Today (8 Sep 2020) Aunt Genny died at around 6:15 PM. The nurse had been encouraging shortly prior: fluid down, clot dissolving, having therapy...still weak and not eating much, but there were positives. She was sleeping when I called. Shortly after that conversation with the nurse, she called back and said Genny had
awakened lethargic, with low oxygen levels, and so they had called an ambulance. Our Aunt Genny passed away before the ambulance arrived.
The official reason will most likely be failure to recover from surgery and its aftermath. I feel that it was also too much trauma in too short a time, plus isolation. She was undergoing quarantine for two weeks due to Covid and being a people-lover, she was extremely lonely.
Ironically, we were allowed into the nursing home facility for the first time, after she passed, to say goodbye.
A Celebration of Life, for the family, will be held at a future date and will most likely be planned for when Duane can make it back from Florida to officiate.
Genny was an institution in the Warren family: the one who spread family news, who kept in touch with all her siblings, and the only one to reach 100 ...and 2. I hope that she will be surrounded in heaven by her loved ones who've gone before and never feel lonely again.
The Warrens loved her and we'll miss her.
RIP Ellen Genevieve Warren Richmond.
Decatur, IL— Ellen Genevieve Warren Richmond
Ellen Genevieve (Genny) Warren Richmond, formerly of University City, Missouri, and currently of Decatur, IL left this life to be with her heavenly father on September 8, 2020 at the age of 102.
Born April 17, 1918, in Casper, Wyoming, daughter of William and Anna Forfang Warren, contractor and teacher, Mrs. Richmond was reared in Flora, Illinois and married Leonard Richmond on February 26, 1949.
Mrs. Richmond worked at International Shoe Company in Flora, Illinois and left there to attend business school in St. Louis. During WWII, she worked in an ammunition plant and at Warner-Robbins Hospital in Macon, Georgia, eventually settling in St. Louis and becoming a homemaker. Leonard was an electrical engineer with Sverdrup-Parcel International Engineering Firm and Genny and he lived in Chicago; LA; Lafayette, Indiana; Gulfport, Mississippi; and Huntsville, Alabama while he was on job assignments, always returning to their home in St. Louis.
Mrs. Richmond became a member of Trinity Presbyterian Church in 1945. She was a church Elder; a member of the Evangelism Commission; chairperson of the Deaconesses and Parish Life Commissions; parish visitor; and a past president of the Trinity Bowling League, which she bowled on for 25 years. She organized the correspondence program for shut-ins for many years. Genevieve was dedicated to her church and her family.
Genny was a gourmet cook and an excellent seamstress who became adept at millinery during the 1950’s. She also played Bridge.
She is survived by her sister, Catharine (Gene) Daniels of Tuscola; and brothers, Curt (Tina) Warren of Morris and Jim (Nancy) Warren of Fairfield, Illinois; 19 nieces and nephews and their offspring; and a multitude of friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 45 years, Leonard; brothers: Bob, Galen, and Jack; sisters: Hazel Colclasure and Betty Current; and seven nieces and nephews.
Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home will be making arrangements for cremation and a memorial service for family members will be held at a future date.
awakened lethargic, with low oxygen levels, and so they had called an ambulance. Our Aunt Genny passed away before the ambulance arrived.
The official reason will most likely be failure to recover from surgery and its aftermath. I feel that it was also too much trauma in too short a time, plus isolation. She was undergoing quarantine for two weeks due to Covid and being a people-lover, she was extremely lonely.
Ironically, we were allowed into the nursing home facility for the first time, after she passed, to say goodbye.
A Celebration of Life, for the family, will be held at a future date and will most likely be planned for when Duane can make it back from Florida to officiate.
Genny was an institution in the Warren family: the one who spread family news, who kept in touch with all her siblings, and the only one to reach 100 ...and 2. I hope that she will be surrounded in heaven by her loved ones who've gone before and never feel lonely again.
The Warrens loved her and we'll miss her.
RIP Ellen Genevieve Warren Richmond.
