Families of Walter W. Richardson

WALTER W. RICHARDSON, son of CORA RICHARDSON and CHARLES E. RICHARDSON, was born May 31, 1891 in Cayuga, Vermillion, Indiana,⁴⁹³¹ and died April 8, 1966 in Clinton, Vermillion, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹ He is buried in Newport Cemetery, Vermillion County, Indiana.⁴⁵⁶

He married (1) RUBY BODINE HATHAWAY on November 26, 1911 in Veedersburg, Fountain, Indiana.^{10893, 12996} She was born August 18, 1893 in Covington, Fountain, Indiana,^{4931, 13009} and died March 24, 1922 in Cayuga, Vermillion, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹ She is buried in Newport Cemetery, Vermillion County, Indiana.⁴⁵⁶

He married (2) IORA B. ESLINGER on November 27, 1923 in Effingham, Effingham, Illinois.¹⁰⁸⁶⁸ She was born November 12, 1888 in Sullivan County, Indiana,⁴⁵³² and died March 19, 1944 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹ She is buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Frankfort, Clinton, Indiana.⁴⁵⁶

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Children of RUBY BODINE HATHAWAY and WALTER W. RICHARDSON:

1. ALMA MARZETTA RICHARDSON, b. June 6, 1913, Cayuga, Vermillion, Indiana;⁴⁵³² m. CHARLES CLINTON OYLER on April 15, 1932 in Indiana⁸⁷⁹⁰; d. October 1, 1993, Hernando County, Florida.⁹⁹
2. FORES GALEN RICHARDSON, b. August 25, 1915, Vermillion Township, Vermillion, Indiana;⁴⁹¹⁷ m. CONNIE T. STRAZZULLA on February 14, 1946 in Monroe, Monroe, Michigan⁴⁴³¹; d. January 18, 2008, Marshall, Clark, Illinois.^{56, 168}
3. Daughter
4. BABY BOY RICHARDSON, b. March 23, 1922, Cayuga, Vermillion, Indiana;⁴⁹³¹ d. March 23, 1922, Cayuga, Vermillion, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹



Personal Information

Ruby B. Hathaway

• graduated from Cayuga High School, Vermillion County, Indiana, 1911¹²⁹⁹⁶

Walter W. Richardson

• was a member of the Masonic Lodge⁹²¹³
• was a member of the Cayuga Presbyterian Church, Vermillion County, Indiana. ⁹²¹³

Marriage Announcements and News

Cayuga Herald, December 1, 1911¹²⁹⁹⁶

Walter Richardson Takes Bride.

Mr. Walter Richardson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. E. Richardson of Cayuga, was married to Miss Ruby Hathaway at Veedersburg Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, Rev. Oscar Berry of the Methodist church performing the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Hathaway, whose home is north of Silverwood in Fountain county. She attended the Cayuga high school and was one of the graduates in the class of 1911, and is a pretty and accomplished young woman.

Walter Richardson has always lived here and is known to everybody in this vicinity as a most industrious and worthy young man. His taste runs to farming, and the young couple, who returned from their short wedding trip Monday evening, will go to housekeeping about the first of the year, and the groom will devote himself to farming. For the present they are stopping with the groom's parents. The young couple has the best wishes of a host of friends fro a life of prosperity and happiness.

Effingham Daily Record, November 28, 1923¹⁰⁸⁶⁸

RICHARDSON—ESLINGER

Tuesday evening at 3:00 p. m. at the M. E. parsonage, Rev. J. E. Shafer spoke the words that united Walter W. Richardson of Frankfort, Ind., and Miss Iona B. Eslinger, also of Frankfort, in the holy bonds of matrimony.

Mr. Richardson is employed with the Nickel Plate Railway in Frankfort and Miss Eslinger conducted a millinery shop. Both are prominent citizens of Frankfort. THey will live in Frankfort where the groom has a beautiful home.

Obituaries

Cayuga Herald, March 31, 1922¹³⁰⁰⁹

MRS. WALTER RICHARDSON DIED AFTER SHORT ILLNESS

Ruby Bodine Hathaway was bron August 19, 1893 at Covington, Ind., the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Hathaway. She attended the Cayuga High School and graduated with the class of 1911. She was a bright student and was dearly beloved by her classmates and teachers. Her sweet disposition won her hosts of friends, who deeply regret her seemingly untimely departure. She was united in marriage to Walter Richardson, November 28, 1911, and to them were born four children, Alma Marzetta, age 9; Fores Galen, age 7; Charlotte Lorraine, age 3; and an infant son, dying the day before the death of the mother, who was taken violently ill, Wednesday noon. A trained nurse and five doctors did all that was in their power to do, and worked hard and faithfully, day and night till the end, which occurred Friday morning, March 24, 1922. She had an attack of the influenza in January, which left her in a very weakened condition.

