Raymond Alvin Richey, who was a prisoner of war in Southeast Asia for 3-1/2 years during World War II and a member of the Lost Battalion, died Saturday at his Azle home from cancer. He was 68.
Funeral will be at 2pm tomorrow at First Baptist Church in Briar in Wise County. Burial will be in Azleland Memorial Park in Azle. White's Funeral Home in Azle is in charge of arrangements.
Mr Richey was born in Crafton in Wise County and moved to the Fort Worth area in 1958. He had been a security guard at General Dynamics for 29 years when in retired in 1979.
Mr Richey was in the Army's 131st First Artillery Division during World War II. During the time he was a Japanese prisoner of war, Mr Richey helped build a railroad in Burma with other POWS. The men later were called the Lost Battalion because their whereabouts was unknown for more than two years. He was a member of the Disabled American Veterans and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Jett Richey of Azle; three sons, Jerry Richey and Gordon Richey, both of Azle and Harvey Richey of London, England; one daughter, Debra Larsen of Fort Worth; four brothers, Curtis Richey and Gus Richey both of Crafton, Abb Richey of Muskogee, Oklahoma, and Ed Richey of Bowie; one sister, Ruby Collie of Crafton; and three grandchildren.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram 29 June 1987
Funeral will be at 2pm tomorrow at First Baptist Church in Briar in Wise County. Burial will be in Azleland Memorial Park in Azle. White's Funeral Home in Azle is in charge of arrangements.
Mr Richey was born in Crafton in Wise County and moved to the Fort Worth area in 1958. He had been a security guard at General Dynamics for 29 years when in retired in 1979.
Mr Richey was in the Army's 131st First Artillery Division during World War II. During the time he was a Japanese prisoner of war, Mr Richey helped build a railroad in Burma with other POWS. The men later were called the Lost Battalion because their whereabouts was unknown for more than two years. He was a member of the Disabled American Veterans and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Jett Richey of Azle; three sons, Jerry Richey and Gordon Richey, both of Azle and Harvey Richey of London, England; one daughter, Debra Larsen of Fort Worth; four brothers, Curtis Richey and Gus Richey both of Crafton, Abb Richey of Muskogee, Oklahoma, and Ed Richey of Bowie; one sister, Ruby Collie of Crafton; and three grandchildren.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram 29 June 1987
Raymond Alvin Richey, who was a prisoner of war in Southeast Asia for 3-1/2 years during World War II and a member of the Lost Battalion, died Saturday at his Azle home from cancer. He was 68.
Funeral will be at 2pm tomorrow at First Baptist Church in Briar in Wise County. Burial will be in Azleland Memorial Park in Azle. White's Funeral Home in Azle is in charge of arrangements.
Mr Richey was born in Crafton in Wise County and moved to the Fort Worth area in 1958. He had been a security guard at General Dynamics for 29 years when in retired in 1979.
Mr Richey was in the Army's 131st First Artillery Division during World War II. During the time he was a Japanese prisoner of war, Mr Richey helped build a railroad in Burma with other POWS. The men later were called the Lost Battalion because their whereabouts was unknown for more than two years. He was a member of the Disabled American Veterans and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Jett Richey of Azle; three sons, Jerry Richey and Gordon Richey, both of Azle and Harvey Richey of London, England; one daughter, Debra Larsen of Fort Worth; four brothers, Curtis Richey and Gus Richey both of Crafton, Abb Richey of Muskogee, Oklahoma, and Ed Richey of Bowie; one sister, Ruby Collie of Crafton; and three grandchildren.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram 29 June 1987
Funeral will be at 2pm tomorrow at First Baptist Church in Briar in Wise County. Burial will be in Azleland Memorial Park in Azle. White's Funeral Home in Azle is in charge of arrangements.
Mr Richey was born in Crafton in Wise County and moved to the Fort Worth area in 1958. He had been a security guard at General Dynamics for 29 years when in retired in 1979.
Mr Richey was in the Army's 131st First Artillery Division during World War II. During the time he was a Japanese prisoner of war, Mr Richey helped build a railroad in Burma with other POWS. The men later were called the Lost Battalion because their whereabouts was unknown for more than two years. He was a member of the Disabled American Veterans and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Jett Richey of Azle; three sons, Jerry Richey and Gordon Richey, both of Azle and Harvey Richey of London, England; one daughter, Debra Larsen of Fort Worth; four brothers, Curtis Richey and Gus Richey both of Crafton, Abb Richey of Muskogee, Oklahoma, and Ed Richey of Bowie; one sister, Ruby Collie of Crafton; and three grandchildren.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram 29 June 1987
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