This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Richmond, Flickinger, Yevrovich Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7674 Message Board Post: The Bakersfield Californian; 2004 Index Surname: RICHMOND Given name: Edna Wilbur Publication date: 2/15/2004 Type of Entry: obituary Death Date: 2/8/2004 Place of Death: Louisville, Kentucky Requested by: BJosep6275@aol.com Bakersfield Californian, February 15, 2004 ~FUNERALS~ Edna Wilbur Richmond Serices: Sat., Feb. 21, 11 a.m. Edna Wilbur Richmond, 84, was born on September 6, 1919, in Providence, Rhode Island and died on February 8, 2004, in Louisville, Kentucky. Edna played many roles in her lifetime, but the most important ones to her were those that had to do with human relationships. She was a devoted wife, a generous and loyal friend and mentor and most especially a loving and caring mother. Edna was proud of her institutional affiliations. She graduated from Pembroke College at Brown University in 1941, with degrees in Art and Music, and soon after joined the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps, in which she achieved the rank of First Lieutenant. She often spoke fondly of her service, which remained one of the important and cherished memories of her life. After World War II, she earned a Teaching Credential and Master's Degree in Education from Wayne State University in Detroit and much later (in her sixties) picked up a second Master's Degree, this time in Family and child Counseling from California State University, Bakersfield. Edna's deepest love was reserved for her husband, Dr. Robert Richmond, and their five children, of whom she was immensely proud. she successfully imparted her love of he arts to al of her children, as well as a profound belief in the importance of social justice, the environment, and service to the community. Her most significant period of social activism was the 1970's, when she involved herself heavily in the effort to prevent the construction of a nuclear power plant in Wasco and led the effort to improve traffic safety near Bakersfield Schools. (The stop light at the corner of Oswell and Pico is her personal achievement.) In her final years, she immersed herself in the Unitarian Universalist Association Fellowship of 'Bakersfield, a source of deep and devoted friends. In recent decades, Edna derived great pleasure from writing poetry and self-published two volumes of her verse. She was preceded in death by her husband and her grandson, Bucky. She is survived by her children, Judith Flickinger, Robert Richmond Jr., Frank Richmond, Lynn Yevrovich, and Stephen Richmond and seven grandchildren. A memorial service celebrating her life will be held Saturday, February 21, 11:00 a.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Bakersfield.