William "Bill" Richards

William “Bill” Palmer Richards Jr., age 89, died August 17, 2016.  Bill is survived by his six children; Polly, Lynn (Tom), Chris (Martha), Jill (Rick), Jay (Kristin), and Jeff, six grand-children, and three great grand-children, and extended immediate family.

He was born on February 11, 1927 to William and Helen Richards in Mason, Michigan where he spent his boyhood.  In 1946 he moved to St. Johns with his family where they established Richards Dairy.  Bill married Jennie Dale Hutton of Yale, Michigan in 1948.  They made their home in St. Johns where they raised their children.

Bill/Dad lived his life profoundly and simply, expressing the ethic by one of his favorite mentors The Little Prince who said, “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

A Memorial Service will be held on Sunday, September 25, 2016 at 2:00 P.M. at the St. Johns High School Auditorium, 501 W. Sickles Street.

Memorials may be sent to Community Resource Volunteers, 304 North Brush Street, St. Johns, MI 48879 or “Bill Richards Higgins Lake Forever” Peckham, Inc. 3510 Capitol City Blvd. Lansing, MI 48906.