Kathleen L. Richéy
Mrs. Richey was born in Montebello, CA on June 1, 1938, the daughter of
Robert and Patricia Crowell. One of the highlights of her youth was the 1952 “Second
Grand National Pillsbury Bake-off”, while they lived in Western Spring, IL.
Kathleen was contestant for her “Johnny Appleseed” cake, and in New York at the
Waldorf Astoria, she met many stars, but most importantly, the Duke and Duchess
of Windsor.
She graduated from Portland Union Academy in Portland, OR in 1956, and
worked a short time for Dun and Bradstreet before moving to A
lbuquerque, NM where she worked for the Atomic Energy Commission. In 1962 she married J. Robert Finn, who was in the U. S. Navy. In 1963 they moved to Kingsville, TX, and in 1965 they were transferred to Athens, Greece, where their daughter, Susan was born. In 1967, they relocated to Quonset, Rhode Island and in 1969 to Adak, Alaska, where her son Michael, was born. In 1970, they moved to to Pt. Hueneme, CA, and eventually settled in Camarillo, CA for 17 years.
lbuquerque, NM where she worked for the Atomic Energy Commission. In 1962 she married J. Robert Finn, who was in the U. S. Navy. In 1963 they moved to Kingsville, TX, and in 1965 they were transferred to Athens, Greece, where their daughter, Susan was born. In 1967, they relocated to Quonset, Rhode Island and in 1969 to Adak, Alaska, where her son Michael, was born. In 1970, they moved to to Pt. Hueneme, CA, and eventually settled in Camarillo, CA for 17 years.
In 1976, she worked at St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Oxnard, CA
in DEMS administration. In 1982 she was Personnel Manager at Pennington
Manufacturing, where in 1984 she met Dave Richey, from Lafayette, LA. They were
married February 14, 1985 in a New Orleans style wedding. After the death of
her husband in 1986, she relocated to Petaluma, CA, and worked as a Real Estate
Broker. In 1995, she moved to Cabo San
Lucas, Baja, Mexico and opened her own tourist rental business. After seven years in sunny Mexico, she wanted
to return to the states, and on September 11, 2001, she found Yerington, a
lovely small town she knew would be a wonderful place to retire.
She is preceded in death by the Crowells and Dr. and Mrs. Titus Frazee of Portland, OR, her mom
and dad.
She is survived by her sons, Kenneth Johnson and his wife Rennane of
Allentown, PA, and their daughters, Melissa, Krista, and Kassandra, Keith Johnson;
Michael T. Finn and his wife Nadine of Petaluma, CA, daughter, Susan Eileen
Finn-Demers and her husband Patrick of Santa Rosa, CA and their daughter Erica
Lyn; sisters, Merrijean Phillips or Cottage Grove, OR, and Melinda Donaldson of
Portland, OR.
Funeral services will be 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 15, 2004 at Freitas
Rupracht Funeral Home in Yerington, NV. Burial will be at Conejo Mountain
Memorial Park in California.
Arrangements are under the direction of Freitas Rupracht Funeral Home in
Yerington.
Mason Valley News April 14,2004
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