Ethel M. Richman

Ethel M. Richman
Age 82

Ethel M. Richman, 82, of Calcutta Smith Ferry Road, East Liverpool, Ohio died on Thursday morning, March 28, 2002 at her home following a brief illness.

She was born in St. Clair Township, Ohio on August 27, 1919, the daughter of the late James Herbert and Inez Blanche Moore Thompson.

Mrs. Richman, living her entire life in the area, was a homemaker, wife, mother and grandmother. She was a 1937 graduate of East Liverpool High School and attended Westminister College in New Wilmington, Pa. She was a member of the First Evangelical Presbyterian Church, where she was very active, especially with the youth work and a home visitor of 26 years. She was also active in Calcutta United Presbyterian Church and many christian groups, including Christian Lay Bible Committee, Teen World and Christian Women’s.
She was also a bible teacher with King’s Kids at Calcutta Elementery School.

Her husband, Stephen Richman, whom she married, March 30, 1940, died January 31, 1965.

She is survived by a son, John E. Richman and his wife, Sue of East Liverpool, OH; two daughters, Kathy Schaaf and her husband, Frederick of Coschocton, OH and Lois Boyd and her husband, Paul of Negley, OH; two brothers, J. Herbert Thompson and his wife, Jackie of Calcutta, OH and Donald L. Thompson and his wife, Mary of Calcutta, OH; a sister, Alice Booth of Virginia Beach, Virginia; four grandchildren, Stephen T. Richman of Calcutta, OH, Sarah J. Richman of Jersey City, New Jersey, Jason R. Boyd of North Springfield, PA and Ryan S. Boyd of Grove City College, PA.

Besides her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a brother, Paul A. Thompson and a sister, Mernice Thompson.

Services will be held at the Calcutta United Presbyterian Church on Monday,
April 1, 2002 at 11:00 AM with Rev. Allan Drake and Rev. James Thomson, officiating.

Burial will be in Calcutta United Presbyterian Cemetery.

The family will be present to receive friends at the Calcutta Chapel of the
Martin-MacLean-Altmeyer Funeral Homes on Sunday, March 31, 2002 from Noon to 8:00 PM.

Memorial Contributions may be made to Teen World, P. O. Box 2036, East Liverpool, Ohio 43920.