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Leona Richards

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Fulton,Indiana
Death: March 31, 1948 (75)
near Adamsboro, , Indiana
Place of Burial: Meta Cemetery, Meta, , Indiana
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Richards, M.D. and Lizzie Richards
Wife of Dan Richards
Mother of Vera Richards
Half sister of Eva L. Richards; Eldorado Richards; Hazel Fern Richards; Nora Marie Richards and Tressie Eunice Richards

Managed by: Judith "Judi" Elaine (McKee) Burns
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About Leona Richards

. Rochester News - Sentinel, Wednesday, March 31, 1948.

"Mrs. Leona ROUCH, 75, passed away at 4 o'clock Wednesday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William BENNETT, three miles east of Adamsboro. She had been seriously ill for the past five weeks.

Leona, daughter of Dr. John and Eunice RICHARDS, was born in Fulton county on May 3, 1872. She was married to Dan ROUCH on June 14, 1893. Mrs. Rouch had resided in Fulton until 1935. She was in charge of the Fulton Telephone Exchange for a period of 15 years. The deceased was a member of the Fulton Baptist church.

Survivors are the daughter, Mrs. William BENNETT; two grandsons, Tom and Bill BENNETT and four sisters, Mrs. Eva MARTIN, Mrs. Tressa REED, Mrs. Eldorado HOLMES, of West Lafayette and Mrs. Marie HENDERSON, of Union City, Mich.

Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon 1:30 o'clock at the Ditmire funeral home, Fulton. Burial will be in the Meta cemetery. The body lies in state at the funeral home where friends may call."

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Leona Richards's Timeline

1872
May 3, 1872
Fulton,Indiana
1894
September 1894
1948
March 31, 1948
Age 75
near Adamsboro, , Indiana
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Meta Cemetery, Meta, , Indiana