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Walter Harry Richardson

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Walter Harry Richardson

Birth
Mars, Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
6 Aug 1965 (aged 89)
Willmar, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Hannaford, Griggs County, North Dakota, USA Add to Map
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Walter H. Richardson, 89, died August 6, in a nursing home in Wilmar, Minnesota, where he had been residing a short time. The funeral was in the United Presbyterian Church, Hannaford, Tuesday with Rev. James Henderson officiating.

He was born in Mars, Butler County, Pennsylvania, June 5, 1876, the son of John O and Marian Richardson. In 1883 the family went to River Falls, Wisconsin, where he attended high school and college. In 1897 he came to North Dakota and homesteaded at Bisby. The following year he went to the Hannaford vicinity and began farming.

He married Ethel Knapp January 8, 1902, in Cooperstown, with Rev. O. D. Purinton performing the ceremony. They farmed in the Hannaford community until Mrs. Richardson's death in 1956. He retired from farming after she died.

He is survived by two sons and two daughters, Harry of McMinnville, Oregon; Raymond, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Mrs. Charles (Helen) Greenlee, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Mrs. Lester (Alice) Nattinger, Satna Clara, California; ten grandchildren, four great-grandchildren; Five sisters and two brothers, Mrs. Henry Nelson, Cooperstown; Mrs. Otis Harris, Mrs. James Abelman, and Mrs. Mabel Geisert, all of Bellingham, Washington; Mrs. Clarence Dunn, Seattle, Washington; John C. Richardson, Grand Forks and Lyman Richardson, Anaconda, Montana.

Preceding him in death, besides his wife were a son, Russell; three brothers, Harvey, Oliver and Roy, and two sisters, Margaret Solberg and Neva Haugen.

Burial was in the Hannaford Presbyterian Cemetery.
Quam-Plaisted Funeral Homes.
Published in the Griggs County Sentinel-Courier, Cooperstown, North Dakota, August 12, 1965.
Submitted by Dennis C. Olson #48363213
Additional information provided by Dennis C. Olson
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Walter H. Richardson, 89, died August 6, in a nursing home in Wilmar, Minnesota, where he had been residing a short time. The funeral was in the United Presbyterian Church, Hannaford, Tuesday with Rev. James Henderson officiating.

He was born in Mars, Butler County, Pennsylvania, June 5, 1876, the son of John O and Marian Richardson. In 1883 the family went to River Falls, Wisconsin, where he attended high school and college. In 1897 he came to North Dakota and homesteaded at Bisby. The following year he went to the Hannaford vicinity and began farming.

He married Ethel Knapp January 8, 1902, in Cooperstown, with Rev. O. D. Purinton performing the ceremony. They farmed in the Hannaford community until Mrs. Richardson's death in 1956. He retired from farming after she died.

He is survived by two sons and two daughters, Harry of McMinnville, Oregon; Raymond, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Mrs. Charles (Helen) Greenlee, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Mrs. Lester (Alice) Nattinger, Satna Clara, California; ten grandchildren, four great-grandchildren; Five sisters and two brothers, Mrs. Henry Nelson, Cooperstown; Mrs. Otis Harris, Mrs. James Abelman, and Mrs. Mabel Geisert, all of Bellingham, Washington; Mrs. Clarence Dunn, Seattle, Washington; John C. Richardson, Grand Forks and Lyman Richardson, Anaconda, Montana.

Preceding him in death, besides his wife were a son, Russell; three brothers, Harvey, Oliver and Roy, and two sisters, Margaret Solberg and Neva Haugen.

Burial was in the Hannaford Presbyterian Cemetery.
Quam-Plaisted Funeral Homes.
Published in the Griggs County Sentinel-Courier, Cooperstown, North Dakota, August 12, 1965.
Submitted by Dennis C. Olson #48363213

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