Family Group Record for Donald H Richmond and Shirley Dirks




Husband Donald H Richmond [1][2][3]

Born:07/07/1930 - Anamosa, Jones, Iowa [1][2][3]
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Died:12/28/2003 - Manchester, Delaware, Iowa [2][3]
Buried:Ryan, Delaware, Iowa [3] PIC
Father:Howard G Richmond
Mother:Irene Mary English
Marriage:04/02/1951 - Anamosa, Jones, Iowa [3]

Events and Facts
1. He appeared on the US Federal census on 04/01/1940 in Hazel Green, Delaware, Iowa with his parents. [1]
2. He was educated through the 4th grade on 04/01/1940 in Hazel Green, Delaware, Iowa . [1]
3. His obituary was published in the Cedar Rapids Gazette on 12/30/2003 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa. [3]

Donald H. Richmond, 73, died of an apparent Heart Attack Sunday, Dec. 28, 2003, in Regional Medical Center, Machester. Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Ryan, by the Rev. Dennis Miller. Burial: Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. today at Leonard-Muller Funeral Home and Crematory, Manchester, with a rosary service at 4 p.m., and after 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the church.

Donald is survived by his wife, Shirley Richmond of Ryan; six children, Lois (Joe) McNamara of Ryan, Andy "Butch" (Lynn) Richmond of Ryan, Linda (Daniel) Fangmann of Earlville, Tom Richmond (special friend Debbie Schwab) of Cedar Rapids, Dee (Mark) Kolka of Ryan and Shannon (Philip) Payne of Ryan; 14 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; a brother, William (Lorene) Richmond of Cedar Rapids; and two sisters, Donna Cones of Cedar Rapids and Rita Corrigan of Cedar Rapids.

Donald was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Delores Richmond.

He was born July 7, 1930, to Howard and Irene (English) Richmond, in Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa.

He attended St. John's Catholic School in Ryan.

On April 2, 1951, he was united in marriage to Shirley Dirks at Anamosa.

Together they lived in Ryan. Six children were born to the union. Donald was employed by Kwik Way Manufacturing from April 12, 1962, to Dec. 31, 1991. He also was a custodian at St. Patrick's Catholic Church from 1990 to 1998 and he worked at Night Hawk Security from 2000 until 2002. Donald was a long-time member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church and a member of Machinists Union Local 831. He enjoyed visiting, helping the elderly, and most of all his family.


Wife Shirley Dirks

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Children

1 F Lois Ann Richmond
Born:09/15/1951 - Anamosa, Jones, Iowa
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Died:04/08/2023 - Ryan, Delaware, Iowa
Buried:Ryan, Delaware, Iowa
2 M Andy Richmond
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3 F Linda Richmond
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4 M Tom Richmond
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5 F Dee Richmond
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6 F Shannon Kay Richmond
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Sources

1. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1940 United States Federal Census, ED 28-18, Hazel Green, Delaware, IA, sheet 3B, household 51, line 63, Richmond, Donald; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2012 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 12/01/2012); citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T627 (4643 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 1155 [Surety: 3].
2. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Donald H Richmond, 2003; Database online, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2014 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 12/05/2012); citing Social Security Death Index, Master File, Social Security Administration, Washington, DC [Surety: 3].
3. User submitted cemetery data, "Find A Grave," Donald H Richmond (#66138534); Database online, Find-A-Grave (Jim Tipton, Founder), Find A Grave : 1995 (http://www.FindAGrave.com/ : accessed 12/05/2012) [Surety: 2].


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