Heaven gained another amazing Angel on March 30, 2023. Mary Ellen Richardson left this earth to join her heavenly family once again.
Mary Ellen was born on October 28, 1922 in Pine Village to the late Charles and Mary (Carter) Stovall. The family moved to Lafayette where she spent the rest of her life on the same street. Lafayette is where she met the love of her life. On November 16,1938 she married her one and only love, Earl A. Richardson. They were married 57 years when he preceded her in death in 1995.
We were very lucky to have mom celebrate her 100th birthday in October 2022! What a milestone for such a much-loved lady.
Surviving are her children, Peggy Harrison of Lafayette; Judy (Ron) Hinds of Otterbein and Phil (Julie) Richardson of Prescott, Az. Also surviving are nine grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren and nine great-great grandchildren.
Mary was preceded in death by a brother, Charles Stovall Jr., a sister, Dorothy Pope, a son, Duane and a daughter, Carolyn Arihood as well as two great grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 1:00 pm until the time of the service at 2:00 pm on Thursday, April 6, 2023 at Soller-Baker Funeral Home, 400 Twyckenham Blvd. Lafayette, IN 47909. Burial will follow at Tippecanoe Memory Gardens in West Lafayette.