This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Batten, Holden, Westhoff, Pearson, Noyes Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3FC.2ACI/2246 Message Board Post: Richard H. Batten, 80, died Jan. 5, 2001 The Star-Observer has learned belatedly of the death of Richard H. Batten, 80, of Valrico, Fla., on Jan. 5, 2001. A former resident of Burkhardt, he had lived in Florida for 20 years. He was born in Hudson Sept. 8, 1920, the son of Glenn L. and Lilah (Holden) Batten, of Burkhardt, and attended Hudson High School, graduating with the class of 1937. On Sept. 3, 1949, he was married at the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Burkhardt to Marjorie May Westhoff, daughter of William H. and Lydia A. Westhoff. He was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1943 and was employed as an engineer working 35 years with Cities Service Oil Company until retiring in 1982. While in Florida, he was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church and Buckhorn Springs Golf and Country Club. Survivors are his wife, Marjorie, of Valrico; a daughter, Barbara (Mark) Pearson of Dearborn Heights, Mich.; a son, William G. Batten of Phoenix, Ariz.; two grandchildren, Michelle and Michael Pearson of Dearborn Heights; and a sister, Beatrice Noyes of Milwaukee. Burial was in Garden of Memories Cemetery in Florida. © 2003 Hudson Star-Observer - Reposted by permission http://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=6525&SectionID=33&SubSectionID=103&S=1