Obit: Richmond, Donald E. (1938- 1969)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
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Surnames: Richmond, Vandeberg, Cassity, Akin, Edens, Gutenberger, Ormond, Harp, Froelich, Wolthausen, Cattanach, Franeke, Bender, Crouse, Fromholtz, Turville, Spangler, Dittmar, Hanson, Jones, Davis Culver, Kier, Hudak, Jacobi, Van Sickle, Will, Eckes, Strangfeld Arndt, Keister, Scheidgy, Hallandale, Horn, Wren, Larsen, Opelt, Kyle, Beyer, Shaw, Selves, Kuechenmeister, Schultz, Booher

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 3/13/1969

Richmond, Donald E. (25 May 1938 - 10 March 1969)

Funeral services will be held in Loyal this (Thursday) afternoon and in Neillsville Friday afternoon, for two men killed in a truck crash at the junction of highways 10 and 12 about noon Monday.

The dead, first fatally injured on Clark County highways this year, were: Robert Oestreich, 33, of Rt. 3 Neillsville and a former Loyal resident; and Donald E. Richmond, 30, of Neillsville, proprietor of the Pool Hall in Neillsville. A third man riding in a pickup truck driven by Richmond, Jerome Gurney, 22, also of Neillsville, is in Memorial Hospital here with head, face and back injuries; but his condition is not considered serious.

Oestreich died in the ambulance enroute to Memorial Hospital, 16 miles from the accident scene. Richmond succumbed to his injuries shortly after his arrival there.

The pickup truck was struck in the middle of the left side with considerable force. The pickup box and housing built over it were torn from the chassis. The steel frame of the pickup was bent on both sides almost to a half-moon shape.

All three men were occupants of a pickup truck driven by Richmond when the fatal crash occurred. They were enroute to an auction at Alma Center, making the trip by way of highways 10 and 12.

The Ludeman truck, a cab-over job driven by Robert Olson, was damaged severely, but was driven away under its own power. The Richmond truck was a shambles. Olson escaped injury.

Richmond was born May 25, 1928 in Greenwood. He attended school in Christie and was a 1956 graduate of Neillsville High School. From 1956 to 1959 he worked in Marshfield.

On May 21, 1958, he was married to the former Joyce Vandeberg in Winona, Minn. They farmed until 1963, when they went to Missouri and farmed for a year. After returning to Wisconsin, he worked in Kenosha, returning to Neillsville in 1966, when they purchased the Pool Hall. Besides being in business in Neillsville, Mr. Richmond raised feeder cattle.

Services for Richmond will be held at 2 p.m. Friday from the United Methodist Church at Christie. The Rev. Carl Booher of Greenwood will be in charge. Burial will be made in the Greenwood Cemetery. The Georgas Funeral Home of Neillsville is in charge of these arrangements.

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 3/20/1969

Funeral services were held Friday for Donald E. Richmond, 30, who died March 10 from injuries suffered in a truck accident. The Rev. Carl Booher of Greenwood officiated at services from the United Methodist Church in Christie. Burial was made in the Greenwood Cemetery.

Pallbearers were: Lawrence Kyle, Gordon Beyer, Verlan Shaw, Billy Selves, Dennis Kuechenmeister and Dennis Edens. Honorary pallbearers were: Ted Ormond, Fritz Gutenberger, Edward Strangfeld, Forest Larsen, Dennis Larsen and Gorden Opelt.

“Saved by Grace” and “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” were sung by Mrs. D. Schultz, accompanied by Mrs. Carl Booher.

People from out of town here for the funeral included: Mr. and Mrs. Ed Akin of Mt. Grove, Mo.; Mrs. Hans Edens of Mansfield, Mo; Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Gutenberger of Freeport, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Ted Ormond of Black River Falls; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Richmond, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Harp of Chippewa Falls; Mrs. E. Froelich of Beaver Dam; Mrs. E. Wolthausen of Barrington, Ill.; Mrs. Dale Cattanach of Madison; Mrs. Melvin Franeke and Kathleen Bender of Walworth; Mr. and Mrs. Duane Edens and William Edens, and Mr. and Mrs. Darell Edens all of Harvard, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Crouse of Wisconsin Rapids; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Fromholtz of Auburndale; Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Turville, Milwaukee; Mrs. Cy Spangler and Mr. and Mrs. Al Dittmar of Watertown; Mrs. Maxine Hanson of Marshfield; Mrs. Ruth Jones and Jim Davis of Rewey; Jim Culver of Arena; Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kier and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Vandeberg of Marshfield; Mrs. Walter Hudak of Wisconsin Rapids; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jacobi of Marshfield; Mr. and Mrs. John Jacobi of Loyal; Mrs. Alice Van Sickle of La Crosse; Mrs. Donald Will of Colby; Mrs. James Eckes of Marshfield; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Strangfeld of Milwaukee; William and Herman Arndt and Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Arndt, Mr. and Mrs. William Arndt, Jr., of Barniville; Mr. and Mrs. David Keister of Arena; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Scheidgy of Richland Center; Mr. and Mrs. Arndt Hallandale of Juda; and Mrs. Norman Horn of Wausau; and Larry Wren of Burlington.