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Velma Richardson
VELMA CROW RICHARDSON
Aurora
Velma Crow Richardson, 92, died Monday, Dec. 26, 2016, at Lexington Estates in Independence. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, at Aurora United Methodist Church. Burial: Madison Cemetery, south of Aurora. Visitation: 9 a.m. until service time Saturday at the church.
Survivors include her three daughters, Josephine Schipper of Parkersburg, Jane (Charles) Watson of Hazleton and Jean (Fred) Hilker of Spokane, Wash.; 10 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
Online at www.fawcettsfuneralhome.com.
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