Atcheson, Richard; obituary

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Napa County Historical Society

Name/Title

Atcheson, Richard; obituary

Entry/Object ID

2010.1.75

Scope and Content

Published in the Napa Valley Register 4/9/06 Richard Atcheson, New Brunswick NJ Writer/editor Richard Atcheson died 3/23/06, age 71 Born 8/10/1934 in Houston TX to William H. and Dorothy Williams Atcheson Went to parochial schools in Houston and Tulsa OK Majored in English at Princeton University. Graduated 1956 Time Inc. hired him as executive trainee Drafted, spent 2 yrs in the US Army, shuttling mail between bases in Germany Moved to Chicago to report to the City News Bureau Worked for Hugh Hefner's Show Business Illustrated Magazine Worked as senior editor or feature writer at Show Magazine, Holiday Magazine, Saturday Evening Post, Saturday Review, Lear's. Best remembered by his work at AARP The Magazine Wrote "What the Hell Are They Trying to Prove, Martha" (John Day Co., 1070), "The Bearded Lady" (John Day Co., 1071), Struggled with bipolar disorder thru his life Met his wife Jean in Chicago, married in 1961 Lived mostly in Washington DC for the last 10 years Survied by wife of 44 years, Jean, children Katie, Dorothy and Nicholas, foster children Kate, Michael and Brian Skinner, sister Maryellen Vander Sluis, brother Robert, nephews John and Matthew Vander Sluis, and niece Sloan Wooldridge Services held 4/10 at Trinity Church in Princeton NJ

Collection

Obituaries

Acquisition

Accession

2010.1

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Obituary

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Announcement

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Declaratory Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

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Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1934 - 2006

Archive Notes

Date(s): 4/9/06

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Atcheson, Richard

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Atcheson, Jean

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Atcheson, Nicholas

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Atcheson, Robert

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Skinner, Kate

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Skinner, Michael

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Skinner, Brian

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Vander Sluis, Maryellen

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Vander Sluis, John

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Vander Sluis, Matthew

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Wooldridge, Sloan

Create Date

March 24, 2010

Update Date

May 31, 2023