Richards Rites Held Wednesday
Heart Attack Fatal To Mrs. Earl Richards, 54, Early Monday Morning
Funeral services for Mrs. Earl Richards, 54, of Luverne, were held yesterday
afternoon at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pastor Martin Hausen
officiating. Interment was in the Worthington Cemetery. Pallbearers were
Anton Reynolds, W.H. Winkler, Ed Baker, Hubart McClure, Floyd Lawson, and
Lee Boland. Smith Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Death came to Mrs. Richards at 1:30 a.m. Monday at the home of her daughters
here, following a heart attack. She had been ailing for about two months.
Anna Elizabeth Jensen was born December 9, 1892 at Fremont, Nebr and spent
most of her life there and at Omaha before coming to Luverne, October 27,
1921. She was married to Earl Stephen Richards at Pipestone on September
27, 1923. She was preceded in death by him on April 2, 1945.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Orlando (Edith) Skattum, and Mrs.
George (Hilda) Catarud, both of Luverne; five grandchildren; a brother,
Arthur Jensen, Irene, SD; three sisters, Mrs. Charles Mayer, Waconda, SD;
Mrs. Irwin Jensen, Hurley, SD, and Mrs. Elsie Peterson, Viborg, SD, and two
half-brothers, Victor and Francis Jensen, both of LosAngeles, Calif.
She was a member of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Luverne."
Family Note:
***Anna died 28 Jul 1947, Luverne, MN.
***Earl died 2 Apr 1945, Luverne, MN.
Submitted by: Family researcher, L. Ziemann
