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Harriet I. Richardson

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[March 30, 2018]  ELKHART - Harriet I. Richardson, 91, of Elkhart, passed away on Thursday, March 15, 2018, at the Mason City Area Nursing Home.

Visitation: 10 a.m. on Monday, March 19, 2018, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Elkhart

Service:   11 a.m. Monday at the church

Funeral home:   Quiram Peasley Funeral Home, Atlanta

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Harriet I. Richardson, 91, of Elkhart, passed away on Thursday, March 15, 2018, at the Mason City Area Nursing Home.

Funeral services for Mrs. Richardson will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, March 19, 2018, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Elkhart. Rev. Jeffrey G. Laible will officiate.

Visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at the church prior to the service.

Burial will be in the Elkhart Cemetery.

Harriet I. Boward was born July 31, 1926, in Middletown, the daughter of George and Birdie Giertz Boward. She was united in marriage with John D. Richardson on November 3, 1945. He preceded her in death in April 1989.

Harriet is survived by her children: Joan (David) Johnston of Middletown, G. Robert (Jan) Richardson of Monmouth, Andrea (Andy) Buss of East Peoria, and John D. (Ann) Richardson II of Byron; her sisters: Mina Dambacher and Ellen (Paul) Mason, both of Middletown; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

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She was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters: Minnie Carpenter, Norma Duncan, and Ilda Heyen; and three brothers: Ted Boward, Albert Boward, and Raymond Boward.

Harriet is a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Elkhart. She retired from the State of Illinois where she worked as a secretary.

Memorials may be made to St. Patrick's Catholic Church or the Elkhart Fire and Rescue Department.

Final arrangements are entrusted with Peasley Funeral Home of Lincoln.


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