Barbara Sue Richardson

Barbara (Barby) Sue Dombach Richardson, age 88, passed away on 4 November 2025 from complications due to her dementia at her home in Concord, GA. Barby was born to Jay Trout and Dorothy Mayer Dombach on 19 January 1937 in Oil City, PA. She is a graduate of Hempfield High School in Landisville, PA in 1954. She then attended Pennsylvania University and graduated with a nursing degree. She was a registered nurse. She met Gerald (Gerry) Alan Richardson a cadet at the United States Military Academy in 1955 and on 11 May 1957, she married Gerry the love of her life and who was then a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army. She became a military spouse traveling to Fort Knox, KY; Fort Bliss, TX; Germany: Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD; Spain; West Point, NY; Hemet, CA while Gerry served in Vietnam; Fort Lee, VA; Paraguay; and back to West Point. Barby worked as a nurse while at Fort Knox, Hemet, and West Point. While in the military, Barby and Gerry produced three "Army Brats", Bryan, Wayne, and Gordon. Following Gerry's retirement from the Army in 1974, the family moved to Stormville, NY. Gerry and Barbara worked as Insurance Agents for Northwestern Mutual Life. Then, they started Mountainside Agency, a Property Management Company owning and managing properties in Dutchess and Orange Counties. Barby was the epitome of a military wife learning how to organize and entertain military, organizational, and family events. They were active in the Poughquag United Methodist Church and Hopewell Reformed Church and participated in humanitarian missions in Ecuador, Dominican Republic, and supporting Hurricane Katrina victims. They retired from the property management business after 26 years, moved to Woodcrest Villa, a senior living community in Lancaster, PA; and then as Covid was winding down to Concord, GA to be with family. Gerry loved to travel with Barby.

Throughout his military and their leisure travels, they visited 94 countries throughout the world. They loved finding excuses to visit family and have family reunions. After 63 years together, Gerry passed away on 4 July 2021 and Barby remained living in Concord with her son Bryan, and daughter-in-law Kathy.

Barby is survived by her sons Bryan and his, wife, Kathy of Concord, GA; Wayne and his wife, Carol, of Minneapolis, MN; and Gordon and his wife, Amybeth, of Leavenworth, KS; brother-in-Law, Charles Richardson of Fillmore, CA and sister-in-law, Kathleen Richardson of Ripon, CA. Barby has seven grand-children: Barbara Richardson Pessolano (Jon) and Christina Richardson; Christopher Richardson, Megan Richardson Shy, and Colin Jones (Lindsay); Benjamin Richardson (Taylor) and Ethan Richardson. She has six great grandchildren: Katlyn Braun, Lawson and Remy Shy, Jonathon Pessolano, Amelia Jones and Haeden Richardson. Also surviving are numerous nieces and nephews.

Friends may join the family for a service on 16 January 2026 starting at 10:00 am at the McHoul Funeral Home, Inc., 895 Route 82, Hopewell Junction. Following the service, the final memorial and graveside services will be held at the United States Military Academy Cemetery in West Point, NY where she will rest forever next to her husband, Gerry.