Decatur, IL— Ellen Genevieve Warren Richmond
Ellen Genevieve (Genny) Warren Richmond, formerly of University City, Missouri, and currently of Decatur, IL left this life to be with her heavenly father on September 8, 2020 at the age of 102.
Born April 17, 1918, in Casper, Wyoming, daughter of William and Anna Forfang Warren, contractor and teacher, Mrs. Richmond was reared in Flora, Illinois and married Leonard Richmond on February 26, 1949.
Mrs. Richmond worked at International Shoe Company in Flora, Illinois and left there to attend business school in St. Louis. During WWII, she worked in an ammunition plant and at Warner-Robbins Hospital in Macon, Georgia, eventually settling in St. Louis and becoming a homemaker. Leonard was an electrical engineer with Sverdrup-Parcel International Engineering Firm and Genny and he lived in Chicago; LA; Lafayette, Indiana; Gulfport, Mississippi; and Huntsville, Alabama while he was on job assignments, always returning to their home in St. Louis.
Mrs. Richmond became a member of Trinity Presbyterian Church in 1945. She was a church Elder; a member of the Evangelism Commission; chairperson of the Deaconesses and Parish Life Commissions; parish visitor; and a past president of the Trinity Bowling League, which she bowled on for 25 years. She organized the correspondence program for shut-ins for many years. Genevieve was dedicated to her church and her family.
Genny was a gourmet cook and an excellent seamstress who became adept at millinery during the 1950’s. She also played Bridge.
She is survived by her sister, Catharine (Gene) Daniels of Tuscola; and brothers, Curt (Tina) Warren of Morris and Jim (Nancy) Warren of Fairfield, Illinois; 19 nieces and nephews and their offspring; and a multitude of friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 45 years, Leonard; brothers: Bob, Galen, and Jack; sisters: Hazel Colclasure and Betty Current; and seven nieces and nephews.
Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home will be making arrangements for cremation and a memorial service for family members will be held at a future date.
Today (8 Sep 2020) Aunt Genny died at around 6:15 PM. The nurse had been encouraging shortly prior: fluid down, clot dissolving, having therapy...still weak and not eating much, but there were positives. She was sleeping when I called. Shortly after that conversation with the nurse, she called back and said Genny had
awakened lethargic, with low oxygen levels, and so they had called an ambulance. Our Aunt Genny passed away before the ambulance arrived.
The official reason will most likely be failure to recover from surgery and its aftermath. I feel that it was also too much trauma in too short a time, plus isolation. She was undergoing quarantine for two weeks due to Covid and being a people-lover, she was extremely lonely.
Ironically, we were allowed into the nursing home facility for the first time, after she passed, to say goodbye.
A Celebration of Life, for the family, will be held at a future date and will most likely be planned for when Duane can make it back from Florida to officiate.
Genny was an institution in the Warren family: the one who spread family news, who kept in touch with all her siblings, and the only one to reach 100 ...and 2. I hope that she will be surrounded in heaven by her loved ones who've gone before and never feel lonely again.
The Warrens loved her and we'll miss her.
RIP Ellen Genevieve Warren Richmond.
Decatur, IL— Ellen Genevieve Warren Richmond
Ellen Genevieve (Genny) Warren Richmond, formerly of University City, Missouri, and currently of Decatur, IL left this life to be with her heavenly father on September 8, 2020 at the age of 102.
Born April 17, 1918, in Casper, Wyoming, daughter of William and Anna Forfang Warren, contractor and teacher, Mrs. Richmond was reared in Flora, Illinois and married Leonard Richmond on February 26, 1949.
Mrs. Richmond worked at International Shoe Company in Flora, Illinois and left there to attend business school in St. Louis. During WWII, she worked in an ammunition plant and at Warner-Robbins Hospital in Macon, Georgia, eventually settling in St. Louis and becoming a homemaker. Leonard was an electrical engineer with Sverdrup-Parcel International Engineering Firm and Genny and he lived in Chicago; LA; Lafayette, Indiana; Gulfport, Mississippi; and Huntsville, Alabama while he was on job assignments, always returning to their home in St. Louis.
