Ethel Richardson, 85, Monon died Friday, April 24; at the Rensselaer Care Center. She had been a patient there for two months. She had been ill for three months.

She was born March 15, 1907, to Joseph H. and Minnie Bell Stephens Richardson, in Monon.

She was a 1926 graduate of Monon High School and was a 1926 graduate of the librarians' school in Indianapolis.

She was a head librarian for the Monon Town and Township Public Library from 1930-1968. She was head librarian at New Carlisle, from 1968-72 and retired in 1972.

She was a member of Monon United Methodist Church.

Survivors include a brother, Dale, Brookston; two nieces, Jerilynn Burgess, Indianapolis and Kay Franscoviak, Battle Ground; and two nephews, James J., Bremen and Dale R., Lihue, Hawaii. Two sisters and a brother are deceased.

The funeral was Monday at Kellogg Funeral Home, Monon, with the Rev. Roy Lee officiating. Bunal was in Monon Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to Lions Club Eye Research for Blindness.