 2 o'clock. Her pastor, Rev. P. E. Onstad will officiate. Burial will be in the Bethany cemetery.

Obituary.

Mrs. Belle (Weeks) Richardson was born Apr. 6, 1873, at the old Weeks homestead, southeast of Slater. She was the daughter of Martha and Thomas Weeks. She was baptized and confirmed in the Palestine Lutheran church.

On Mar. 31, 1897 she married John Richardson. They moved in their new home, two miles south of Kelley, where she lived until death claimed her. Mr. Richardson preceded her in death on Aug. 17, 1944.

To this union six children were born. A son, Thomas, and a daughter, Matilda, preceded her in death. Four sons survive: Richard, at home; Martin of Ames; Elmer of Slater and Oliver of Kelley; also three grandchildren, Idelles Ann, Don Neil and Linda Jo Richardson. Mrs. Gladys Higgins, now of Chicago, made her home with them from infancy.

Her father and mother, a brother Henry and one sister Alice preceded her in death. Other survivors include five sisters and two brothers; Mrs. Ole Lee, Mrs. Emma Simonson, Mrs. Helen Storing, Mrs. Joe Traverse, Mrs. Clara Brown, Oliver Weeks and Weir Weeks.

Mrs. Richardson had been in failing health since the first of the year. She was hospitalized a month and passed away at the Lutheran hospital in Des Moines Apr. 4 at the age of 76 years, 11 months and 8 days.

For 55 years she was a member of the Bethany Lutheran church and was actively a member of the Ladies Ad as long as her health permitted.