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Pearl Gertrude (Fuhrmann) Richards
Jun 5, 1892 - Jun 2, 1995
Submitted by: Glenn

Enid Morning News
June 1995

Hennessey – The funeral for Pearl Richards, 102, will be at 3 PM Monday at Union Chapel Church, Hennessey, with Bill Kious and L. R. Babcock officiating. Burial will be in Lyon Valley Cemetery under direction of Cordry – Sisson Funeral Home.

The casket will be open at the funeral home until 12 PM Monday.

She was born June 5, 1892, southeast of Hennessey to Louis and Ida VanTreese Fuhrmann and died Friday, June 2, 1995, at Bass Memorial Baptist Hospital. She married Joseph V. Richards in Hennessey on April 25, 1915. He preceded her in death February 15, 1967. She was a schoolteacher and a homemaker. She was a member of the Oakview Christian Church and then the Union Chapel Church, where she was a Sunday School teacher. She also was a member of the Garden Club, Study Club, Country Club Home Demonstration Club, Oklahoma Centennial Group, Sons and Daughters of the 89ers and served as Grand Marshal at the Pat Hennessey Parade.

Surviving are two daughters, Grace Blakly and Ruby Barnes, both of Hennessey; four grandchildren, 11 great – grandchildren and five great – great – grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, one daughter, a brother and two sisters.

Memorials may be given to the Union Chapel Church through the funeral home.