Adeline June "Addie" Richards

Adeline June Richards, age 91, passed away peacefully at the Siskiyou Springs Assisted Living in Yreka, California on March 30, 2019. She was lovingly attended to by daughter, Patricia, who resides in Klamath River, California. Addie was born on June 2, 1927 to Rev. Herbert J. Marth and Madeline Marth (Zwiefel) in Regina Saskatchewan, Canada. In 1936, the family moved to Cass Lake, Minnesota when her father took a post as the Pastor at the Immanuel Lutheran Church. Addie attended Cass Lake High School, was active in cheerleading and debate, and was prom queen. She graduated in 1944 and attended Wright Junior College in Chicago, Illinois. After college (1947) she returned to Cass Lake, met and married James Henry Zachau. They moved to St. Cloud, and had three children, James Henry, Jr., Patricia Lee and Margaret (Peggie) Elaine. Addie was a career woman. She moved her family to St. Louis Park to work in the advertising department of Munsingwear. Eventually, the family moved to San Francisco, California where Addie worked as a writer for various companies. Among others she worked for was UNICEF, the San Francisco New Year’s Parade (during the year of the Dragon!) and the United World Federalists who promoted "world peace through world law". She retired from the U.S. Census Bureau. In her leisure, Addie loved to read and travel. She traveled in the U.S., Mexico, and Europe or to her time share in Cabo San Lucas. She was a passionate and fiercely competitive scrabble and cribbage player. Addie married Rudy Richards in 1996 in San Francisco, California. The couple moved north to make a home in northern California, in the beautiful historic town of Yreka, which is close to Mt. Shasta. Addie is survived by children James H. Zachau, Jr. (Margaret), Patricia Lee Durham (Sherman), and Margaret Elaine Seanor (Terry), brother Luther Marth (Joan), six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. She is also survived by stepchildren Stephen Richards, Rudy Richards, Jr., Michael Richards and Lisa Richards, five step-grandchildren and one great step-grandchild. She is preceded in death by siblings Donald J. Marth, Naomi Schaper Ness, Elaine Bohn Ganglehoff, and Gracia Jacobson. Also by her husband Rudy Richards, her son-in-law, Terry J. Seanor, and great grandson, Oliver James Nimmo. There will be a private interment at the Evergreen Cemetery in Yreka, California.

Adeline June "Addie" Richards

June 2, 1927 - March 30, 2019