Beverly Kay Richards

Beverly Kay Richards, 75, of Wabash, Ind., died at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 9, 2016, at Silver Oaks Health Campus in Columbus, Ind. She was born Aug. 26, 1940, in Wabash, to Hubert E. and Flora Bernice (Biggs) Barrett.

Beverly married Ralph Richards at the Wabash Christian Church on October 16, 1960; he died Jan. 21, 2008. She was the receptionist for Dr. Richard Day DDS for 12 years. She was a member of the Wabash Christian Church, the Woman’s Clubhouse, and the Red Hat Society.

She is survived by her daughter: Karen (Kraig) Weisner of Elizabethtown; two grandchildren: Matthew Bergman of Columbus; and Amanda Bergman of Elizabethtown; sister-in-law: Penny Barrett of Texas; and her brother-in-law, Charles Ravenscroft of Wabash. She was also preceded in death by her parents, brother: George Barrett; and two sisters: Betty Hettmansperger, and Peggy Ravenscroft.

Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Monday, June 13, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with David Mills officiating. Entombment will be in Chapel of Remembrance Mausoleum, at Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 1-3 p.m. Monday, at the funeral home.

Preferred memorial is Wabash Christian Church or the Animal Shelter of Wabash County.