- Date Of Birth: November 20, 1919
- Date Of Death: August 5, 2013
- State: Maine
Thereas Osier Richards, 93, a resident of Round Pond for over 70 years, passed away August, 5th 2013 at the Gregory Wing, St. Andrew’s Village in Boothbay Harbor, ME. She was born in Pemaquid, Maine on November 20, 1919, the daughter of Ernest Osier and Josephine Geyer Osier Miller. She spent her early life in South Bristol and Pemaquid, and graduated from Bristol High School in the class of 1937, the class that started the “Bristolite” school yearbook. On June 3, 1939 she married Walter Morton Richards of Round Pond, where the couple spent over 50 years together. She was predeceased by her husband who died on June 11, 1995. She was a long-time member of the United Methodist Church of Round Pond, the Round Pond Rebekahs, and the Seaside Grange of Bristol. She was a homemaker, well known for her fruit pies, Indian pudding, and crocheted afghans. Thereas also served as housekeeper/caretaker for many in town, and drove a school bus for the town of Bristol for a several years. She also worked at the Medomak Canning Company, Gays Grocery Store, and Sylvania in Waldoboro. Thereas especially loved her position as Town Clerk of Bristol for a number of years prior to her retirement. She leaves two sons, Ernest Emery Richards and his wife Elizabeth of Jefferson, ME, and James Gerald Richards and his wife Joan of Lancaster, MA; her brother, Edwin Miller and wife Marion of Bristol, ME; and her sister, Sandra Miller Lane and husband Russell of Bristol, ME; daughter-in-law, Johnna Jackson and husband Don of Squaw Valley, CA; grandchildren, Kimberly Adkins, Jason Jackson and wife Wendy all of Bend, OR, Joel Richards and wife Allison of Amesbury, MA, Jared Richards and wife Alison of Somersworth, NH, Liza Moraitis and husband Yannie of Chicago, IL, Galen Richards and wife Shannon of South Portland, ME, Ariel Gosling and husband Nick of San Antonio, TX, Caleb Richards and fiancé Emma Mueller of Augusta, ME; 14 great-grandchildren; two nephews; three nieces; several great-nephews and nieces; as well as many cousins and friends.
