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Delbert C Richards

Male 1916 - 1981  (65 years)


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  • Name Delbert C Richards 
    Born 6 Jan 1916  Hamlin, Brown County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 9 Mar 1981  Wetmore, Nemaha County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Fairview Cemetery, Goff, Nemaha County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6018  Rossville
    Last Modified 29 Nov 2019 

    Father Delbert Richards, Sr. 
    Mother Rhonda Kent Richards 
    Notes 
    • Some of these children are half-siblings, but not sure which parent married twice.
    Family ID F5626  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hazel I Derr Richards 
    Married 24 Dec 1940  Seneca, Nemaha County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Joyce Richards
     2. Barbara Richards Montague
     3. Kenneth Lynn Richards
     4. Roy C Richards
    +5. Robert D Richards
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2019 20:15:16 
    Family ID F5627  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsMarried - 24 Dec 1940 - Seneca, Nemaha County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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    Obituary- Richards, Delbert
    Obituary- Richards, Delbert
    Delbert C. Richards
    Delbert C. Richards, 65, Wetmore, died Monday, March 9, 1981, near Wetmore. Officials said he suffered an apparent heart attack while cutting wood about 11 miles northwest of Wetmore in Nemaha County.

    He was born January 16, 1916, at Hamlin, the son of Delbert and Rhonda Kent Richards. He moved from Topeka to Wetmore about 15 years ago.

    Mr. Richards worked for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company at Topeka 26 years before he retired. He was a member of the Wetmore Lions Club.

    He was married to Hazel I. Derr on December 24, 1940, at Seneca. She survives.

    Other survivors include two daughters, Joyce Richards, Lawrence, and Mrs. Barbara Montague, Topeka; three sons, Kenneth Lynn Richards and Roy C. Richards, both of Topeka, and Bobby D. Richards, Rossville; two sisters, Mrs. Frances Lucas, Copan, Okla., and Mrs. Jean Webb, Pinole, Calif.; a brother, James Richards, Topeka: a half-sister, Mrs. Mae Rolland, Goff; eight grandchildren, and two great- grandchildren.

    Services were at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Mercer Funeral Home, Holton. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery, Goff.