Peoria Journal Star, January 8, 1999

BATH - Lida Richardson, 80, of Bath died at 12:42 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1999, at Mason District Hospital in Havana.

Born Jan. 3, 1919, in Green County, Ky., to Edward and Betty Milby Creason, she married James H. Richardson Sr. on March 22, 1937, in Lincoln. He died Sept. 10, 1995. She also was preceded in death by two sons, Dicky and Larry, one half brother, two sisters, three brothers, four grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter.

Surviving are four sons, Wayne of Beardstown, Jerry and Jimmy Jr., both of Bath, and Robert of Kenney; one sister, Sarah Nelson of Middletown; one brother, William Creason of Buffalo, N. Y. {KY?}; one stepbrother, Delmar Morrison of Quincy; 12 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson.

She was a member of Bath United Methodist Church.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Hurley Funeral Home, Havana. The Rev. Mark Horn will officiate. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Bath Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to Mason District Hospital or her church.

State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL, January 8, 1999

BATH - Lida Richardson, 80, of Bath died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1999, at Mason District Hospital, Havana.

She was born Jan. 3, 1919, in Green County, Ky., the daughter of Edward and Betty Milby Creason. She married James H. Richardson Sr. in 1937 in Lincoln; he preceded her in death in 1995. Also preceding in death were two sons, Dicky L. and Larry Richardson.

Mrs. Richardson was a homemaker and member of Bath United Methodist Church.

Survivors: four sons, Wayne (wife, Sharon) Richardson of Beardstown, Jerry Richardson and Jimmy Richardson Jr., both of Bath, and Robert (wife, Karol) Richardson of Kenney; 12 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandson; a sister, Sarah Nelson of Middletown; a brother, William L. Creason of Buffalo, Ky. {N. Y.?}; a stepbrother, Delmar Morrison of Quincy; and several nieces and nephews.

Services: 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Hurley Funeral Home, Havana, the Rev. Mark Horn officiating. Burial: Bath Cemetery, Bath.

State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL, January 9, 1999

BATH - Services for Lida Richardson of Bath will be held at 1:30 p.m.

Sunday at Hurley Funeral Home in Havana, the Rev. Mark Horn officiating. Burial will be in Bath Cemetery.

Among those surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Charles (Connie) Danner of DuQuoin and Mrs. Ernest (Barb) Richardson of Kilbourne.

Mrs. Richardson, 80, died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1999, at Mason District Hospital, Havana.

Contributed by Sara Hemp