Obituary for Louise Richards (1917-1991)
The Elsberry Democrat, Elsberry, Missouri, Wednesday, April 10, 1991.

AREA DEATHS

LOUISE RICHARDS

Services for Louise SHOEMAKER RICHARDS of Elsberry were held at 11 a.m. April 10 (today) in the Carter-Ricks Funeral Home at Elsberry. The Rev. Karen BURTON officiated with burial in the Oak Ridge Cemetery.

Mrs. RICHARDS, 73, died April 7, 1991, in the Elsberry Health Care Center. Born April 17, 1917 in Elsberry, she was the daughter of the late Lewis Edwin and Elsie SMITH SHOEMAKER. On Dec. 8, 1935, she was married in Elsberry to James Sherman RICHARDS Jr., who died in 1982. Mrs. RICHARDS was a life-long resident of the Elsberry area and a member of the Elsberry High School Class  of 1935; the Elsberry United Methodist Church and the Jessie Black Club. She worked for several years for Lincoln County Farmers Mutual Insurance, Troy.

Besides her parents and husband, Mrs. RICHARDS was preceded in death by her foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest WOMBLES; one brother, Lawrence SHOEMAKER; and one sister, Gladys SHOEMAKER.

Survivors include one son, Randy RICHARDS of Elsberry; four grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Lester (Kathryn) HAGEMEIER of Elsberry; and other relatives.

Memorials may be made to the Elsberry United Methodist Church or the Elsberry Public Library.

Submitted to HERITAGE PAGES of LINCOLN COUNTY, MISSOURI by Louise Adams, 26 July 2002.

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