The greater part of her married life was spent on the farm, 3 miles south of Cayuga, and only three weeks ago they moved into town and were just getting settled in their new home, when the Dread Messenger, Death, entered the happy home, and left a vacant chair. Her last words to her husband, when she was taken ill Wednesday noon, were "I am going to sleep my life away," she having realized for some time, that the end was not far away, and being fully prepared to meet her Savior, her only regret was in leaving her family.

She leaves to mourn: husband, 3 children, father and mother, one sister, Miss Ada Hathaway, who has made her home with the deceased for several years, two brothers, Chas. Hathaway of Cayuga nd Homer of Silverwood, Ind. besides a host of other relatives and friends.

The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. P. W> Eddingfield delivering the funeral discourse. Interment was made at the Thomas cemetery by the side of the husband's mother.

The pall-bearers were Messrs. J. D. Todd, M. Laughlin, John Dale, A. L. Clark, James Morgan and A. E. VanHoutin, and floral bearers were Mrs. Zoe Sagers, Mrs. Cecil Guy, Mrs. A. E. VanHoutin, Mrs. Lamont Downs, Misses Mary Evans and Nice Booe of Newport and Fannie Booe.

One voice is silent, But it wakes in Heaven.

Lafayette Journal and Courier, March 20, 1944¹²⁵⁶⁵

Frankfort Women Fatally Injured

FRANKFORT, March 19.—Mrs. George Dolt, 551 West Clinton street, was instantly killed and Mrs. Walter Richardson, 656 North Columbia street died later of injuries sustained this afternoon when a car, driven by Mrs. Richardson, skidded into a head-on collision with a semi-trailer truck near Indianapolis as the two were returning to their homes after a short visit with Mrs. Richardson's daughter Charlotte at Indianapolis. Mrs. Richardson was taken to the City hospital where she died several hours later. She had operated a hat shop here for some time and Mrs. Dolt was associated with her.

The automobile in which the women were riding collided head-on with a truck on U. S. 52 near 56th street. State Patrolman Walter Schofield, who investigated, said the automobile enroute north on the highway, skidded into the truck while attempting to pass another car.

Lafayette Journal and Courier, March 20, 1944¹²⁵⁶⁶

MRS. WALTER RICHARDSON

FRANKFORT, March 20.—The body of Mrs. Walter W. Richardson, local business woman, who died Sunday from injuries in an auto accident, will be at the Goodwin Bros. funeral home after 1 p. m. Tuesday. Mrs. Richardson, whose maiden name was Iora Islinger, was born in Sullivan county and married Nov. 27, 1923. She was a member of the Christian Science church and War Mothers II. Surviving are the husband, with three children, Mrs. ALma Oyler, Valparaiso; Mrs. Charlotte Wicks, Indianapolis, and Forest, with the United States army in England.

Terra Haute Tribune, April 9, 1966⁹²¹³

WALTER W. RICHARDSON

NEWPORT, Ind. (Special) — Walter W. Richardson, 74, died at 7 a.m. Friday in the Vermillion County Hospital at Clinton. He was formerly a cattle breeder and for the past year, has been associated with the Richardson Development Company of Baldwin, Mich., an oil-land lease firm. He was a 32nd degree Mason and a member of the Blue Lodge of Cayuga; the Zora Shrine and the Cayuga Presbyterian Church. He is survived by the widow, Janet; two daughters, Mrs. Charles Oyler, Valparaiso, and Mrs. Warren Otteson, Leesburg, Fla.; a son, Forrest, Marshall, Ill.; a stepdaughter, Mrs. LaVerne Hollingsworth, Arthur, Ill.; two sisters, Mrs. Zoe Wright, Kaplan, La., and Mrs. Lee Thorne, Warsaw; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The body was taken to the Watson Funeral Home in Cayuga where friends may call from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and where services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday. THe Rev. Clarence Ozier will officiate and burial will be in the Thomas Cemetery.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 15, 19009214	Eugene, Vermillion, Indiana	Charles E. Richardson Cora Richardson Walter W. Richardson Blanche Edna Richardson Zoe Louise Richardson
April 30, 19109215	Eugene, Vermillion, Indiana	Charles E. Richardson Cora Richardson Walter W. Richardson Blanche Edna Richardson Zoe Louise Richardson Fay Eva Richardson
January 28, 19209216	Vermillion, Vermillion, Indiana	Walter W. Richardson Ruby Bodine Hathaway Alma Marzetta Richardson Fores Galen Richardson Daughter
April 10, 19309219	Frankfort, Clinton, Indiana	Walter W. Richardson Iora B. Eslinger Alma Marzetta Richardson Daughter
April 8, 19409220	Frankfort, Clinton, Indiana	Walter W. Richardson Iora B. Eslinger Daughter