WILLIAM HENRY RICHARDS, JR.

Joint Services for Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Richards

Joint funeral services were conducted Friday at Malad Fourth LDS Ward Chapel for William Henry Richards Jr., age 79, and Mrs. Emma Camp Hunsaker Richards, 73, who were killed Sept. 5th in a car-truck collision here.

Bishop Darrell Swartz officiated. Speakers were Bishop Willard Stephenson, President S. L. Smith and Bishop Swartz. Rosella Smith and Gary Steele gave the life sketches. Family prayer was offered by Bishop Leland Hunsaker; invocation, by Mack Cook, and benediction, by Bishop T. A. John. Vocal solos were presented by Eldon Corbridge and Foster Ipsen, and duet by Leora Brown and Iris Blaisdell. Accompanists were Janiel Brown and Mrs. Blaisdell, who also played prelude and postlude music.

Concluding rites for Mr. Richards were conducted at Malad City Cemetery with President Lorin Richards offering the dedicatory prayer, and at Delta, Utah city cemetery for Mrs. Richards with Bishop Lyle Bunker offering the prayer.

Members of Malad Fourth Ward Relief Society were in charge of the flowers.

Honorary bearers were members of the High Priest Quorum, and grandsons acted as casket bearers.

Benson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Couple killed in car-truck accident here

A truck-car collision here Tuesday afternoon claimed the lives of two Malad residents and injured the truck driver.

Dead at the scene was Mrs. William H. Richards, age 73. Her husband, age 79, presumed to have been driving their car, died a few minutes later at Oneida County Hospital.

Dennis Olson Thomas, 31, of Granger, Utah, suffered broken ribs and bruises. He is being treated at Oneida County Hospital.

The accident occurred at US Highway 191 and 50 south Street intersection during a light rain about 3:15 p.m.

Mr. Thomas, driving a loaded cattle semi-trailer outfit owned by Doctorman of Salt Lake City, was in the left lane (through lane) southbound for Utah when he observed the Richards vehicle apparently fail to slow as it approached the southbound lane while making a left turn, according to Sheriff Kenneth Wharton. Mr. and Mrs. Richards had attended sessions at the Logan LDS Temple and were enroute home.

In an effort to avoid the collision, Mr. Thomas braked the vehicle, sounded the horn, and swung to the right. The Richards car was struck just in front of the right front door, throwing it into the dividing median headed south. Impact swerved the truck into the frontage road fence. Lengths of the pipe rail on top of the fence penetrated the cab, sleeper, and into the back of the truck, killing one of the cattle. The front suspension was damaged in the collision. Cattle were driven from the site to Oneida Fair Grounds where they were held for the owner.

Mrs. Richards was thrown onto the pavement.

Deputy Sheriff Don Stocks was the first officer at the scene. Sheriff Wharton and Deputy Ralph Burton also assisted in directing traffic around the site while the wreckage of the two vehicles was removed.

Third Fatality

This is the second fatal accident and the third fatality at the same site. On Nov. 24, 1967, Reinhold Hoffman, 78, American Falls, was killed when he drove onto the highway after stopping at the stop sign. He was alone in the car.

These traffic deaths are the first in Oneida County since Oct. 26, 1971, when Brent Anderson, 27, Logan, was killed when the *re truck he was driving failed to negotiate a turn at the old Elkhorn reservoir.

Funeral Services

Joint funeral services will be held Friday at 1 p.m. In Malad Fourth LDS Ward Chapel with Bishop Darrell Swartz officiating for Mr. and Mrs. Richards.

Graveside services will be Saturday for Mrs. Richards at Delta, Utah cemetery. Burial for Mr. Richards will be Friday at Malad City Cemetery.

Friends may call at Benson Funeral Home Thursday evening and Friday prior to services. Both interments will be directed by Benson Funeral Home.

William Henry Richards, Jr. was born June 8, 1893, at Malad, a son of William H. and Catherine Jones Richards Sr. He married Margaret John, Sept. 14, 1916, in the Logan LDS Temple.

She died Nov. 2, 1964.

He married Emma Camp Hunsaker, June 24, 1966 in the Logan LDS Temple. She died Sept. 5, 1972.

A graduate of Malad High School and Brigham Young College at Logan, Mr. Richards was a retired mail carrier and farmer. He was active in the LDS Church and served a two-year mission in Hawaii. At the time of his death, he was an active Temple worker and secretary of the High Priest Fourth Quorum.
Surviving are a son, Ralph J., Salt Lake City; three daughters, Mrs. Milton A. (Marjorie) Madsen, Logan; Mrs. Grant C. (Ella Mae) Moon, Arlington, Va.; Mrs. O. Dee (Anna Marie) Perkes, Afton, Wyo.; 18 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; a brother, Lorin L. Richards, Salt Lake City; sisters, Mrs. D. Dredge (Sarah) Thomas, Malad; Mrs. W. Guy (Catherine) Lund, Mesa, Rriz.[Arizona].

Mrs. Emma Camp Hunsaker Richards, age 73, was born Dec. 25, 1898, at Pleasantview, Idaho, a daughter of Williams Peter and Ann Morse Camp. She was married to Francis Hunsaker July 11, 1919, at Malad. He died Aug. 8, 1958. She was married to William H. Richards June 24, 1966, in the Logan LDS Temple. He died Sept. 5, 1972. An active member of the LDS Church, she served a Southern States mission in 1961-62.

Surviving are five sons and four daughters, Robert Francis Hunsaker, Ruth, Nev.; Dick Hunsaker, Howard G. Hunsaker, Spanish Fork, Utah; Leland R. Hunsaker, Rexburg; W. Leon Hunsaker, Orem, Utah; Mrs. Stanley (Faye) Steele, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Clayton (Vera) Giles, Delta, Utah; Mrs. Mack (Ronilla) Cook, Lindon, Utah; Mrs. Paul (Renee) Bennett, Alpine, Utah; 40 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchild- [end of article]

Funeral Program

In Loving Memory of

WILLIAM HENRY RICHARDS, JR. – Age 79

Born June 8, 1893 – Malad, Idaho
Passed Away September 5, 1972 – Malad, Idaho

and

MRS. EMMA C. HUNSAKER RICHARDS – Age 73

Born Dec. 25, 1898 – Pleasantview, Idaho
Passed Away September 5, 1972 – Malad, Idaho