Mrs. Richmond became a member of Trinity Presbyterian Church in 1945. She was a church Elder; a member of the Evangelism Commission; chairperson of the Deaconesses and Parish Life Commissions; parish visitor; and a past president of the Trinity Bowling League, which she bowled on for 25 years. She organized the correspondence program for shut-ins for many years. Genevieve was dedicated to her church and her family.
Genny was a gourmet cook and an excellent seamstress who became adept at millinery during the 1950’s. She also played Bridge.
She is survived by her sister, Catharine (Gene) Daniels of Tuscola; and brothers, Curt (Tina) Warren of Morris and Jim (Nancy) Warren of Fairfield, Illinois; 19 nieces and nephews and their offspring; and a multitude of friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 45 years, Leonard; brothers: Bob, Galen, and Jack; sisters: Hazel Colclasure and Betty Current; and seven nieces and nephews.
Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home will be making arrangements for cremation and a memorial service for family members will be held at a future date.
awakened lethargic, with low oxygen levels, and so they had called an ambulance. Our Aunt Genny passed away before the ambulance arrived.
The official reason will most likely be failure to recover from surgery and its aftermath. I feel that it was also too much trauma in too short a time, plus isolation. She was undergoing quarantine for two weeks due to Covid and being a people-lover, she was extremely lonely.
Ironically, we were allowed into the nursing home facility for the first time, after she passed, to say goodbye.
A Celebration of Life, for the family, will be held at a future date and will most likely be planned for when Duane can make it back from Florida to officiate.
Genny was an institution in the Warren family: the one who spread family news, who kept in touch with all her siblings, and the only one to reach 100 ...and 2. I hope that she will be surrounded in heaven by her loved ones who've gone before and never feel lonely again.
The Warrens loved her and we'll miss her.
RIP Ellen Genevieve Warren Richmond.
Decatur, IL— Ellen Genevieve Warren Richmond
Ellen Genevieve (Genny) Warren Richmond, formerly of University City, Missouri, and currently of Decatur, IL left this life to be with her heavenly father on September 8, 2020 at the age of 102.
Born April 17, 1918, in Casper, Wyoming, daughter of William and Anna Forfang Warren, contractor and teacher, Mrs. Richmond was reared in Flora, Illinois and married Leonard Richmond on February 26, 1949.
Mrs. Richmond worked at International Shoe Company in Flora, Illinois and left there to attend business school in St. Louis. During WWII, she worked in an ammunition plant and at Warner-Robbins Hospital in Macon, Georgia, eventually settling in St. Louis and becoming a homemaker. Leonard was an electrical engineer with Sverdrup-Parcel International Engineering Firm and Genny and he lived in Chicago; LA; Lafayette, Indiana; Gulfport, Mississippi; and Huntsville, Alabama while he was on job assignments, always returning to their home in St. Louis.
Mrs. Richmond became a member of Trinity Presbyterian Church in 1945. She was a church Elder; a member of the Evangelism Commission; chairperson of the Deaconesses and Parish Life Commissions; parish visitor; and a past president of the Trinity Bowling League, which she bowled on for 25 years. She organized the correspondence program for shut-ins for many years. Genevieve was dedicated to her church and her family.
Genny was a gourmet cook and an excellent seamstress who became adept at millinery during the 1950’s. She also played Bridge.
She is survived by her sister, Catharine (Gene) Daniels of Tuscola; and brothers, Curt (Tina) Warren of Morris and Jim (Nancy) Warren of Fairfield, Illinois; 19 nieces and nephews and their offspring; and a multitude of friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 45 years, Leonard; brothers: Bob, Galen, and Jack; sisters: Hazel Colclasure and Betty Current; and seven nieces and nephews.
Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home will be making arrangements for cremation and a memorial service for family members will be held at a future date.
Gravesite Details
Although her wish was to have her body donated to George Washington Medical Center in St Louis, due to Covid 19 they were accepting no donations and she was cremated as a result.
