Patrick G. Richardson

Patrick G. Richardson, 80 of Tipton died at 9:12 p.m. on Thursday, June 21, 2018 at I.U. North Hospital.  He was born in White Lake, Wisconsin on January 19, 1938 to Ralph D. & Rose M. (Gilray) Richardson.  He married Judith A. Johnson on February 15, 1958 and she survives.

Pat was a computer programmer, working at General Motors until retiring in 1997.  He was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus.  He liked deer hunting, fishing and building computers.  Pat was a graduate of Our Lady of Lourdes High School in Marinette, Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and received a Masters of Math from Marquette University in Milwaukee.

Survivors besides his wife Judie include five children, Debbie Carter and husband Bob, Doniphan, Missouri, Steve Richardson, Doniphan, Mike Richardson, Tipton, Dave Richardson and wife Paula Boener, Spencer, and John Richardson and wife Marla, Carmel.  Pat is also survived by four siblings, Dan Richardson and wife Barb, Oshkosh, Penny Ross and husband Ardy, LaCrosse, Wisconsin, Judy Donovan and husband Larry, Andersonville, Tennessee and Mary Schomer and husband Mike, Dodgeville, Wisconsin.

Pat’s nine grandchildren are Eric Long, Darren Long, Erin Richardson, Ross Richardson, Zach Richardson, Elijah Richardson, Isaac Richardson, Lilly Richardson and Jeremiah Richardson.  He also has four great-grandchildren, Kaylynn Long, Reid Long, Grant Long and Braxton Long.

He was preceded in death by a son, Rob Richardson, a daughter-in-law, Dee Richardson and a son-in-law, Larry Long.

A funeral mass for Pat will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 26 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 335 Mill Street, Tipton, with Rev. Dennis Goth presiding.  Burial will follow in St. John’s Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. on Monday at Young-Nichols Funeral Home with a Rosary Service at 7:00 p.m.

Memorial donations in Pat’s memory may be made to either the Building Fund at St. John’s, 335 Mill Street, Tipton, Indiana, 46072 or the Alzheimer’s Association, 50 East 91st Street, Suite 100, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46240.