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1943 Ronald 2002

Ronald Richards

March 30, 1943 — September 6, 2002

RONALD RICHARDS
RONALD RICHARDS OF CALEDONIA, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI ON MARCH 30, 1943. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE HARRY RICHARDS AND DOROTHY (NIPPER) BALDRIDGE. RONALD DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HIS HOME IN CALEDONIA, MISSOURI ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2002 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF FIFTY NINE YEARS, FIVE MONTHS AND SEVEN DAYS.
RONALD WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO RUTH GREEN IN FEBRUARY 1963 AND THEN WAS LATER MARRIED TO LORETTA BRADFORD IN JULY 1994.
HE IS SURVIVED BY THREE DAUGHTERS, KIMBERLY L. DANE AND SPECIAL FRIEND KELLY OF CALEDONIA, MISSOURI, TAMMY HARTLEY AND HUSBAND BILL OF BOLIVER, MISSOURI AND LISA BRADLEY AND HUSBAND JOHN OF FARMINGTON, MISSOURI, ONE STEP DAUGHTER, TERRI BAILEY AND HUSBAND RANDY OF DESLOGE, MISSOURI, ONE HALF SISTER, TINA OETH OF TULSA, OKLAHOMA, TWO HALF BROTHERS, LARRY BALDRIDGE AND WIFE ELAINE OF CADET, MISSOURI AND BRIAN RICHARDS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, FIVE GRANDCHILDREN, JACOB AND MACKENZIE HARTLEY OF BOLIVER, MISSOURI, LOGAN, MARTHA, AND ISABELLE BRADLEY OF FARMINGTON, MISSOURI AND TWO STEP GRANDCHILDREN, ANDREA AND BRANDI BAILEY, ONE AUNT, DONNA WARDEN AND HUSBAND PAUL OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, ONE UNCLE, WENDELL NIPPER AND WIFE BONNIE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI AND MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS AND WIFE HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE BROTHER, BILL RICHARDS, AND ONE GRANDSON, COREY RICHARDS.
RON WAS A LONG TIME EMPLOYEE IN THE MINING INDUSTRY IN THE LOCAL AREA. RON ENJOYED ANIMALS, ESPECIALLY HIS CHICKEN AND PIGEONS. RON ENJOYED THE MANY GIFTS OF MOTHER NATURE, AND REPAID HER BEAUTY WITH HIS LOVE FOR GARDENING. HE ENJOYED TAKING SHORT TRIPS IN THE AREA TO SEE THE MANY BEAUTIFUL SIGHTS OF THE OZARKS. RON HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR HIS FAMILY AND HE CHERISHED THE MANY MOMENTS SPENT WITH HIS GRANDCHILDREN.
VISITATION WAS HELD 4:30 PM TO 9:00 PM ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2002 AND 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2002 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED 1:00 PM ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2002 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH REVEREND EDGAR GREEN OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN BELLEVUE PRESBYTERIAN CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE GARY YOUNT, JERRY DAVIS, JOHN LUCAS, JOHN BRADLEY, BILL HARTLEY AND KELLY STOTLER.
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