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Richard Nelson Purington died peacefully at his home in Ridgewood, N.J. on October 7, 2025 after a long, courageous battle against non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He was born in Washington, D.C. on July 24, 1945 to Winafred (Snoddy) and Paul Purington and grew up in Ridgewood. An Eagle Scout, Richard was a...
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