Frances Elizabeth Richardson
Sept. 24, 1868-Feb. 17, 1934
Niles Daily Star, Saturday, February 17, 1934, page 1, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
Mrs. Richardson Dies at Pawating Hospital
Mrs. Frances Elizabeth Richardson, 66, 1346 Ferry street, died at 2 o'clock this morning in Pawating hospital. On February 9 she underwent an appendix operation but death was due to a heart attack.
She had lived in Niles for 17 years and was born at St. Catherine, Canada, on Sept. 25, 1868, coming to Michigan at the age of 11 years. Had Mrs. Richardson lived 10 days longer, Mr. and Mrs. Richardson would have observed their forty-seventh wedding anniversary.
Besides her husband,James L. Richardson, she is survived by six daughters, . . .[illegible]. . . Mrs. Albert Krassow, Mrs. George Worm, Mrs. George Nevill, all of Niles, and Mrs. Frank Reading, Gary, Ind., and Mrs. Andas Durflinger, Watervliet; two sons, Arden Richardson, Buchanan, and Charles Richardson, Niles; a sister, Mrs. Hudson Kirk, Niles; three brothers, James Clark, St. Joseph, and Walter Clark, Benton Harbor, and 14 grandchildren.
Two daughters preceded her in death, Mable Richardson, who died in 1926, and Elizabeth Ruth Richardson, who died 42 years ago at the age of 10 months.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Rutherford funeral home with the Rev. R.E. Meader in charge. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery. The body will remain at the home of a daughter, Mrs. A.N. Cochrane, 121 South St. Joseph avenue, until 10 o'clock Monday morning.
Niles Daily Star, Monday, February 19, 1934, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library
RICHARDSON RITES TODAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Frances Elizabeth Richardson, 1346 Ferry street, who died Friday morning in Pawating hospital, were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Rutherford funeral home. The Rev. R.E. Meader was in charge of the service. Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery.