Date : 21 May 1979
Location : St. Martin Cemetery, Huron, SD
HURON, S.D.
Vernon J. Richter, 49, died Friday at the hospital in Huron.
He was born in Madison, S.D., and married Elaine Budde on May 12, 1952.
He was a graduate of South Dakota State University in Brookings, and was employed by the Farmers Home Administration. He moved to Huron in 1967.
Survivors include his wife; three sons, Gary, Kansas City, Mo., Thomas, Wessington Springs, S.D., and Brad, Huron; one daughter, Joan, Huron; two grandchildren; five brothers, Francis, Chester, S.D., Donald, Hasting, Minn., Earl, Canton, S.D., Harry, Lincoln, Neb., and William, Halsted, Minn.; three sisters, Mrs. Lloyd Hunter, Norfolk, Va., Mrs. John Murphy, Mitchell, S.D., and Mrs. Everett Metcalf, Pullman, Wash.
A funeral mass will be held Monday at 10:30 a.m. at the Church of the Resurrection in Huron. Visitation will be Saturday or Sunday during the day or evening at the Welter Funeral Home in Huron. A scripture service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Welter Funeral Home.
Burial will be in St. Martin's Cemetery outside Huron.
Argus-Leader - May 19, 1979