Grace Capell Richards

Name/Title

Grace Capell Richards

Entry/Object ID

2024.22.3

Scope and Content

Portrait of Grace Richards, wife of Ray Richards and one day shy of her 39th birthday, was killed when the Van Deusen home was destroyed by the tornado.

Context

The Ray Richards family from Columbus, Ohio arrived in Lorain, Ohio for a weekend visit with Ray's sister, Margaret (Richards) Van Deusen (wife of attorney C.E. Van Deusen), and her family Saturday, June 28, 1924, looking forward to a weekend family reunion. "Aunt Ruth," another Richards sibling, joined the two families.

Acquisition

Accession

2024.22

Source or Donor

Jackson, Neta Thiessen

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

2024