Christian E. Richard

PRINCETON - Christian E. Richard, 64, of 8 Main Street, died Saturday, April 16, 2005, in UMass Memorial Medical Center, University Campus, Worcester.

He leaves his wife of 41 years, Marie E. (Napoli) Richard; two daughters, Cheryl A. and her husband Michael A. Robillard of Leominster and Sheila M. and her husband Thomas F. Loan of Rutland; two grandchildren, Katie and Riley; seven brothers, Clayton Richard of Alabama, Rev. Thomas Richard of Milwaukee, James Richard, Stuart Richard and Carvell Richard all of Nantucket, John Richard of San Francisco and Mark Richard of Tennessee; 13 sisters, Nina Rabbio of Harwich Port, Sara Crosby and Lora Kebbati of Nantucket, Sandra Russell of New Hampshire, Erna Dressler of Pennsylvania, Cora Banks of Maine, Eva Johnstone of Kentucky, Hilda Caruso of New Jersey, Rhonda Thurston of Colorado, Lisa Shank of Connecticut, Lorna Grant of Springfield, Lydia Richard and Lynda Richard of Maryland. A brother, Karl H. Richard and a sister, Rosa Chase predeceased him. He was born in Coventry, Conn., son of Rev. Clayton E. and Lois (Smith) Richard and had lived in Princeton for the past 25 years. He graduated from Calais High School in 1961.

Mr. Richard was the owner and operator of Morningdale’s Restaurant in Shrewsbury. He also worked for Land Lord Ben’s and for the Worcester County Sheriff’s Dept. in West Boylston for ten years before retiring in 2004. Christian was an avid outdoorsman. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and woodworking.

The funeral service for Mr. Richard will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 20, in the First Church in Sterling, 6 Meetinghouse Hill Road, Sterling. Burial will follow in Hillside Cemetery, Clinton Road (Rte. 62), Sterling. Calling hours are from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 19, in the Miles-Sterling Funeral Home, 100 Worcester Road (Rte. 12), Sterling. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 330 Congress Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02210.

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