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Larry Richmond Obituary
Larry was born in Bradford on April 18, 1940, a son of the late Robert and Jean Kellgren Richmond. On July 9, 1966, in Bradford, he married Geneva L. "Jean" Button Richmond, who died Feb. 2, 2004.
Mr. Richmond was a 1958 graduate of Bradford High School. He attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania majoring in business. In his lifetime he worked many different places in Bradford, including Zippo Manufacturing Co., W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co. and most recently at the Bradford Landmark Society.
He was an avid historian and was an expert in all things "Bradford." He was genealogist and a historian. He was an expert on the Civil War veterans of Bradford, the history behind Zippo Manufacturing Co., W.R. Case & Sons and also an expert on the architecture of the buildings in Bradford.
Mr. Richmond was past member of the Bradford Landmark Society, past president of the McKean County Historical Society, president of the McKean Genealogical Society and had been the national editor of the Wooden Nickel Collectors Newsletter. He was credited for creating a huge database of Bradford history and The Bradford Era once wrote an article on him calling him "Mr. Bradford."
He is survived by a son, Todd Richmond of Waterford; a granddaughter, Jade Ueblhear of Bradford; two sisters, Margaret Kaziska of Port Allegany and Kathryn Elrod of Bradford; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents; parents; wife; and a one-year-old son, Scott Roy Richmond in 1972.
Family will be receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Hollenbeck-Cahill Funeral Homes Inc., South Avenue, where funeral and committal services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday with the Rev. W. LeRoy Beckes officiating. Burial will be in Willow Dale Cemetery.
Memorials, if desired, may be made to the S.W. Smith Library Building Fund, Church Street, Port Allegany, PA 16743.
Online condolences may be made at www.hollenbeckcahill.com
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