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Submitted: 7/28/16 • Approved: 7/28/16 • Last Updated: 3/25/18 • R134406-G0-S3
February 5, 1924 - August 29, 2014
Frederick Henry (Rusty) Richardson, 90, of Ruston passed away peacefully at home on August 29, 2014 after a valiant battle with congestive heart failure. Visitation will be on Monday, September 1, 2014 from 5-7pm at Kilpatrick Funeral Home. A service of remembrance will be held on Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at 11:00 am in Kilpatrick Chapel with internment at WilderCemetery immediately following the service. Reverend Dalton Shovan will officiate at the service.
He was born in Ruston, Louisiana February 5, 1924. He was predeceased by his parents former Ruston Mayor H.T. “Leggs” Richardson and Virginia Henderson Richardson, daughter Debra Diane Richardson, granddaughter Sarah Faith Richardson, brother-in-law John L. Duncan and nephews Scott Duncan and Colby Simmons. He is survived by his beloved wife and best friend of 40 years Marcia Duncan Richardson of Ruston; son Paul Rush Richardson and wife/special daughter Heather, grandchildren April, Haleigh, Oliver and Janie Richardson, all of Flagstaff, Arizona; sister-in-law Claudette Duncan, nephews Michael Duncan, Brady Simmons and niece Angela Simmons, all of Smyrna, Georgia; great-nieces and nephews; many immediate and extended family cousins. Pallbearers will be Fred Hamilton, Jim Turner, Kevin Turner, Chuck Turner, Casey Turner, Keith Elliott, Michael Duncan and Robert Heard, Jr.
He graduated from RustonHigh School in 1940 and attended LouisianaTechUniversity until he was called into the service in WWII as a Naval Aviator. After the war, he returned to school at LouisianaStateUniversity, graduating from LSU in Forestry. He spent his entire career as a Forester in Arizona and New Mexico with the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, except for three years when he was assigned to the Office of Inspector General in San Francisco. During his career he was active in church and civic organizations. His proudest moment was when he was listed in WHO’S WHO IN THE METHODIST CHURCH. He served five churches in three states in a number of areas from custodial duties to Chairman of the CampCommission of the Southern California-Arizona Conference of the UnitedMethodistChurch. He fulfilled his childhood dream of driving a fire truck when he became a member of the Taos, New Mexico, Volunteer Fire Department. He was also Past President of Rotary, Advisor to an Explorer Post in the Boy Scouts and a member of the Society of American Foresters and American Contract Bridge Club.
After retirement he moved back to Ruston and joined WesleyChapelUnitedMethodistChurch. He enjoyed helping youngsters and endowed 19 camp and scholarship funds in six states. He spent many years “hunting dead people”, researching his family genealogy and writing a book on William Wooten Richardson, his great-grandfather and original owner of the land now occupied by the town of Ruston. He loved to reminisce with old friends about his time in the Navy during WW II and also his Forest Service career, spending hours telling stories of his experiences and happenings.
He was proud to be called a “Pink Lady” with Lincoln General Hospital Auxiliary and was the second man to join the Auxiliary after it was opened up to men. When asked for an interview by the Ruston Daily Leader, he agreed on the condition that he would be mentioned as a “Pink Lady”. He was always generous with his financial assistance for a good cause and assisted many people financially, doing so in private and without fanfare. His priorities in life were God, family and country. He had a long and full life and was ready to meet his God.
The family expresses grateful appreciation to Legacy Hospice staff for without their assistance he would not have been able to obtain his wish to stay at home during his illness. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to be made to Trinity United Methodist Church TV Ministry or Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church Landscape Fund, both of Ruston, or to the charity of choice.
Contributed on 7/28/16 by debbraszymanski
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