Russell DuBois Richards, age 70, of La Grange, died Friday, March 16 at Juan F. Luis Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 23 at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Frederiksted, with a viewing beginning at 10 a.m.
Interment will follow at Frederiksted Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Elena Luzunaris-Richards; sons, Russell D. Richards Jr., Wesley E. Richards, and Gregory A. Richards; grandchildren, Takiba, Joshua, Lena, and Aswad Richards: sisters, Alice Neilson, Rita Grant, Jeanette Iles, and Claudette Derrick; brothers, Arthur Richards, Louis Richards, Donald Richards, Rodefick Richards; nieces, Evelyn Brathwaite, Pamela, Donna, Linda, and Lyn Richards, Jessica, Geralda, and Beatrice Tyler; nephews, William Richards, Leroy Grant, Anthony, Dwayne, Claude, Robert, Daryl, Laurence, and Steven Richards, Frederick and Edward Neilsen; daughter-in-law, Anna Richards; sisters-in-law, Aurelia, Bernice, and Hannah Richards, Ovidia Dominquez, Leticia, Marina and Ivette Luzunaris; brothers-in-law, Alphonse Derrick, Israel Luzunaris; nieces-in-law, Lisa, Jenetta, Karen, Nataki, Paula Richards, and Joan Nielsen; nephews-in-law, Edward Richards, Carl Williams, and Gregory Tyler; special friends, Lorraine Joseph, Gloria Cooper, Ralph and Edna Delemos, Olric and Winifred Carrington, Lavelle Proctor, Marion Miranda, Patricia Williams, The Clan Social Club, The Class of 48, and the Holy Trinity Family; very special friends, Gertude and Ohnn Arnold; and many other relatives and friends.
In lieu of flowers donations can be sent to the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Frederiksted.
Funeral arrangements are in the care of James Memorial Funeral Home.
