Mr. Robert Jasper Richardson, 76, of Hillsboro, died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008, at Kindred Hospital in Fort Worth. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16, at Marshall and Marshall Funeral Directors in Hillsboro. Funeral services will follow in Cawker City, Kan., under the direction of McDonald-Roberts Funeral Directors with interment at Prairie Grove Cemetery.
He was born on Sept. 8, 1931, in Beloit, Kan., to Emmett David and Florence Gladys (Coad) Richardson. Bob was raised in Cawker City, Kan., and graduated from high school with the class of 1948. Bob enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on June 7, 1951, receiving basic training in Camp Pendleton, Calif., and serving in Camp Lejeune, N.C., Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, and in Korea. He served in the Korean Conflict from March 22, 1952 to April 20, 1953, in the First Motor Transport Battalion, First Division of the USMC. He received his honorable discharge as a Sergeant on June 6, 1954.
Bob married Norma Jean Olson on April 11, 1954, at Assaria Lutheran Church, Assaria, Kan., and to this union were born three children, Heidi, Natasha and Steve. After Bob graduated with a BA degree in business from Kansas State University in May of 1957, he returned to Cawker City to Richardson Manufacturing Company, Inc., manufacturing conservation tillage equipment. He served as secretary and treasurer of the company with his brothers and sister. In later years, he was business manager in charge of purchasing, accounting, sales, marketing and distribution. He and his brother, Raymond, sold the company in 1987 to Sunflower Manufacturing Company, now a part of AGCO. Bob was very active in farm equipment industry groups, serving as treasurer and president of the Western Kansas Manufacturers Association and show sponsor of the 3i agricultural equipment show. He served on the Mitchell County Hospital Board for 16 years and as mayor of Cawker City for four years. Bob was a member of the American Legion, and the Marine Corps League.
Since their move to Hillsboro in 1997, he has attended First Baptist Church in Hillsboro. Despite his battle with multiple sclerosis, he and Jean continued to be avid travelers to the very end.
Survivors include his wife, Jean Richardson, of Hillsboro; daughters, Heidi Speasmaker and husband, John, of Round Rock, and Natasha Sawyer and husband, John, of Hillsboro; son, Steve Richardson, of Cawker City, Kan.; and grandchildren, Alex and Elizabeth Speasmaker, of Round Rock, and Walker and Allison Sawyer, of Hillsboro.
Memorials may be made to Marine Corps League, Heart of Texas DET 975, P.O. Box 7323, Waco, TX 76714-7323, First Baptist Church of Hillsboro, P.O. Box 271, and the Cawker City United Methodist Church.
The family invites you to leave a message or memory in the
guestbook at www.marshallandmarshallfd.com
WT: 1/16/2008
He was born on Sept. 8, 1931, in Beloit, Kan., to Emmett David and Florence Gladys (Coad) Richardson. Bob was raised in Cawker City, Kan., and graduated from high school with the class of 1948. Bob enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on June 7, 1951, receiving basic training in Camp Pendleton, Calif., and serving in Camp Lejeune, N.C., Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, and in Korea. He served in the Korean Conflict from March 22, 1952 to April 20, 1953, in the First Motor Transport Battalion, First Division of the USMC. He received his honorable discharge as a Sergeant on June 6, 1954.
Bob married Norma Jean Olson on April 11, 1954, at Assaria Lutheran Church, Assaria, Kan., and to this union were born three children, Heidi, Natasha and Steve. After Bob graduated with a BA degree in business from Kansas State University in May of 1957, he returned to Cawker City to Richardson Manufacturing Company, Inc., manufacturing conservation tillage equipment. He served as secretary and treasurer of the company with his brothers and sister. In later years, he was business manager in charge of purchasing, accounting, sales, marketing and distribution. He and his brother, Raymond, sold the company in 1987 to Sunflower Manufacturing Company, now a part of AGCO. Bob was very active in farm equipment industry groups, serving as treasurer and president of the Western Kansas Manufacturers Association and show sponsor of the 3i agricultural equipment show. He served on the Mitchell County Hospital Board for 16 years and as mayor of Cawker City for four years. Bob was a member of the American Legion, and the Marine Corps League.
Since their move to Hillsboro in 1997, he has attended First Baptist Church in Hillsboro. Despite his battle with multiple sclerosis, he and Jean continued to be avid travelers to the very end.
Survivors include his wife, Jean Richardson, of Hillsboro; daughters, Heidi Speasmaker and husband, John, of Round Rock, and Natasha Sawyer and husband, John, of Hillsboro; son, Steve Richardson, of Cawker City, Kan.; and grandchildren, Alex and Elizabeth Speasmaker, of Round Rock, and Walker and Allison Sawyer, of Hillsboro.
Memorials may be made to Marine Corps League, Heart of Texas DET 975, P.O. Box 7323, Waco, TX 76714-7323, First Baptist Church of Hillsboro, P.O. Box 271, and the Cawker City United Methodist Church.
The family invites you to leave a message or memory in the
guestbook at www.marshallandmarshallfd.com
WT: 1/16/2008
Mr. Robert Jasper Richardson, 76, of Hillsboro, died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008, at Kindred Hospital in Fort Worth. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16, at Marshall and Marshall Funeral Directors in Hillsboro. Funeral services will follow in Cawker City, Kan., under the direction of McDonald-Roberts Funeral Directors with interment at Prairie Grove Cemetery.
