May 10, 1916 - Dec. 28, 2007
LITCHFIELD -- Edith Hazel Richey, 91, of Winona, formerly of Litchfield, died Friday at St. Ann's Extended Care Center.
The service is at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Litchfield. Burial will be in the Lake Ripley Cemetery.
Visitation is at the church for two hours before the service. Local arrangements are with the Johnson-Hagglund Funeral Home of Litchfield.
She was born May 10, 1916, in Faribault to Albert and Laura (Chamberlin) Galarneau. She grew up and received her education in the Litchfield area.
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On Sept. 10, 1935, she married Harland Richey. They farmed in the Litchfield and Watkins area for a few years before moving into Litchfield. In the mid-1960s they moved to the Brainerd area, then to Winona in 2001.
She was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Litchfield.
She is survived by her children: David (and Margaret) Richey of St. Louis Park and Janice (and Arnold) Dufseth of Rollingstone; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Ruth Fogelstrom of Baudette, Marion Bengtson of Sarasota, Fla., and Virginia Prieve of Litchfield.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 2002; a son: Alfred; one brother; and one sister.
