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Richard Read Obituary
Richard Read, 84, of Elkhart, passed away Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, at Raclin House-Center for Hospice, Mishawaka. Arrangements are pending at Stemm-Lawson-Peterson Funeral Home, Elkhart.
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Mary Lee Herzberg (Burns)
December 18, 2025
We bought our 1st home at 1509 Ash Dr. E., Elkhart, IN around 8/2001 from a Dick Read and his wife. He always helped if we had any questions about the house. Later he had a part time job at Martin's at Cobblestone Crossing. I would frequently run into him there and we'd catch up with each other. He was very lonely after his wife passed. He was a wonderful man.
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