He was born on Sept. 8, 1931, in Beloit, Kan., to Emmett David and Florence Gladys (Coad) Richardson. Bob was raised in Cawker City, Kan., and graduated from high school with the class of 1948. Bob enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on June 7, 1951, receiving basic training in Camp Pendleton, Calif., and serving in Camp Lejeune, N.C., Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, and in Korea. He served in the Korean Conflict from March 22, 1952 to April 20, 1953, in the First Motor Transport Battalion, First Division of the USMC. He received his honorable discharge as a Sergeant on June 6, 1954.
Bob married Norma Jean Olson on April 11, 1954, at Assaria Lutheran Church, Assaria, Kan., and to this union were born three children, Heidi, Natasha and Steve. After Bob graduated with a BA degree in business from Kansas State University in May of 1957, he returned to Cawker City to Richardson Manufacturing Company, Inc., manufacturing conservation tillage equipment. He served as secretary and treasurer of the company with his brothers and sister. In later years, he was business manager in charge of purchasing, accounting, sales, marketing and distribution. He and his brother, Raymond, sold the company in 1987 to Sunflower Manufacturing Company, now a part of AGCO. Bob was very active in farm equipment industry groups, serving as treasurer and president of the Western Kansas Manufacturers Association and show sponsor of the 3i agricultural equipment show. He served on the Mitchell County Hospital Board for 16 years and as mayor of Cawker City for four years. Bob was a member of the American Legion, and the Marine Corps League.
Since their move to Hillsboro in 1997, he has attended First Baptist Church in Hillsboro. Despite his battle with multiple sclerosis, he and Jean continued to be avid travelers to the very end.
Survivors include his wife, Jean Richardson, of Hillsboro; daughters, Heidi Speasmaker and husband, John, of Round Rock, and Natasha Sawyer and husband, John, of Hillsboro; son, Steve Richardson, of Cawker City, Kan.; and grandchildren, Alex and Elizabeth Speasmaker, of Round Rock, and Walker and Allison Sawyer, of Hillsboro.
Memorials may be made to Marine Corps League, Heart of Texas DET 975, P.O. Box 7323, Waco, TX 76714-7323, First Baptist Church of Hillsboro, P.O. Box 271, and the Cawker City United Methodist Church.
The family invites you to leave a message or memory in the
guestbook at www.marshallandmarshallfd.com
WT: 1/16/2008
He was born on Sept. 8, 1931, in Beloit, Kan., to Emmett David and Florence Gladys (Coad) Richardson. Bob was raised in Cawker City, Kan., and graduated from high school with the class of 1948. Bob enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on June 7, 1951, receiving basic training in Camp Pendleton, Calif., and serving in Camp Lejeune, N.C., Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, and in Korea. He served in the Korean Conflict from March 22, 1952 to April 20, 1953, in the First Motor Transport Battalion, First Division of the USMC. He received his honorable discharge as a Sergeant on June 6, 1954.
Bob married Norma Jean Olson on April 11, 1954, at Assaria Lutheran Church, Assaria, Kan., and to this union were born three children, Heidi, Natasha and Steve. After Bob graduated with a BA degree in business from Kansas State University in May of 1957, he returned to Cawker City to Richardson Manufacturing Company, Inc., manufacturing conservation tillage equipment. He served as secretary and treasurer of the company with his brothers and sister. In later years, he was business manager in charge of purchasing, accounting, sales, marketing and distribution. He and his brother, Raymond, sold the company in 1987 to Sunflower Manufacturing Company, now a part of AGCO. Bob was very active in farm equipment industry groups, serving as treasurer and president of the Western Kansas Manufacturers Association and show sponsor of the 3i agricultural equipment show. He served on the Mitchell County Hospital Board for 16 years and as mayor of Cawker City for four years. Bob was a member of the American Legion, and the Marine Corps League.
Since their move to Hillsboro in 1997, he has attended First Baptist Church in Hillsboro. Despite his battle with multiple sclerosis, he and Jean continued to be avid travelers to the very end.
Survivors include his wife, Jean Richardson, of Hillsboro; daughters, Heidi Speasmaker and husband, John, of Round Rock, and Natasha Sawyer and husband, John, of Hillsboro; son, Steve Richardson, of Cawker City, Kan.; and grandchildren, Alex and Elizabeth Speasmaker, of Round Rock, and Walker and Allison Sawyer, of Hillsboro.
Memorials may be made to Marine Corps League, Heart of Texas DET 975, P.O. Box 7323, Waco, TX 76714-7323, First Baptist Church of Hillsboro, P.O. Box 271, and the Cawker City United Methodist Church.
The family invites you to leave a message or memory in the
guestbook at www.marshallandmarshallfd.com
WT: 1/16/2008
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Same stone as Norma Jean Olson Richardson
Married Apr 11, 1954
Our Children - Heidi Ann, February 5, 1958, Natasha Leigh, December 18, 1959, Steven Russell, September 22, 1961
I am the resurrection and the life. He that believeth in me, Though he were dead, yet shall he live. John 11:25
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