Source, Rutland Vt.Herald--Mon. Sept.24,1951. CLARENDON, Vt. Sept.23-George F. Richards, 60, of Clarendon, Vt. owner of Vermont Gardens, inc., died suddenly in his home tonight of a heart attack. He was born on February 21, 1891, and was a member of Otter Creek Grange, Killington Pomona and the Vermont Shade Tree association. Surviving are his wife, the former Ruth Shelton; two daughters, Mrs. Mary E. Wideawake of Middlebury, Vt. and Mrs. Ruth B. Tarbell of Wallingford, Vt.; three sons, Miles of Rutland, Vt., George E. of Cuttingsville, V., and Tilton B. in the Navy; two brothers, Prescott W. Richards of Florence, Mass., and Edward A. of Washington; a sister, Miss Susan D. Richards of Washington; and nine grandchildren. The body was removed to the Congdon Funeral home in Wallingford pending funeral arrangements.