Clara Ester Richardson of Bel Air died Nov. 29 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. She was 93.
Born Jan. 12, 1914 in Troutdale, Va., she was the daughter of the late Orley Gordon and Dora Belle Comer Reedy.
She attended Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Va., and graduated from Bel Air High School in 1931. She graduated from Virginia Intermont College in 1933 with an elementary school certificate. She was employed as a school teacher in Grassy Creek, N.C., and for the Harford County public school system. She taught at the last one-room school house in Harford County at Magnolia. She was employed at the Bel Air branch of the Harford County Public Library for 23 years as a bookmobile librarian. She was also the first children's librarian. A rocking chair dedicated to Mrs. Richardson, for young mothers to rock their children, is in the children's section of the Bel Air library branch.
She was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church since its inception in 1932. She served in many volunteer positions and founded the church library. She was a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma Honorary Society and was proclaimed "A Harford Living Treasure" by the Harford County Council in 2002. She was an expert on the "Little House on the Prairie" series and traveled to Laura Wilder's homes in South Dakota and Missouri. She presented more than 90 programs to various school systems on the East Coast. She donated many "Little House on the Prairie" and frontier life items to the Harford County Public Library system for future generations.
Mrs. Richardson is survived by two sons, Hugh G. and Ronald L. Richardson, of Bel Air; one sister, Jessie Wagner, of North East; two grandchildren, Valerie Rayfield, of Salisbury, and Michael Richardson, of Bel Air; and three great-grandchildren, Joshua Rayfield, Ryan Richardson and Shane Waller, all of Salisbury.
In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by a grandson, William Richardson of Bel Air.
Services were Dec. 4 at Oak Grove Baptist Church in Bel Air with Rev. Harold L. Hubble and Rev. Kenneth E. Tipton officiating. Interment was in Bel Air Memorial Gardens.
Born Jan. 12, 1914 in Troutdale, Va., she was the daughter of the late Orley Gordon and Dora Belle Comer Reedy.
She attended Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Va., and graduated from Bel Air High School in 1931. She graduated from Virginia Intermont College in 1933 with an elementary school certificate. She was employed as a school teacher in Grassy Creek, N.C., and for the Harford County public school system. She taught at the last one-room school house in Harford County at Magnolia. She was employed at the Bel Air branch of the Harford County Public Library for 23 years as a bookmobile librarian. She was also the first children's librarian. A rocking chair dedicated to Mrs. Richardson, for young mothers to rock their children, is in the children's section of the Bel Air library branch.
She was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church since its inception in 1932. She served in many volunteer positions and founded the church library. She was a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma Honorary Society and was proclaimed "A Harford Living Treasure" by the Harford County Council in 2002. She was an expert on the "Little House on the Prairie" series and traveled to Laura Wilder's homes in South Dakota and Missouri. She presented more than 90 programs to various school systems on the East Coast. She donated many "Little House on the Prairie" and frontier life items to the Harford County Public Library system for future generations.
Mrs. Richardson is survived by two sons, Hugh G. and Ronald L. Richardson, of Bel Air; one sister, Jessie Wagner, of North East; two grandchildren, Valerie Rayfield, of Salisbury, and Michael Richardson, of Bel Air; and three great-grandchildren, Joshua Rayfield, Ryan Richardson and Shane Waller, all of Salisbury.
In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by a grandson, William Richardson of Bel Air.
Services were Dec. 4 at Oak Grove Baptist Church in Bel Air with Rev. Harold L. Hubble and Rev. Kenneth E. Tipton officiating. Interment was in Bel Air Memorial Gardens.
Clara Ester Richardson of Bel Air died Nov. 29 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. She was 93.
Born Jan. 12, 1914 in Troutdale, Va., she was the daughter of the late Orley Gordon and Dora Belle Comer Reedy.
She attended Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Va., and graduated from Bel Air High School in 1931. She graduated from Virginia Intermont College in 1933 with an elementary school certificate. She was employed as a school teacher in Grassy Creek, N.C., and for the Harford County public school system. She taught at the last one-room school house in Harford County at Magnolia. She was employed at the Bel Air branch of the Harford County Public Library for 23 years as a bookmobile librarian. She was also the first children's librarian. A rocking chair dedicated to Mrs. Richardson, for young mothers to rock their children, is in the children's section of the Bel Air library branch.
She was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church since its inception in 1932. She served in many volunteer positions and founded the church library. She was a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma Honorary Society and was proclaimed "A Harford Living Treasure" by the Harford County Council in 2002. She was an expert on the "Little House on the Prairie" series and traveled to Laura Wilder's homes in South Dakota and Missouri. She presented more than 90 programs to various school systems on the East Coast. She donated many "Little House on the Prairie" and frontier life items to the Harford County Public Library system for future generations.
Mrs. Richardson is survived by two sons, Hugh G. and Ronald L. Richardson, of Bel Air; one sister, Jessie Wagner, of North East; two grandchildren, Valerie Rayfield, of Salisbury, and Michael Richardson, of Bel Air; and three great-grandchildren, Joshua Rayfield, Ryan Richardson and Shane Waller, all of Salisbury.
In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by a grandson, William Richardson of Bel Air.
Services were Dec. 4 at Oak Grove Baptist Church in Bel Air with Rev. Harold L. Hubble and Rev. Kenneth E. Tipton officiating. Interment was in Bel Air Memorial Gardens.
Born Jan. 12, 1914 in Troutdale, Va., she was the daughter of the late Orley Gordon and Dora Belle Comer Reedy.
She attended Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Va., and graduated from Bel Air High School in 1931. She graduated from Virginia Intermont College in 1933 with an elementary school certificate. She was employed as a school teacher in Grassy Creek, N.C., and for the Harford County public school system. She taught at the last one-room school house in Harford County at Magnolia. She was employed at the Bel Air branch of the Harford County Public Library for 23 years as a bookmobile librarian. She was also the first children's librarian. A rocking chair dedicated to Mrs. Richardson, for young mothers to rock their children, is in the children's section of the Bel Air library branch.
She was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church since its inception in 1932. She served in many volunteer positions and founded the church library. She was a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma Honorary Society and was proclaimed "A Harford Living Treasure" by the Harford County Council in 2002. She was an expert on the "Little House on the Prairie" series and traveled to Laura Wilder's homes in South Dakota and Missouri. She presented more than 90 programs to various school systems on the East Coast. She donated many "Little House on the Prairie" and frontier life items to the Harford County Public Library system for future generations.
Mrs. Richardson is survived by two sons, Hugh G. and Ronald L. Richardson, of Bel Air; one sister, Jessie Wagner, of North East; two grandchildren, Valerie Rayfield, of Salisbury, and Michael Richardson, of Bel Air; and three great-grandchildren, Joshua Rayfield, Ryan Richardson and Shane Waller, all of Salisbury.
In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by a grandson, William Richardson of Bel Air.
Services were Dec. 4 at Oak Grove Baptist Church in Bel Air with Rev. Harold L. Hubble and Rev. Kenneth E. Tipton officiating. Interment was in Bel Air Memorial Gardens.
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