Register Star
July 11, 1993Crystal Lake - Ann R. Stevens, 98, died Wednesday, July 7, 1003, in Crystal Pines Care Center.
Born Dec. 9, 1894, in Lena, the daughter of Nicholas and Emms Reiland.
Married Alfred Stevens on May 16, 1916; he predeceased her.
She was employed as a postmistress for 20 years at Nora Post Office, Nora, Ill.
Survivors include her daughter, Olga Teuscher; granddaughter, Karen (Jim) MacNames; and great-granddaughter, Ann MacNames. all of Crystal Lake.
Local newpaper
Apple River - Capt. Dale M. Francomb, 40, a native of Apple River, died Friday in Japan. He was on his fourth tour of duty overseas and had just returned to Japan from a tear's service in Korea.
He was born in Appl;e River in 1916, son of Alonzo and Alice Gindey Francomb. He ellisted in the Army in Oct. 1940, and in 1942 married the former Effie Stevens of St. Paul, Minn.
He is survived by his wife and two sons, Robert and William. St. Paul; his mother, Apple Riverl two brothers, James, Darrington, Lyle, Elizabeth; and two sisters.
Portland Press Herald (ME)
February 20, 1995Arthur W. Nelke Jr., 84, died Saturday at Seaside Nursing Home, where he had been for about three weeks.
A son of Arthur Sr. and Maude Richmond Nelke, he graduated from Lewiston High School, received his B.A. from the University of Maine and his master's degree from Columbia University.
Mr. Nelke was a history professor at Newark (N.J.) Academy for 30 years. Upon his retirement in 1972 he moved to Yarmouth, where he made his home for some 20 years.
Mr. Nelke was an accomplished organist.
Several cousins survive.
78789. Dale Archibald Richmond
Bangor Daily News
FLORIDA and ELLSWORTH Dale A. Richmond, 84, died Nov. 13, 2005, in Elkton, Fla. He was born Sept. 25, 1921, in Ellsworth, the son of Clyde and Carrie (Cox) Richmond.
Dale graduated in 1939 from Ellsworth High School. He was a four-year member of the varsity basketball team. He worked at the State Liquor Store in Ellsworth and retired as a machinist from Pratt & Whitney.
He is survived by his wife, Violet (Hughes); stepson, Scott Bridgeman, of Fresno, Calif.; stepdaughter, Donna Bridgeman of Vancouver, B.C., Canada; step-grandchildren, Alexander and Christopher Barrett Ryan, Remington, Mackenzie and Maverick Bridgeman; nieces, Jeanine Rogers of Trenton, Patricia Walters of Lewistown, Pa., Diane Castle of Surry; nephews, Stan Richmond of Surry and Wayne Rogers of Ellsworth.
Sunday Republican (Springfield, MA)
December 7, 2008FRESNO, CA - Violet Richmond died on November 20, 2008, in Fresno, California. She was born Violet Hughes on June 8, 1923 in Queens, New York to Joseph and Violet Hughes.
She lived most of her adult life in Springfield, Massachusetts where she raised a family and ran a summer boy's camp with her first husband, Donald F. Bridgeman. Violet earned a Bachelor of Science from Springfield College in 1975 and worked as an administrative assistant for the State of Massachusetts for over twenty years until her retirement.
She retired to Elkton, Florida, in 1997 with her second husband the late Dale Richmond. In 2005, she moved to Fresno, California, to be near family. She was active in painting and crafts all her life and in her retirement participated in amateur theatricals.
She is survived by her daughter, Donna Bridgeman; son, Scott Bridgeman; sister, Marilyn Rock, and six grandchildren.