OBITUARY: Howard James Richmond 1925-2002, Mitchell County, Iowa


                          Howard James Richmond

[Mitchell County Press-News, online, www.mcpress.com, Posted Nov. 6, 2002]
                          
Funeral services for Howard James Richmond, age 77, of Osage will be held
at 2 pm Thursday, Nov. 7, 2002, at the Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in
Osage.

The Rev. Jerry Newland will officiate. Visitation will be from 1 pm to 2 pm
Thursday at the funeral home.  Interment will be in the Osage Cemetery
with Military Rites conducted by the American Legion Post 278. Howard
died Sunday, Nov. 3, 2002, at the Mitchell County Regional Health Center
in Osage.

Howard James Richmond was born January 2, 1925 in Frederika, IA, the son
of Charles and Edna (Flood) Richmond. 

He served in the U.S. Navy during WW II as a signalman. Howard was united
in marriage to Charlette Shadbolt on January 12, 1946, at the Little Brown
Church in Nashua. He owned and operated the Delta Printing Company in Osage
for many years. He was also employed by the Marigold Dairy and then by
Winnebago Industries as a printer in the advertising department, until
retiring in 1986.

Howard enjoyed woodworking, making clocks and sports, especially fishing.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Osage and the Osage American
Legion Post 278.

Richmond was preceded in death by his parents, one sister Maxine Richmond
and his wife Charlette on Oct. 5, 1995.

Howard's survivors include three sons, Ron Richmond and wife Mary of North
Liberty, IA, Keith Richmond and wife Lisa of Chariton, IA and Kent Richmond
and wife Lana of Champaign, IL, and seven grandchildren.






Copyright (c) 2002 by Kermit Kittleson
(Note: I am not necessarily related to the subject of the obituary.)
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