Obituary of Cheryl Richards

View Video Tribute Longtime Stratton, Colorado resident Cheryl Ann Richards, age 55, died at her home on August 2, 2007. Cheryl was born on September 19, 1951 in Cheyenne Wells, Colorado the daughter of William Dale and Irene (Burian) Courtright. She was a member of the Church of God in Stratton and was baptized as a teenager at Camp Coy. She attended and graduated from Stratton High School in 1968. On April 11, 1974 Cheryl was united in marriage to Gerald P. Richards at the Church of God in Stratton. To this union three children were born, Danielle Lee, Russell Jerry and Patrick Michael. She worked several years as a cook for Grace Manor Care Center in Burlington, CO. At the time of her death she was a caregiver at The Beehive Care center in Stratton. Preceding Cheryl in death was her father William Dale Courtright, an infant son Roy Allen, her granddaughter Alaina Richards, brother-in-law Steve Conrads and grandparents Joseph and Syble Burian and William and Virgil Courtright. Left to cherish her memory are her mother Irene Courtright, her daughter Danielle Gitschlag and husband Chris and their children Christa Lee, Christopher DeRoy Jr, Richard Cain and Michael Mathew of Jacksonville, Arkansas. Her sons Russell Richards and wife Nicole and their children Trevor William, Jaycee Jordan and Samuel Joseph of Stratton and Patrick Richards and his girlfriend Lynette Henry of Stratton. Also surviving are three sisters Debby Conrads, Becky Gurley and husband Don, and Donna Hake and husband Jim all of Stratton. Her brother Bill Courtright and wife Susan of Wichita, KS and a host of nieces, nephews and 2 great nephews. A memorial service for Cheryl will be held at 10:00 AM Wednesday August 8, 2007 at the Church of God in Stratton. Pastor Dustin Sells officiating. Inurnment will follow in the Vona, Colorado cemetery. There will be no visitation. A memorial fund is being established in Cheryl’s memory for Children’s Ministry at The Church of God and may be left at or sent to the First National Bank in Stratton.