Patricia Richmond

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Sept. 9, 1954 - March 17, 2008

SELDEN, Kan. -- Patricia Richmond, 53, died Monday (March 17, 2008) at Decatur County Hospital.

She was born Sept. 9, 1954, in Oberlin to Cletus and Wilma (Mumm) Ritter. She grew up in Selden and attended Selden grade school. She graduated from Golden Plains High School and attended Colby Community College for one semester.

She married Art Richmond on Oct. 17, 1987, in Haven, Kan. She lived in Emporia, Colby and Decatur County in Kansas before moving to Minnesota. She returned to Selden in 2000. She worked as a bookkeeper and assistant manager for Pizza Hut in Colby, Goodland and Oakley, Kan.

She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Selden.

She was preceded in death by her father, Cletus Ritter.

Survivors include her husband, Art Richmond of Selden; mother, Wilma Ritter of Selden; step-son, Randy Richmond and wife, Jamie of Akeley, Minn.; brothers, Bernard Ritter, Robert Ritter and wife, Laura and Michael Ritter and wife, Sheila, all of Selden; sisters, Juanita Denning and husband, Ken of Goodland, Kan., Karen Simon and husband, Galen of Topeka, Kan., Mariane Garza and husband, Alfanzo of Tilden, Texas, Janet Baalman of Manneford, Okla., and Carlene Brewer and husband, Steve of Manhattan, Kan.; and one step-granddaughter.

Services will be Monday, March 24, at 10:30 a.m., at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Selden. Inurnment will be at a later date.

Vigil services will be Sunday, 7 p.m., at the church. There is no visitation.

Memorials may be given in her name.

Pauls Funeral Home of Selden is in charge of arrangements.

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